Disclaimer: This is what I have observed. I do not think for one moment ALL people who are Conservative/Pro Life Agree with what is going on on the border. I know there are more good people than bad but I have seen hypocritical things that confuse me and below are my thoughts on the issues.
I was born to a Catholic family. Irish and Italian Catholic to be exact, so my family has always instilled Catholic traditions and values while raising my brothers and me. As a Catholic, I was told the first day of Sunday school that God loves us all and we treat all life with respect and love. So naturally, I grew up with a Pro Life mentality. Abortion was murder and any act of harming another human was wrong. I still believe this. I am Pro Life. But as I got older, I realized Pro Life for some people only matters when it comes to unborn babies in a womb. There are many people who strongly believe in being Pro Life yet, are some of the same people who do not want us to help those who need it.
There is a tragedy that is going on in our country that we cannot ignore through blissful eyes. As many know, children at the border are being separated from their families. Children as young as two years old are being taken from the arms of their mothers and we as a nation are letting it happen. This is not a political party issue. This is a basic human rights violation and instead of stopping the problem all I’ve heard is the President blaming the Democrats and the Democrats blaming the President. I do not care whose fault it is but people in power need to stop blaming each other and do something to stop this horrendous act.
I do not understand how Attorney General Jeff Sessions quotes Romans stating, “Orderly and lawful processes are good in themselves. Consistent and fair application of the law is in itself a good and moral thing, and that protects the weak and protects the lawful.”
When this “law”( which is not a law but a the Zero Tolerance Policy enforced by the Trump administration) is not protecting the weak. It is destroying the weak who come here for refuge. These families who are looking for help, hope, and compassion yet are getting punished for trying to better themselves.
Yes, I understand people fear our borders are not protected enough, people who come here illegally are not paying taxes, and the “wrong kind of people” such as gang and drug lords are coming across our lines illegally, but this is a rare case. Many families trying to cross the border are trying to apply for asylum. Asylum is granted to anyone who is trying to escape persecution in their home country. If all of a sudden our politicians want to start quoting the Bible (which we shouldn’t because religion should have nothing to do with politics) they should also probably look at Leviticus, ” When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. (Leviticus 19:33-34).
Even if we are not allowing families to cross, why in the world are we separating their children? This concept does not make any sense to me. As a 25 year old, I would be devastated by being taken from my family, so how would this impact a small child. Who is caring for these children? Are the being clothed? Cleaned? Fed?
Yet, people are OK with this. The same people who quote biblical verses to help enforce their policies do not want to help the outcasts and poor? How does this even make sense? As Christians, we are often called to ask ourselves, “what would Jesus do?” Would the ever compassionate Jesus really deny children from their parents when his own parents were refugees and in need of help?
If we consider ourselves to be Pro life, we must think do we support all life? Do we support the children in the womb and on the border? Do we care about those who are being persecuted for their race, religion, gender, sexuality? Do we advocate for justice for all, even those in jail? We cannot be Pro life if we do not support all life.
“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'”(Matthew 25:25-36)
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