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    Amanda Terkel‏Verified account @aterkel Jun 19

    The Family Research Council and Focus on the Family (they have “family" in their names!) are refusing to condemn Trump’s family separation policy. FRC says, "That burden lies with their parents who knowingly put them in this position” http://bit.ly/2K7y4cD  by @jbendery

    11:56 AM - 19 Jun 2018
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      2. Elizabeth Kudravy‏ @LzKudravy Jun 19
        Replying to @aterkel @HelenKennedy @jbendery

        That's what I keep hearing from conservative family members. Their parents are criminals and came breaking the law and put their children in this position. SO it's ok??? I guess is what they keep telling me.

        11 replies 3 retweets 37 likes
      3. Helen Kennedy‏Verified account @HelenKennedy Jun 19
        Replying to @LzKudravy @aterkel @jbendery

        I wouldn’t know what to say to that.

        3 replies 0 retweets 14 likes
      4. Felina‏ @FelinaBlanc Jun 19
        Replying to @HelenKennedy @LzKudravy and

        Doesn't matter. If you provide a factual rebuttal, they'll just move on to the next kneejerk glassy-eyed talking point. These are people who can look at thousands of traumatized children and parents and not be moved one bit. They're beyond rationality and decency.

        2 replies 8 retweets 78 likes
      5. Elizabeth Kudravy‏ @LzKudravy Jun 19
        Replying to @FelinaBlanc @HelenKennedy and

        Truly seems like it.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. kate_dc‏ @kate_dc Jun 19
        Replying to @LzKudravy @FelinaBlanc and

        I have conservative family members as well, imagine they’d say the same. So question I’ve imagined for them - if they were guilty of a misdemeanor, does the state have the right to take their children away? Nah, of course not. The state can only do that to brown kids.

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      2. David DeFranco‏ @VidDeFranco Jun 19
        Replying to @aterkel @digby56 @jbendery

        According to the SPLC both Focus on the Family and the Family Research Council are hate groups.

        1 reply 15 retweets 39 likes
      3. There are thousands of Bruce Wilsons‏ @brucewilson Jun 19
        Replying to @VidDeFranco @aterkel and

        For their anti-LGBTQ stance, sure. But this adds another dimension to the hate. These groups had long publicly positioned themselves as race neutral. No longer, and that's big.

        0 replies 3 retweets 14 likes
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      2. Maryann Rose‏ @rosebudflorida Jun 19
        Replying to @aterkel @digby56 @jbendery

        So these migrants, for MONTHS, have been trekking through the wilderness. They didn’t exactly have WiFi or TVs or even a newspaper. How were they to know that a lunatic took over the US and decided to suddenly enforce a policy? #TrumpCamps

        1 reply 9 retweets 55 likes
      3. GOPTraitors  🗽 🇺🇸‏ @nfb11 Jun 19
        Replying to @rosebudflorida @aterkel and

        Exactly. I was explaining the other day that it’s as if you want a burger, go to Burger King, order a burger, and then you’re separated from your kids and all of you are thrown in jail bc Burger King decided it’s now illegal to order burgers at Burger King.

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      2. Jim Eichinger‏ @Ikejames101 Jun 19
        Replying to @aterkel @jbendery

        That response will be repeated back to these organizations every time they attempt to legislate morality for the rest of eternity.

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      2. Susan Ridgely‏ @SusanRidgely Jun 19
        Replying to @aterkel @jbendery

        They are refusing because this fits with their view of what a government should do—strictly enforce law and order, just like family should strictly enforce gender roles. They use Romans 13, which is where Sessions picked it up—through W.H. Bible study.

        1 reply 4 retweets 4 likes
      3. FriendofTrees‏ @JamiaStarheart Jun 20
        Replying to @SusanRidgely @aterkel @jbendery

        They're ignoring the words of the original Christian which supersedes all the other stuff in there. Romans 13 was also used to justify slavery, genocide of Native Americans and other atrocities. Everything the Nazis did was LEGAL.pic.twitter.com/h538VTRgPo

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      4. Susan Ridgely‏ @SusanRidgely Jun 20
        Replying to @JamiaStarheart @aterkel @jbendery

        Yes! But along with critiquing their theology, we must work to understand it. This worldview is comprehensive and guiding/justifying the administrations actions across the board. Their interpretation has long been True for many Americans.

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      5. FriendofTrees‏ @JamiaStarheart Jun 20
        Replying to @SusanRidgely @aterkel @jbendery

        Yes, used to justify all sorts of atrocities like slavery, genocide of Native Americans for starters. I understand it and I find it appalling. Not to mention we supposedly have separation of church and state in this country. Everything the Nazis did was LEGALpic.twitter.com/1epps7tQCH

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      2. Laurie Jones‏ @lauriejoneshome Jun 19
        Replying to @aterkel @HelenKennedy @jbendery

        It’s not about the abortion it’s about controlling others while they are able to simultaneously condemn & judge others. We all know this right?

        1 reply 2 retweets 56 likes
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