National faith leaders begin 'Moral Monday' actions against federal immigration policies
Source: KTSM.com
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) Hundreds of faith leaders from multiple denominations and people from across the country came together in Central El Paso Sunday night as part of the Moral Monday at the Borderlands Mass meeting.
The First Christian Church on Arizona Avenue was packed to capacity as noted speakers including Dr. William J. Barber II, Imam Omar Suleiman, Rev. Terri Horde Owens, and Linda Sarsour, who was one of the co-chairs of the inaugural Womens March delivered remarks on the Remain in Mexico policy, migrant detention and family separation.
The group was called from around the country to protest current immigration policies that they say are against the morality of their faith teachings.
Our faiths are on trial here, Imam Suleiman said. If you say that Jesus is in your heart, but you would put him in a cage today, you are a hypocrite. If you say that you believe in Moses but you would let him drown, you are a hypocrite. If you say you believe in Abraham, and you are following the footsteps of Abraham but you would turn him away from these borders, you are a hypocrite.
Those in attendance Sunday came to El Paso from Ohio, California, Florida, and even as far as Canada to participate in the Mass Meeting and Moral Monday direct action.
Read more: https://www.ktsm.com/news/border-report/national-faith-leaders-begin-moral-monday-actions-against-federal-immigration-policies/
keithbvadu2
(36,829 posts)Any from the televangelists?
ck4829
(35,077 posts)Bayard
(22,103 posts)This might wake up some of the, "good Christians" out there.
Duppers
(28,125 posts)We can "pray" that they will.
They so need these questions presented to them. It's just that fundies only take their "orders" from their own particular religious icons - icons without empathy or wider social conscience.
riversedge
(70,244 posts)Marthe48
(16,975 posts)I went to Quaker Church the most when I was young. When I was an adult, I looked at the tenets and learned that Society of Friends (Quakers) have been advocates for social justice always. Another church which many of my friends attend and which welcomes all, is the First Universal Unitarian Church.
There are several churches locally which I wouldn't attend because of their politics in the pulpit. But there are many denominations who find trump, racism, homophobia, sexism and so on abhorrent. And I'm glad to see people who practice true fellowship at this meeting.