Open Letter on Separation of Families at the Border
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Bradley Bethel
7 years ago
Never should have been authorized. Our current government is deprived of decorum, empathy, and clarity.
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DebanMel Duguid-May
8 years ago
The heart of the gospel is liberation for the captive and hospitality for the stranger.
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Douglas Cullum
8 years ago
Vice President and Dean, Northeastern Seminary. Rpchester, NY
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Wendy Taylor
8 years ago
Please know how proud and committed we are to the lives of immigrants and our leaders who support justice and human rights!
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Richard Myers
8 years ago
Strongly support this statement.
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Albert Hernandez
8 years ago
Associate Professor of the History of Christianity; Iliff School of Theology
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Cathie Kelsey
8 years ago
Dean of the Chapel, Iliff School of Theology
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Porter Taylor
8 years ago
Wake Forest Divinity School
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Jill Crainshaw
8 years ago
Interim Dean and Professor of Worship and Liturgical Theology, Wake Forest University School of Divinity
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Anonymous
8 years ago
STOP taking children from their families! END PERMANENTLY the so-called "zero tolerance" program for those illegally entering the United States. STOP trying to make America white again.
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Michelle Voss Roberts
8 years ago
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Theology, Wake Forest University School of Divinity
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Usas Ishaya
8 years ago
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It's time to speak out clearly. This situation at the border is not okay. Children should be kept with their parents or family members and these families deserve to be treated with respect and compassion. Identify the illegal activity at work if there is some, but seeking asylum is a valid activity and not a misdemeanor.
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Linda Shigeta
8 years ago
There must be a better plan.
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Alicia Vargas
8 years ago
We also have to think how we're complicit in the reasons these children have to grow up in dangerous situations in their countries of origin and what that has to do with our privilege. The end-point of desperation that causes their emigration and our outrage at their treatment here so close to us is just one point in THEIR desperation that started a long, long time ago and will continue for a long time. Unfortunately, it is a case of out of sight, out of mind. Not too many people here are aware or interested in becoming aware of what is causing the violence in their countries and what all that has to do with us here in the U.S.
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Elizabeth O'Donnell Gandolfo
8 years ago
Earley Assistant Professor of Catholic and Latin American Studies, Wake Forest University School of Theology
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Antony Alumkal
8 years ago
Associate Professor of Sociology of Religion
Iliff School of Theology
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Savitr Ishaya
8 years ago
Crimes against humanity are not a part of our religious heritage, nor are they condoned or tolerated by the principles under which America was founded. Those who seek to harm others in the guise of national security must be brought to justice and our religious and national priorities set back on course.
Never should have been authorized. Our current government is deprived of decorum, empathy, and clarity.
The heart of the gospel is liberation for the captive and hospitality for the stranger.
Vice President and Dean, Northeastern Seminary. Rpchester, NY
Please know how proud and committed we are to the lives of immigrants and our leaders who support justice and human rights!
Strongly support this statement.
Associate Professor of the History of Christianity; Iliff School of Theology
Dean of the Chapel, Iliff School of Theology
Wake Forest Divinity School
Interim Dean and Professor of Worship and Liturgical Theology, Wake Forest University School of Divinity
STOP taking children from their families! END PERMANENTLY the so-called "zero tolerance" program for those illegally entering the United States. STOP trying to make America white again.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Theology, Wake Forest University School of Divinity
It's time to speak out clearly. This situation at the border is not okay. Children should be kept with their parents or family members and these families deserve to be treated with respect and compassion. Identify the illegal activity at work if there is some, but seeking asylum is a valid activity and not a misdemeanor.
There must be a better plan.
We also have to think how we're complicit in the reasons these children have to grow up in dangerous situations in their countries of origin and what that has to do with our privilege. The end-point of desperation that causes their emigration and our outrage at their treatment here so close to us is just one point in THEIR desperation that started a long, long time ago and will continue for a long time. Unfortunately, it is a case of out of sight, out of mind. Not too many people here are aware or interested in becoming aware of what is causing the violence in their countries and what all that has to do with us here in the U.S.
Earley Assistant Professor of Catholic and Latin American Studies, Wake Forest University School of Theology
Associate Professor of Sociology of Religion Iliff School of Theology
Crimes against humanity are not a part of our religious heritage, nor are they condoned or tolerated by the principles under which America was founded. Those who seek to harm others in the guise of national security must be brought to justice and our religious and national priorities set back on course.
Andover Newton Seminary
McCormick Theological Seminary
McCormick Theological Seminary