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One Reason That Evangelicals and Other Churches Are Turning Against Trump on Immigration
http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2018/06/quickie-one-reason-that-evangelicals.htmlThe Rude Pundit
Quickie: One Reason That Evangelicals and Other Churches Are Turning Against Trump on Immigration
I'm on the road in the deep South (and there are shockingly few Trump signs so far), but here's a quick hit it and quit it for you:
You might have seen reports yesterday that religious groups, including, holy shit, evangelicals, turning against Donald Trump and his administration of pirates and lepers when it comes to the treatment of families seeking asylum in the United States. All of a sudden, separating children from their parents is a bad thing, it seems.
And while this actions by churches is good news, let's be perfectly clear here that one reason some of those groups are not feeling the soft lump of Trump love they usually feel is because, without Latinos, and especially Latinos from countries like El Salvador and Guatemala, those churches are fucked in the future. A huge portion of the Latino population in the U.S. calls itself "born again," as in, "we believe that crazy ass Bible shit is real" born again. Catholics are especially finding themselves dependent on the immigrant population for growth.
So this is bottom line shit, as in the bottom line for churches. They lose their flock, and the church is fucked. And, sure, sure, there is some morality involved, too.
But, hey, whatever it takes to get allies in a fight against a monstrosity and its monsters.
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