21. Also, it appears Johnnie Moore, the de facto spokesperson for Trump’s unofficial evangelical advisory council, is critical of Sessions’ argument.https://twitter.com/mboorstein/status/1007631966697598978 …
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30. Fixing link to the original letter penned by a group of Jewish organizations (note: this only lists 26 signers, but, as mentioned, the Orthodox Union has since signed on, making it 27): https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/jewish-orgs-letter-sessions-nielsen-family-separations-2018-06-12.pdf …
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31. Head of Evangelical Covenant Church also appears to have signed on to the letter from evangelical leaders criticizing the policy:http://covenantcompanion.com/2018/06/15/president-walter-joins-in-call-to-keep-families-together/ …
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32. Church of the Nazarene joins the list.https://twitter.com/nazarene/status/1008177226406416390?s=21 …
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33. The Presbyterian Church (USA) now has its own independent statement on the family separation policy, via their Stated Clerk. It concludes: “In the name of God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ: Stop!” http://www.pcusa.org/news/2018/6/16/stated-clerk-issues-statement-separated-immigrant-/ …
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34. A group of western Buddhists have signed onto a letter in which they “unreservedly condemn” the family separation policy.https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aSUXczgBCx_IFna702AzeU8_E-2t4Kld/view …
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35. New statement from Unitarian Universalist Association this morning. One part: “…Jeff Sessions’ use of the Bible to justify family separation echos the ways the Bible was used to support American slavery, Nazi Germany, and South African Apartheid.” —>https://www.uua.org/pressroom/press-releases/unitarian-universalist-association-condemns-family-separation-us/mexico …
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36. New statement from Agudath Israel of America, an Orthodox Jewish organization, saying the practice of separating families should “be immediately rescinded”:https://twitter.com/AgudahNews/status/1008756029432180738 …
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37. NEW: the LDS church (Mormons) just issued a statement criticizing the child separation policy, attributed to church spokesperson Eric Hawkins.pic.twitter.com/buZVNkNI5I
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38. Cooperative Baptist Fellowship leaders weigh in, calling the border policy “outrageous” and “heinous”https://cbfblog.com/2018/06/18/cbf-leaders-join-chorus-of-voices-against-outrageous-heinous-border-policy/amp/?__twitter_impression=true …
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38. Christian Reformed Church in North America jumps in, calling on both the administration to halt the border policy and Congress to pass immigration reform:https://www.crcna.org/news-and-views/crcna-statement-forced-separation-policy …
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39. Sikh Coalition speaks out:https://twitter.com/sikh_coalition/status/1008822083885981696?s=21 …
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40/41: More than 600 Methodists have brought charges against Jeff Sessions for the policy. The charges: child abuse, immorality, racial discrimination and “dissemination of doctrines contrary to the standards of doctrine of the United Methodist Church.”https://twitter.com/jackmjenkins/status/1009073631673151490 …
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41/42: Missed this Seventh-day Adventist Church statement, saying its denomination “joins other faith-based groups in expressing concern over these actions, and it is deeply worried when biblical texts are used by those in power to affirm them.”https://news.adventist.org/en/all-news/news/go/2018-06-16/suffer-the-little-children/ …
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42/43: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America also condemns the policy and its defense: “We are concerned and alarmed at the use of this biblical quote being used out of context to justify the (border policy), which is detrimental to family life.” —>https://www.goarch.org/-/archdiocese-statement-in-defense-of-children-and-families …
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43/44. Hindu American Foundation declares the family separation policy “unconscionable,” cites Bhagavad Gita: “When the family is ruined, the timeless laws of family duty perish; and when duty is lost, chaos ensues." https://www.hafsite.org/separating-children-parents-border-unconscionable …
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44/45. Metropolitan Tikhon of the Orthodox Church in America sent a letter to Trump directly, asking him to “reconsider” the border separation policy, noting “every one of these immigrants is a child of God.”https://oca.org/news/headline-news/metropolitan-tikhon-addresses-president-trump-on-the-separation-of-families …
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45/46. Pope Francis himself has now implicitly condemned the policy, saying he sides with the U.S. bishops conference on the issue (who have, as mentioned in #2, vehemently condemned the policy)https://twitter.com/cwwhite212/status/1009382865874964480 …
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46/47. The Salvation Army condemned the border policy this morning.https://twitter.com/SalvationArmyUS/status/1009456195948761088 …
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47/48. Christian org Bread for the World condemns the policy AND Paul Ryan’s bill: “The bill does not prevent the administration from separating parents and children at the border and would not provide most Dreamers with a reasonable path to citizenship”http://www.bread.org/news/ryan-immigration-bill-does-not-prevent-separation-families …
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48/49. The Presbyterian Church (USA) has passed a formal resolution at their General Assembly that not only condemns family separation, but also condemns Trump’s new executive order as “further criminaliz(ing) migration…“ —> https://www.pc-biz.org/#/search/3000471 …
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49/50. Just in case you thought this was over: 240+ religion scholars sign statement saying they celebrate EO supposedly ending family separation, but “remain deeply concerned” ongoing border policies are “morally, ethically…spiritually reprehensible.”https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h0zufqK1i_b6TGzQZAfwqrL6-PkD-8SDD7pPwn-JHt8/edit …
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