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November Challenge: Something I feel strongly about.
"As you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me." From the Book of Matthew. That's what I try to keep in mind when I encounter the migrants who have ended up in my community because Governor Abbott of Texas callously sent them up here.
I've heard all the political ads that demonize migrants. They tell me that these lonely, confused people panhandling on my local street corners are criminals and terrorists. Trump supporters would have me believe they are "poisoning the blood of our country." It's not lost on me that they claim to be loud and proud Christians. Guess their Bibles don't include The Book of Matthew.
I take my faith seriously and it offends me when people use it to justify their xenophobia.
Photo by Andreas Rasmussen on Unsplash
I watched a full Trump Rally last night. He was visiting a nearby city and the local stations had it on. I had never watched one and wanted to see what this was all about. I thought he was rather low energy, but it was his 3rd of the day. I lost some parts of what he said when my streaming buffered a great deal, but I did not hear him say anything that was way out there. There were dog whistles to the racists, and lots of bad things about immigrants and transgendered people. That is his main plot. It reminded me of an old-fashioned revival. In fact, I think that's exactly what it was - a revival for racists and others who feel marginalized by the progress of society. The Trump Bible, I was told, does not have all of the US Constitutional Amendments in it. Only the Bill of Rights, leaving women without the right to vote and holding slaves as a legitimate thing to do. It was a crazy thing to watch.
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