I believe that everybody is entitled to counsel -- even vile despicable racists. Frequently, attorneys are called on to represent clients that they are repulsed by. However, this Cinci-area attorney takes the cake. James E. Kolenich, a civil rights attorney who said he has only one thing in common with his new clients. He believes white people must save and preserve their civilization from Jews, immigrants and minorities. "My willingness to get involved is to oppose Jewish influence in society," he told The Enquirer. "It's plain that white people are the chosen people in the New Testament. It's the job that we were given, to spread Christianity around the world. That doesn't involve hatred of other races, not even of ethnic Jews. But it does involve opposing their un-Christian influence in society."
Local Jewish, Catholic and interfaith groups in Cincinnati condemned his views as "offensive," and "un-American." "His views are an affront to all people of good will who want an accepting and just community for all people," said Robert "Chip" Harrod, convener of the Bridges of Faith Trialogue, a local interfaith group.
In a Suburban Cincinnati Office Park, White Nationalists Have Found Their Lawyer – and an Ally