Two hundred years ago, my seven generations back grandfather, the Reverend Alexander Porter fell afoul of the Session in Abbeville South Carolina, because he preached against slavery.

His church split on the issue. The Anti Slavery faction made an impressive trip from South Carolina to southwestern Ohio, where they settled in a town called Fairhaven. (It's a wide spot on Ohio 177, which is a great drive if you're looking for a trip in the country.)

A few years after they came to Ohio, the church split again, this time over whether or not to have a pump organ at services. This time the pump organ faction moved ten miles down the road. (They were Presbyterians. Presbyterians can do a lot, but we can't get along.)

But tell me it didn't take guts to preach against slavery in South Carolina.