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.”
“For the whole law is fulfilled in one word:
‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
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Biblical Reflections for U.S. Leaders
"As for God, his way is perfect: The Lord’s word is flawless." Psalm 18:30
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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.’ ”
“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”
“Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults.”
Dept. of Homeland Security Inspector General, May 30, 2019
“We observed dangerous overcrowding at the facility with single adults held in cells designed for one-fifth as many detainees…Border Patrol agents told us some of the detainees had been held in standing-room-only conditions for days or weeks.”
“Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.”
U.S. Representative Justin Amash (R-MI), May 28, 2019
The President’s actions described in the Mueller Report “reflect incredible dishonesty and really harm the office of the presidency.”
“A dishonest man spreads strife”
Rhonda Thompson, Nehemiah Center, Montgomery, AL, May 1, 2019
“As a follower of Christ, I am commanded to welcome the refugee, care for those in need, and be the hands and feet of Christ to all God sends our way.”
“If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?”
Paul Rold, grandfather of University of N. Carolina mass shooter,
May 2, 2019“I want people to know that guns are too accessible… Our legislators have to value human life more than they do re-election.”
“For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?”
President Donald J. Trump, Twitter, May 8, 2019
“You always wanted to show losses for tax purposes…. it was sport.”
“So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
Sheri Zvi, Director, Florida Anti Defamation League, April 28, 2019
“People are feeling emboldened to not only speak hatefully, but to actually act hatefully.”
“Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT), April 19, 2019
“I am sickened at the extent and pervasiveness of dishonesty and misdirection by individuals in the highest office of the land, including the President.”
“Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.”
Special Counsel Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election, April 18, 2019
“The Constitution does not authorize the President to engage in such conduct, and those actions would transgress the President’s duty to ‘take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.’ ”
“When a man makes a vow to the Lord or takes an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word but must do everything he said.”
Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), February 9, 2018
“We are a nation of love, not a nation of hate. We are a nation of decency and kindness.”
“Walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.”
NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll, March 29, 2019
“Overwhelming majorities of Americans want the full (Mueller) report made public.”
“Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body.”