A Nantucket, MA church cancelled its traditional Fourth of July celebration, citing the need “to better understand our own whiteness” as the reason, sparking criticism on social media.
In a letter published by the Nantucket Current on Thursday, Nantucket Unitarian Universalists (NUU) and the Rev. Erin Splaine of the Second Congregational Meeting House Society explained that the church’s reading of the nation’s founding documents has been called off.
“Our cancelling the 4th of July celebration this year reflects … an ongoing process within the congregation to better understand our own whiteness,” the letter read.
Wtf. Erin Splaine, the “Reverend” of the woke Unitarian Universalist Church in Nantucket, just canceled July 4th celebrations because White people are “privileged” and honoring American history “perpetuates the harm, injustice, and anti-democratic process.”
She then forbids… pic.twitter.com/uv9SDih7gn
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 29, 2026
It also cites the Supreme Court’s recent “gutting of the 1965 Voting Rights Act” as a reason for the decision. For the last quarter century, the historic Nantucket Unitarian Meeting House has hosted the public reading of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights in the downtown of the swanky New England vacation locale of the rich and famous, including former President Joe Biden.
“We came to this decision in large measure because of the recent gutting of the 1965 Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court,” the letter read. “Yet, we also know that for those of us who are white, the experience of the Rights and Privileges conferred by the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the Constitution of the United States has, for centuries, been tragically, often violently, and unequally applied to fellow citizens who are not white. A celebration without context and the centering of the fullness of our American Story only perpetuates the harm, injustice, and anti-democratic process.”
“Our cancelling the 4th of July celebration this year reflects the deep concern we are feeling since the Supreme Court decision, as well as an ongoing process within the congregation to better understand our own whiteness and how we can be part of changing an inherently unfair system which has been in place for 250 years,” the reverend wrote.
“We are working as a congregation and as members of this community to expand our knowledge – to learn the entirety of our American history. We invite anyone who would like to join us in this journey to please do so,” Splaine added.
The letter set off fireworks with X users ripping the self-righteous reverend.
If you know anything about Nantucket, you know that’s where the rich, privileged people live. Just another self important dem who thinks she’s important. OK Nantucket, break out those fireworks. Don’t let this idiot spoil your fun.
— Mark Caton (@MarkCaton19) May 29, 2026
If she’s embarrassed by her own whiteness, why doesn’t she go live somewhere with her “ fellow citizens who are not white “, instead of living on a privileged, island?! The hypocrisy is astounding! GTFOOHWTS! 🙄
— Dee Ray (@DeeRaytech) May 31, 2026
Someone needs to tell this nitwit that over 600,000 white men died in the battle to end slavery in this country by the way, the only country that decisively fought to end slavery. I’m so tired of these people spewing lies because they refused to learn the truth. Pick up an old…
— Mary Witkowski (@dreamfocus1) May 30, 2026
Can you imagine what the founding fathers would think of her? What an embarrassment. She needs to leave the United States and go explore her whiteness somewhere else.
— Bret Young (@byou3413) June 1, 2026
All white people do is work harder, stay married, and believe in Jesus. Try it. It works as our culture proves by our accomplishments and overwhelming success you too can have but would rather bitch about than do what will actually help. You people are boring .
— Nicholas Miserendino (@landofnick) May 30, 2026
The privileged white people of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket are always virtue-signaling, trying to prove one is more morally superior and more far-left than the other. Its a never-ending competition and it appears Nantucket has just raised the crazy-bar! pic.twitter.com/PtvpfkYYvU
— JJ (@JJ02871) May 29, 2026
The ritzy island enclave off the Massachusetts coast has long been a prime destination for the rich and famous, and celebs, with the disgraced former president spending Thanksgiving at a friend’s $34 million waterfront estate in 2023.
The Nantucket Current reported that another church has stepped up to read the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, and that residents wouldn’t have their Fourth of July celebration rained on by Rev. Splaine’s political decision.
“We may not be there yet, but we felt it was important to gather together and try to live up to the promises our country has made,” said Rev. Max Wolf of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. “Those documents are aspirational.”
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