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Be kind to illegal aliens
TheCypressTimes.com ^ | 04/06/2010 | Aaron D. Taylor

Posted on 04/06/2010 5:14:09 AM PDT by Patriot1259

Every once in a while I get an "aha" moment and I can't turn my mind off, thus preventing me from a good night's sleep. A recent such "aha" moment came as I was reflecting on the issue of comprehensive immigration reform. Faith leaders who advocate a compassionate approach to illegal immigrants often appeal to the numerous "be kind to strangers" texts in the Hebrew Scriptures. That elicits the response, "Yes, but those were legal immigrants. I'm talking about illegal immigrants. Since illegal immigrants are lawbreakers, they shouldn't have any rights." Some further conclude that any person who thinks illegals should have rights is just another godless liberal seeking to undermine the moral fabric of America.

It occurred to me the other night that one of the most famous and beloved women in the entire Bible was an illegal immigrant...

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KEYWORDS: illegalaliens; immigrantlist; jesuschrist; ruth
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To: Patriot1259

I think this is just part of the agitprop to get illegals turned into voters. But the writer is wrong about Ruth from the Bible— Ruth was entirely legal, having been the wife of an expat Jew, and she herself was a convert to Judaism.


21 posted on 04/06/2010 9:54:34 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer ("It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself." --Jefferson)
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To: yatros from flatwater

“They want to displace the extant culture with their own.”

Yep.


22 posted on 04/06/2010 12:06:55 PM PDT by wolfcreek (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
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