US religious leaders make forceful appeal to admit refugees

[guno]

How will the RWNJ's spin this?


In rare agreement across faith and ideological lines, leaders of major American religious groups have condemned proposed bans on Syrian refugees, contending a legitimate debate over security has been overtaken by irrational fear and prejudice.



Top organizations representing evangelicals, Roman Catholics, Jews and liberal Protestants say close vetting of asylum seekers is a critical part of forming policy on refugees. But these religious leaders say such concerns, heightened after the Paris attacks a week ago, do not warrant blocking those fleeing violence in the Middle East.


"The problem is not the Syrian refugees," said Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami, who noted how his state has welcomed a large number of Cuban refugees over the years. "This is falling into the trap of what the terrorists wanted us to become. We shouldn't allow them to change who we are as a people."

US religious leaders make forceful appeal to admit refugees :: WRAL.com

 

[TheOldSchool]

There are many people in the country that actually live according to their beliefs. If only they were the vocal ones instead of the phonies.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Locate them to Democrat cities in swing states. Invited them to the Dem Debates, they're as American as Obama!

 

[EverCurious]

I didn't hear any political debate on the subject - what I heard was Obama saying you're going to take refugees and that's the end of it.

Could someone direct me to where Obama debated with the House regarding the refugees please.

 

[guno]

There are many people in the country that actually live according to their beliefs. If only they were the vocal ones instead of the phonies.

Reform Judaism, the largest American Jewish movement, joined the American Jewish Committee, an influential policy group, the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish civil rights organization, and the Orthodox Union, in opposing any halt in resettlement.

Refugees already go through a comprehensive vetting process that can take as much as three years, including biometric screening, fingerprinting and additional classified controls. Some lawmakers are now demanding even tougher assessments. Still, a Pew Research Center survey last September, conducted soon after President Barack Obama announced an increase in the number of Syrian refugees the U.S. would accept, found just 31 percent of white evangelicals favored the increase, compared to 51 percent of the general public, in the lowest approval level for any Christian group.
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[Votto]

How will the RWNJ's spin this?


In rare agreement across faith and ideological lines, leaders of major American religious groups have condemned proposed bans on Syrian refugees, contending a legitimate debate over security has been overtaken by irrational fear and prejudice.



Top organizations representing evangelicals, Roman Catholics, Jews and liberal Protestants say close vetting of asylum seekers is a critical part of forming policy on refugees. But these religious leaders say such concerns, heightened after the Paris attacks a week ago, do not warrant blocking those fleeing violence in the Middle East.


"The problem is not the Syrian refugees," said Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami, who noted how his state has welcomed a large number of Cuban refugees over the years. "This is falling into the trap of what the terrorists wanted us to become. We shouldn't allow them to change who we are as a people."

US religious leaders make forceful appeal to admit refugees :: WRAL.com

So much for separation of church and state.

Now the left wants to do God's work apparently.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Neither the jihadists nor our far right will tell us how to run this country. The mainstream knows what to do, and the far right can rage all it wants.

 

[Tilly]

How will the RWNJ's spin this?


In rare agreement across faith and ideological lines, leaders of major American religious groups have condemned proposed bans on Syrian refugees, contending a legitimate debate over security has been overtaken by irrational fear and prejudice.



Top organizations representing evangelicals, Roman Catholics, Jews and liberal Protestants say close vetting of asylum seekers is a critical part of forming policy on refugees. But these religious leaders say such concerns, heightened after the Paris attacks a week ago, do not warrant blocking those fleeing violence in the Middle East.


"The problem is not the Syrian refugees," said Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami, who noted how his state has welcomed a large number of Cuban refugees over the years. "This is falling into the trap of what the terrorists wanted us to become. We shouldn't allow them to change who we are as a people."

US religious leaders make forceful appeal to admit refugees :: WRAL.com

Why does everyone assume they know what the terrorists want in this regard? It is at least as likely that they want us to admit huge huge huge numbers of muslim refugees and muslims in general.