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Title: U.S. Religious Leaders Embrace Cause of Immigrant Children
Source: NYT/Amren
URL Source: http://www.amren.com/news/2014/07/u ... e-cause-of-immigrant-children/
Published: Jul 24, 2014
Author: Michael Paulson
Post Date: 2014-08-08 21:27:25 by Deasy
Keywords: judeo-christianity, catholic, jewish, protestant
Views: 700
Comments: 14

After protesters shouting “Go Home” turned back busloads of immigrant mothers and children in Murrieta, Calif., a furious Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, the Roman Catholic archbishop of New York, sat down at his notepad and drafted a blog post detailing his shame at the episode, writing, “It was un-American; it was un-biblical; it was inhumane.”

When the governor of Iowa, Terry Branstad, said he did not want the migrants in his state, declaring, “We can’t accept every child in the world who has problems,” clergy in Des Moines held a prayer vigil at a United Methodist Church to demonstrate their desire to make room for the refugees.

America’s response to the arrival of tens of thousands of migrant children, many of them fleeing violence and exploitation in Central America, has been symbolized by an angry pushback from citizens and local officials who have channeled their outrage over illegal immigration into opposition to proposed shelter sites. But around the nation an array of religious leaders are trying to mobilize support for the children, saying the nation can and should welcome them.

“We’re talking about whether we’re going to stand at the border and tell children who are fleeing a burning building to go back inside,” said Rabbi Asher Knight, of Temple Emanu-El in Dallas, who said leaders of more than 100 faith organizations in his city met last week to discuss how to help. {snip}

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The backlash to the backlash is broad–from Unitarian Universalists and Quakers to evangelical Protestants. Among the most agitated are Catholic bishops, who have long allied with Republican politicians against abortion and same-sex marriage, and leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, whose adherents tend to lean right.

“This is a crisis, and not simply a political crisis, but a moral one,” said Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptists’ Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. On Tuesday, Mr. Moore led a delegation of Southern Baptist officials to visit refugee children at detention centers in San Antonio and McAllen, Tex. In an interview after the visit, Mr. Moore said that “the anger directed toward vulnerable children is deplorable and disgusting” and added, “The first thing is to make sure we understand these are not issues, these are persons–these children are made in the image of God, and we ought to respond to them with compassion, not with fear.”

Also on Tuesday, a coalition of evangelical organizations sent a letter to members of Congress, opposing proposals for expedited deportation of the migrants. A similar letter is being prepared by a wide range of mainline denominations, including the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), the Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Presbyterian Church (USA), the Unitarian Universalist Association and the United Church of Christ. The Catholic Church also opposes any effort to make it easier to deport children; last week, the archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Francis E. George, said he had offered facilities in his diocese to house some of the children, and on Monday, bishops in Dallas and Fort Worth called for lawyers to volunteer to represent the children at immigration proceedings.

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Various religious groups are trying to assist the migrants directly–by offering food, shelter, and legal services. The Episcopal Church is providing hygeine and nutrition packets; the United Methodist Church is offering showers and clothing; the United Church of Christ has started a nationwide fund-raising appeal. Catholic Charities USA has opened seven “welcome centers” along the border.

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Attitudes among evangelicals are changing, particularly at the leadership level, according to the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference.

“I remember when my fellow evangelicals said deport them all, they’re here illegally, end of story, but the leadership now supports immigration reform,” Mr. Rodriguez said. “There’s still angst in the pews, but if they listen more to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John than to Rush Limbaugh, they’ll act with compassion towards these children.”

The Rev. Larry Snyder, the president of Catholic Charities USA, said the charitable work has not been welcomed in every community.

“Some city authorities are intimidated by the hate talk that you hear, and I even talk to some pastors who say they have to be careful because their parishioners aren’t behind us,” Father Snyder said. “If Jesus said anything, it was that your neighbor is everyone. I wish people would embrace that a little more than they do.”

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Some political leaders have cited religious or moral arguments in offering support for the migrants. Last Friday, Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts tearfully cited the Bible and declared, “I don’t know what good there is in faith if we can’t, and won’t, turn to it in moments of human need,” as he suggested that migrant children could be temporarily housed at military bases in his state. And on Monday, briefing reporters in Rome after meeting with a top Vatican official, Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York praised Pope Francis’s support for the migrant children, and said, “I emphasize that New York City agrees with the position of the Holy See, that we have to embrace all immigrants.”

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#1. To: Deasy (#0)

The Rev. Larry Snyder, the president of Catholic Charities USA, said the charitable work has not been welcomed in every community.

No kidding. Talking away Americans' jobs, businesses, homes and health care is hardly "humane".

Now if only the White man was smart enough to have pro White interest web site that refrains from the use of "Negro" and other White Nationalist adolescent vulgarities we might actually get someone to listen. Of course, non of the comments ever suggest a real life grown up solution. Maybe there isn't any White race to save. It's members hate each other and refuse to bond in their self interest.

No matter 'cause Adolf Jesus is coming! Believe in him and you will be saved! Hallelujah!!!!!

Americans 1st  posted on  2014-08-09   13:26:11 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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Now if only the White man was smart enough to have pro White interest web site that refrains from the use of "Negro" and other White Nationalist adolescent vulgarities we might actually get someone to listen.

Excellent point. I agree with what you said.

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#7. To: Americans 1st, X-15, randge, Lod, abraxas, 4 (#1)

Now if only the White man was smart enough to have pro White interest web site that refrains from the use of "Negro" and other White Nationalist adolescent vulgarities we might actually get someone to listen.

I could see that working well for a site like AMREN or TAKIMAG. The comment sections under articles would be hard to maintain though. But one of the problems of political correctness is that it constrains one's ability to communicate freely, and self-censorship is a matter of giving up one's own rights.

I'd say that if you're looking for a democratic solution to our immigration problems, you won't find it. We have been outnumbered by politically correct voting since the Civil Rights and Immigration acts of the 50s and 60s. It's much worse today. As we still have a republic of sorts, we can hope that our representatives come around to our way of thinking. This could still happen.

Use of banned language tends to break the spell of forbidding its use. In converting the Germanic peoples to Christianity, their sacred places were destroyed: trees were cut down and burned, temples were dismantled, and oaths were uttered against them in worship of the new god. The people were stunned that Thor did not strike the sacrilege dead with lightening, and according to Christian sources, they lost their faith in the old gods. Using rough talk when it's supposedly forbidden has that effect on some: it's like cutting sacred liberal groves.

No matter 'cause Adolf Jesus is coming! Believe in him and you will be saved! Hallelujah!!!!!
Just because some 4um members post articles referring to past cults of personality does not mean that we are awaiting their resurrection. We don't post disclaimers on every thread but everyone here reserves the right to disagree with any of the authors and people quoted in thread articles.

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