In an effort to justify a terrible law separating migrant children from their parents and then warehousing them in tent cities Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he was only carrying out Gods word.
I would cite you to the Apostle Paul and his clear and wise command in Romans 13, to obey the laws of the government, Sessions said, because God has ordained them.
No, Mr. Sessions, God did not ordain President Trumps zero tolerance policy toward immigrants.
And as we recollect, God is pretty big on family and even suggests helping the downtrodden, though we know thats a stretch.
So please, dont use God as your scapegoat.
Instead, own up that tearing families apart is an atrocious way to keep illegals from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
But that wont come easy.
President Trump remains determined to hold the children hostage unless Congress agrees to pay for his border wall, further curb immigration quotas and increase border enforcement.
That politics and not human decency is what this is all about shows we have lost our moral compass.
AS AMERICANS, this is our cross to bear because we elect the leaders who either make such laws or allow them to come to pass.
A country is known by its laws and policies, with human rights issues at the forefront: The paranoid regimes of Russia and North Korea and their crackdowns on personal freedoms; the chemical gassings of citizens by Syrias leader Bashar al-Assad; the atrocities perpetrated by religious extremists across the Middle East, and the violence of the drug cartels of Colombia and Mexico, come to mind.
Many a pundit says a good reputation is hard-won and easily lost. Americas is hanging in the balance.
On our very soil, innocent childrens lives are at stake. If we do nothing, the stain is on our hands.
Susan Lynn
