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Sunday, July 8, 2018

What Would We Have Done?

An excerpt from the Sacramento Bee -

A Sacramento church asks: Would we have caged the migrant family of Jesus Christ?
BY GINGER RUTLAND


“Seeking Asylum in America Today,” a Nativity scene erected
by the Parkside Community Church in Sacramento,
invites comparisons between the Trump administration’s treatment
of migrant families and the treatment of Jesus Christ. - Ginger Rutland





When responding to those who criticized his actions during the civil rights struggle, the Rev. Martin Luther King said, “We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.”

We who call ourselves Christians must not remain silent in the face of the inhuman policies of a tyrannical president. We must oppose them in any non-violent way we can. Nowhere have I seen opposition to evil more powerfully, peacefully and eloquently demonstrated than by that nativity scene at Parkside Community Church.

Read more here: https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/california-forum/article214451779.html#storylink=cpy

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