TKC SUNDAY MUST READ!!! KANSAS CITY CONGRESSMAN CLEAVER REBUKES PREZ TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER FAMILY SEPARATION IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN AND SHARES SCRIPTURE PUSH BACK!!!



Now on Sunday it's appropriate to share local insight on a debate of faith, morals and immigration policy.

For background, many religious leaders across the nation denounce the Prez Trump Administration for recent actions to curb illegal immigration. Check the news link review:

RNS: Catholic bishops rebuke Trump’s asylum changes, suggest ‘canonical penalties’

NPR: Faith Leaders Oppose Trump's Immigration Policy Of Separating Children From Parents

CBS: Catholic bishops issue scathing statement on Trump's family separation policy

Accordingly . . .

CHECK THIS FAITHFUL UPDATE FROM KANSAS CITY CONGRESSMAN CLEAVER SHARING BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE FROM A LOCAL POLITICO AND FORMER REVEREND ON THE BORDER DEBATE CRISIS OF CONSCIENCE!!!

Agree or disagree, it's fascinating that a policy discussion now takes on religious fervor as critical Midterm elections approach and both sides struggle to rally partisan true-believers to engage in typically low-turnout elections.

Here's the word for Sunday.

EC from DC: Do Not Hinder Them

Last month, the Trump Administration began to enforce their “zero tolerance” policy for individuals illegally entering the country. Many of these families arrived at the border seeking asylum. Since that mandate, undocumented children have been routinely separated from their families. It has been reported that nearly 1,800 families have been separated at the U.S.-Mexico border since the policy was implemented.

In one case, federal agents told two female immigrants they were taking their daughters away for a bath, then never returned with them. Another mother reports having her child taken away from her while breast feeding. This is happening in the United States of America in 2018. According to media reports, more than 500 immigrant children have been separated from their parents in just one U.S. border town since the policy was announced in May.

As a father of four, I cannot imagine having my children taken from me for simply seeking a better life for my family. Separating children from their parents in this manner is inexcusable – and in no way reflects the values of this great nation. Earlier this week, we celebrated flag day. The flag is a symbol of the American values we as a nation hold so dearly. That all men and women are created equal, that we all have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and that freedom shall always triumph over tyranny. Ripping children away from their families is antithetical to what our flag should represent.

The U.S. Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, used religion to justify this cruelty citing the Apostle Paul in Romans 13, to obey the laws of the government. But where in the bible does it say place immigrant children in harm’s way?

Religion has illimitable power. It has inspired people to kill as well as heal. It has been used to justify almost everything, good or evil.

When the words of the Apostle Paul, in his letter to the Church in Rome, Chapter 13, are used to justify ripping children from the arms of their mothers on our southern border, Christians of all political spectrums should be appalled. These same words were used to justify slavery when slave owners quoted from Ephesians 6:5, “slaves, obey your earthly masters,” and World War II German Government officials used it to defend their atrocities against Jews during the Holocaust.

I would like to close with this reminder from Matthew 18:14 “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them…”

Warmly,

Emanuel Cleaver, II
Member of Congress
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You decide . . . 

Comments

  1. Agree that it's a policy debate not a religious debate. It's sad but both Republicans and Democrats seem more than willing to exploit human misery in order to win hearts and minds of voters. In the meantime, nothing really significant has been done about immigration. People are waiting for the wall or reform are just being lied to by elected officials.

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    1. I thought there was supposed to be a separation of church and state?

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    2. If you pray real hard, maybe one day seven years from now you'll realize that border wall was a practical joke.

      Enjoy dinner from Walmart.

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  2. Midtown KC Pope Slappy Pants XOXOXO6/17/18, 9:51 AM

    People put way too much faith in politicians. They're just people and probably have far more faults than the average American. But still people hang on their every word or tweet like it's gospel.

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  3. 9:40: There is supposed to be a separation, but when the Attorney General of the US justifies taking kids from their parents based on the Bible, you have to wonder.

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  4. Cleaver now has his former Car wash operater son now in a taxpayer funded position at the Black Archives of Mid America.

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  5. JUST DO IT RIGHT!6/17/18, 10:08 AM

    Others have said it here recently and many times before --

    We have LAWS. We have BORDERS.

    Get in legally, or stay out!
    US PRISONS are full of parents of all races who were lawbreakers, therefore are separated from their kids!

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  6. Donald Trump needs to be removed from office ASAP.

    He's destroying our country.

    He's a disaster, an embarrassment & a disgrace.

    Friday, on live television, he lied five times in thirty minutes.

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    1. You're got Trump Derangement Syndrome. You make no sense, you make stuff up, and you don't care.

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  7. 10:08 don't believe your own propaganda.

    These refugees are NOT criminals.

    Donald Trump is a criminal.

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    1. You are quoting propaganda.

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  8. 9:40, didn't you notice?

    Last week, the Supreme Court made Christianity the State Religion.

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  9. I would ask the reverend if he were arrested for a crime (!not too far a stretch) would he be able to take his kids to jail with him?

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  10. If Mexicans know their breaking the law and run the risk of losing their kids coming across the border illegally then why do they keep doing it?

    That’s the law people, your politicians made it.

    Get over it pussy’s

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  11. 10:11 this is not the presidents fault.

    The Democrats keep lying and failing you, and you keep voting them in.

    You and people like you are the problem.

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  12. Morbid
    Little
    Kleaver

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  13. The president would lose a theological debate to be certain. But this is an immigration debate and countries have the right to enforce their borders. Sorry.

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  14. Leave It to Cleaver....

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  15. Mindless
    Liberal
    Kleaver

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  16. Why does the cleave only bitch after the fact, what has he done about anything to prevent anything? Nothing, he’s just a glorified worthless mouth piece that only speaks after everybody else has had their say.

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  17. "Let the little MS-13 children come to me and I will smite those dirtbag muthafukn pieces of shit." Trump 17:01

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  18. So I’m watching the World Cup game between Mexico and Russia and there must be 80,000 Mexican fans there, they don’t have money to live and have to break the laws of the US to come here for free everything but have money to travel all over the world for soccer?

    That’s not counting the tens of thousands outside the stadium either.

    What say you sjw’s?

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  19. Maybe before Carwash Cleaver pontificates regarding children separated from their parents, he should direct his preaching towards his own community where 75% of black babies are born out of wedlock, and many of those NEVER KNOW WHO THEIR DADDY'S ARE.

    He's a loser POS and an ineffective legislator.

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  20. ^^^^ +100000000

    Besides what is he going to do about it? Nothing as usual, he always talks big right right before election time, remember this when you vote

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  21. "If Mexicans know their breaking the law and run the risk of losing their kids coming across the border illegally then why do they keep doing it?

    That’s the law people, your politicians made it.

    Get over it pussy’s"

    Is English your first language?

    "So I’m watching the World Cup game between Mexico and Russia and there must be 80,000 Mexican fans there, they don’t have money to live and have to break the laws of the US to come here for free everything but have money to travel all over the world for soccer?

    That’s not counting the tens of thousands outside the stadium either."

    Have you ever been to Mexico (not counting the donkey shows in TJ)? There is a lot on money there. It's just not distributed very evenly. Like here.

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  22. The Reverend Cleaver is not perspicacious in this matter.

    The fact is this separation policy spans the entire justice system. IE: if a criminal is incarcerated, they are separated from their child, and that child is placed with relatives, or foster care. No one is 'ripping children from the arms of their mothers on our southern border, ' so stop the maudlin horsecrap narrative, Rev. Cleaver.

    In regards to illegal immigrants, this is a continuation of the same policy in place during Obama's 8 years. Obama was criticized then, Trump is criticized now. The only difference is Trump applies 'zero tolerance' where Obama dabbled in 'prosecutorial discretion.'

    As for a Biblical basis offered by AG Sessions, the good reverend disappoints again. The Bible is very clear on established nations, laws, walls, borders, and obedience or respect thereof. The exception, of course, is immoral or evil rulers or laws.

    This trashes his childish sophistry about Biblical justification of slavery or nazis, etc. Cleaver knows darn well that the abolition movement came from the Church; the Civil Rights movement came from the Church, and Nurmberg recognized a higher moral justification against 'I was just following (evil) orders.'

    Shame on you, Reverend! With your letter, you come across as a mere hyper-partisan hack.

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  23. Aren't we blessed that we live in a country in which we can speak our minds no matter how hurtful or ugly and not worry about retaliation from the government? More importantly, we should be very thankful that we will never have to flee our country never knowing what will happen to our families once we reach our final destination.

    Carry on, bigots. Carry on.

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    1. It was an Obama policy implemented by Trump. Should we talk about that in your safe space? I know your unicorn feelings are fragile.

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  24. If the Democrats don't get it Together A Republican will win the Presidential run in 2020,They Don't Have a Good Candidate they go to far to the left. And as many of Tonyskansascity readers already know, TRUMP WAS A DEMOCRAT, FOR many years. And the public knows about the many times the main stream media has been caught up in Lies,The past two weeks alone, Spreading rumors about Trump hitting on his wife. And .To,many to mention.

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  25. 11:58 and that’s the USA’s problem? Maybe you should be protesting in Mexico, you know, to make a difference

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  26. All I can ever hear when I see this man's name is a refrain from a famous song...

    CARWASH

    You might not ever get rich, ha
    Let me tell you it's better than digging a ditch
    There ain't no telling who you might meet
    A movie star or maybe a common thief
    Working at the car wash (oh oh, yeah yeah)
    At the car wash, yeah (ooh, yeah yeah)
    At the car wash (sing it with me now)
    Working at the car wash, yeah

    Cleaver should not in Congress. Look at 18th and Vine now scale that to an entire city. Way to go, losers!

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  27. Ministers
    Love
    Kash

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  28. Amazing the outrage the SJWs spew when the laws of this country are enforced on illegal aliens. The SJWs do not want the laws enforced.
    Where is the outrage when the same laws are enforced on citizens?
    If the illegals do not like the laws enforced on them then they need to stay home.
    Many good points have been posted.

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  29. ^^^^^A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

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  30. Cherry pick the bible

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  31. We are no longer a great country, or even a good country.

    Good countries don't treat people like this.

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    1. I suppose you'd rather we adopt Germany's immigration policy of letting everyone in?

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    2. Going to put them up in your house then, since you love them so much?

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  32. Children of US citizens are separated from their incarcerated parents every damn day. Why should foreigners be treated better?

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  33. 2.51 you got it,!!!!! Exactly.

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  34. Me bringing a sharpie to a QT shitter and writing on the partition equates to him speaking scripture

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  35. 2:30 yes

    Our economy is good, unemployment low; we can handle more people, & since we have a negative birth rate it is even imperative.

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    1. IT IS BORDERS AND LAWS THAT MAKE A NATION! DUH!6/18/18, 5:34 AM

      3:31,No.

      Letting EVERYONE like Germany is stupid and dangerous. Too many feckless freeloaders, gang/cartel crims, and 3rd world baby factories would FUBAR our ”good economy,low unemployment, and relatively safe environs.

      What is IMPERATIVE, is the consistent application of immigration laws to ALL seeking entrance and to those who are already here. Also,thorough screening to prevent admittance of undesirables is a must.

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  36. The law is the law and for those of you who don't like the law you have one option and that is to move to another country.

    Plain and simple that's how it is.

    BTW way take that fucking Cleaver with you when you go.

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  37. ^^^^^Oh, I suspect there are other alternatives. Changing the law is one of them. Of course then you'd have to leave the country, and that might not be so bad.

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  38. 5:06 don’t worry about the law getting changed because your people, the cleave being one of them won’t change it, they would rather bitch about it then fix it, it gets you people all riled up and that’s how they sucker you to vote for them, you got played sucka!

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  39. If you change the law for some then you're going to have to change it for all. So will a guy convicted of murder be allowed to stay out of jail because we can't separate him from his children?

    Get real you liberal idiots. The law is a good law and that's a fact.

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  40. Bet the bishops are mad at all those kids in one place and they're not there to molest them.

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  41. Minors
    Love
    Klergy

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  42. Obama separated family's too, Clever acts like this is only a Trump thing!

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  43. Muckrakers
    Love
    Klever

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  44. I know let's make it illegal for Latinos to enter the country without permission, that way we can pretend that they are dangerous, & take their children from them because we are Christians who believe in family values.

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    1. Silly and unhinged. There's a law, drama queen.

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  45. I am appalled only at Rev Cleaver who uses so many words to say nothing of value and his constituents reward him by re-electing him every two years.
    Now who are the ignorant people among us?

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  46. 11:37 doesn't believe in democracy.

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  47. Cleaver was ridiculous before the compromised DNC convention, but his performance there made him into a cartoon. He's just another low rent ghetto grifter preacher.

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  48. "If you change the law for some then you're going to have to change it for all. So will a guy convicted of murder be allowed to stay out of jail because we can't separate him from his children?

    Get real you liberal idiots. The law is a good law and that's a fact."

    Have these immigrants been convicted of murder? Or of any crime, for that matter?

    Separating children from their parents is not even a law.

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  49. Separating children from their parents is not even a law. It's a public relations disaster.

    If the pres. doesn't do something and pronto to end this practice, every Democrat in every race this fall will capitalize on it. And probably successfully. He's even managing to offend his base on this one.

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  50. Cleaver perpetuated the ghettos and poor parts of the city so they would remain poor. His handling of highway 71 should have ensured that he never got elected to any office ever again. It's dangerous to drive and the most inconvenient stretches of the city but everyone ignores

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