On the U.S. turning away refugees from war

[marym625]

This

[skippercollector]

1. father's homily made me smile

I attend a Catholic Church in Cincinnati. Today, at Mass during the sermon, Father specifically mentioned that we (meaning everyone, not just this parish), should be welcoming the Syrian refugees. He compared the situation to his own family, his grandmother's side of the family who left Ireland for America during the potato famine, and his grandfather's side of the family, who left the Black Forest of Germany because they were tired of fighting the Kaiser's wars.
Catholic Charities of Ohio has been working with Syrian refugees in the US for quite some time now.

Also, Father is recovering from laryingitis, so for him to have a longer and somewhat vehement homily was quite an accomplishment!

[marym625]

2. Good for him

I love Catholic Charities. A very dear friend of my dad's used to run the Chicago one. And my uncle raised a ton of money for Catholic Charities over the years. Tens of millions.

What we're doing is so beyond sick I don't know if I even want to stay in this country

[cpwm17]

3. Add to that, Canada was responsible for starting the conflict that chased us out of Brooklyn. n/t

[marym625]

5. I had forgotten about that

Thank you for the reminder

[smirkymonkey]

4. I am all for accepting war refugees.

However, I am not for accepting economic migrants from other non-war torn countries, which are a majority of those that are seeking asylum in Europe. A minority of them are Syrian refugees. I completely agree with accepting actual refugees.

[marym625]

6. how are "economic migrants from war torn countries" not refugees?

If war is making life impossible, they're refugees

And millions are from Syria. I'm glad that you at least agree they should be allowed here.

[smirkymonkey]

7. I said Non-war torn countries.

The economic migrants that are coming to Europe are coming for free social benefits from the government. They don't want to work, they just want to sponge off the generous social benefits of European countries.