Posts filed under: Government

Ipsos Poll, July 17, 2019

“Two-thirds (65%) [of Americans] agree that telling minority Americans to “go back to where they came from” is racist.”

Galatians 5:14

“For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: 
‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”

Office of Inspector General, Dept. of Homeland Security, July 2, 2019

“At one [migrant] facility, some single adults were held in standing-room-only conditions for a week and at another, some single adults were held more than a month in overcrowded cells.”

Zechariah 7:10

“Do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart.”

Russell Moore, Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, Twitter, June 25, 2019

“The reports of the conditions for migrant children at the border should shock all of our consciences. Those created in the image of God should be treated with dignity and compassion, especially those seeking refuge from violence back home. We can do better than this.”

2 Corinthians 1:3-4

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”

U.S. Immigration Officers, June 26, 2019

The policies requiring immigrants to remain in Mexico while awaiting U.S. court hearings are “fundamentally contrary to the moral fabric of our Nation and our international and domestic legal obligations.”

Deuteronomy 15:11

“For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’ ” 

Holly Cooper, Attorney who interviewed detained youth in Clint, TX, June 20, 2019

“In my 22 years of doing visits with children in detention I have never heard of this level of inhumanity. Seeing our country at this crucible moment where we have forsaken children and failed to see them as human is hopefully a wake up for this country to move toward change.”

Titus 1:16

“They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him”

Orlando Sentinel, “Endorsement for President in 2020”, June 18, 2019

“Trump’s successful assault on truth is the great casualty of this presidency, followed closely by his war on decency.”

Proverbs 12:22

“The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy.”

Orlando Sentinel, “Endorsement for President in 2020,” June 18, 2019

“After 2½ years we’ve seen enough. Enough of the chaos, the division, the schoolyard insults, the self-aggrandizement, the corruption, and especially the lies.”

Exodus 18:21

“But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.”

President Donald Trump, Twitter, June 17, 2019

“Next week ICE will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States. They will be removed as fast as they come in.”

Romans 12:9-10

“Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.”

Mark Morgan, ICE Acting Director, June 4, 2019

“No type of unauthorized immigrant would be ‘exempt’ from removal from the country. ‘That will include families.’ ”

Proverbs 14:21

“It is a sin to despise one’s neighbor, but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy.”

President Donald Trump, Twitter, June 3, 2019

London Mayor Sadiq Khan “is a stone cold loser who should focus on crime in London, not me”

1 Corinthians 14:20

“Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults.”