Mexican dad detained after leaving sanctuary church to meet with immigration officials

NY Post ^ | November 24, 2018 | 5:03pm | Tamar Lapin

[blueplum]

church sanctuary works for Protestants, too. And in a civilized society it is a reaffirmation of The Almighty. Uncivilized people burn churches and the concept of sanctuary with them. One of the differences between us and savages.

[ZULU]

It’s a Medieval anachronism.

[PAR35]

Should have just sent in a swat team to pull him out of his bunker.

[blueplum]

I disagree it’s dated. Has the concept been abused? sure. But definitely not dated any more than a formal Christian church wedding is dated (another medieval construct).

[SaxxonWoods]

Deportation status: Activated.

This story will chill the nads on some miscreants.

[SaxxonWoods]

Well, Hillary may run again so you’ve got that going for you.

[Az Joe]

Shut up, the other side doesn’t need any help. Smarten up

[Balding_Eagle]

Would you support using a Church as sanctuary for a bank robber?

[COBOL2Java]

Cleanup on post 20

[digger48]

They conveniently left out the part where he has already been convicted of using falsified paperwork

[bert]

That would be a Duke hat.

Duke’s fault

[frog in a pot]

And in a civilized society it is a reaffirmation of The Almighty.

There is a serious question of whether this is a real church, or just another one of the "God damn America" variants.

[hal ogen]

Deport this criminal.

[Joe Bfstplk]

I wish Trump would announce that for each
illegal coming across the border three
illegals already here would be deported.

Like regulations.

[Chode]

[EinNYC]

I hope they get thrown out of the church, major fines, and jail time.

[HonkyTonkMan]

I listened to his most recent "sermon" - it was not biblically based as he refers to the church as "friends" of Jesus rather than followers and he refers to God the Father as "mother." In fact, I don't think he preached from the Bible.

Twitter feed is full of SJW retweets. Gun grabber, white guilt, anti-trump. Guy is a loooong way from the Methodist Circuit Riders of old.

[blueplum]

only if he was using sanctuary as a means to peacefully surrender to authorities, as opposed to getting shot in the street

[Balding_Eagle]

Why the double standard?

This guy lived in ‘sanctuary’ for a year.

Did you object to that?

How long would you allow someone to live in ‘sanctuary’?

Obviously for a year, but 2 years, 5, 10, with plans to surrender after 15?

As other have pointed out, this guy lived here only through the largess of ICE. They should have stormed the ‘church’.