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re: France to accept 30,000 Sryian refugees over the next two years...
Posted on 11/19/15 at 10:41 am to DownSouthJukin
Posted on 11/19/15 at 10:41 am to DownSouthJukin
honestly, it's an interesting debate to have. my wife and i have been pretty heated about this the last couple of days.
we are very blessed to have a large house where we could probably host 2 syrian families for a time. we'd do it in a heartbeat and have for some people in different situations. not refugees, but people between homes, jobs, etc.
my wife is angry with the governors that are refusing to take them in their states, especially since most of them are "christians" and there's some pretty clear text on how we're to treat orphans, widows, and refugees/immigrants in the scripture.
I take the position of, if it's my house, yes, we'd do it. but if i'm a governor, they're not coming into my state. she doesn't get that i could have that opinion, but if i'm governor Christian, or not, if one person gets robbed, raped, or killed as a result of a refugee i let into my state, it's 100% on me. If there's a single instance of that, it's on Obama.
Which tears me up because in my personal life, i'm willing to be hurt or taken advantage on a personal level in the name of grace and mercy, but as a governor or president, i can't do that for my people.
Difficult conversations lie ahead, but Obama's not going to win it calling names and accusing republicans of being afraid of "3 YOs and Widows" and the republicans aren't going to win it without better dialogue than "they can't come in because they're muslim."
we are very blessed to have a large house where we could probably host 2 syrian families for a time. we'd do it in a heartbeat and have for some people in different situations. not refugees, but people between homes, jobs, etc.
my wife is angry with the governors that are refusing to take them in their states, especially since most of them are "christians" and there's some pretty clear text on how we're to treat orphans, widows, and refugees/immigrants in the scripture.
I take the position of, if it's my house, yes, we'd do it. but if i'm a governor, they're not coming into my state. she doesn't get that i could have that opinion, but if i'm governor Christian, or not, if one person gets robbed, raped, or killed as a result of a refugee i let into my state, it's 100% on me. If there's a single instance of that, it's on Obama.
Which tears me up because in my personal life, i'm willing to be hurt or taken advantage on a personal level in the name of grace and mercy, but as a governor or president, i can't do that for my people.
Difficult conversations lie ahead, but Obama's not going to win it calling names and accusing republicans of being afraid of "3 YOs and Widows" and the republicans aren't going to win it without better dialogue than "they can't come in because they're muslim."
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Posted on 11/19/15 at 11:09 am to 3nOut
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Which tears me up because in my personal life, i'm willing to be hurt or taken advantage on a personal level in the name of grace and mercy, but as a governor or president, i can't do that for my people.
I agree with this. I will give someone the last dollar in my billfold, and have, on many occasions. I will not, however, dump an unknown factor of persons on unwitting US citizens and just tell them to shut up and quit worrying. It is a dereliction of our government's first duty (protect the citizens) to do so.
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