The Bible Referenced In Immigration Debate
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Channel: Secular Talk · 2013 · News & Politics
Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama on Monday attempted to explain why his views on immigration were not at odds with his professed religious beliefs. During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on immigration reform, Dr. David Fleming of the Champion Forest Baptist Church in Texas noted that Leviticus 19:33-34 calls on believers to treat foreigners in their land "as the native among you." Sessions responded there was no Scriptural basis "for the idea that a modern nation state can't have a lawful system of immigration." He cited a Biblical story in which the king of Edom denied the Israelites the right to pass through his land as evidence that the God of the Bible supported immigration laws — though the story seemed to imply the opposite. He warned Fleming and others were "leading little ones astray" by citing Scripture "loosely." ... Read & See More At: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/24/sen-sessions-struggles-to-explain-biblical-basis-of-his-anti-immigration-views/ Clip from the Thursday, April 25th 2013 edition of The Kyle Kulinski Show, which airs live on Blog Talk Radio and Secular Talk Radio monday - friday 5-7pm Eastern. Check out our website - and become a member - at: http://www.SecularTalkRadio.com Listen to the Live Show or On Demand archive at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kylekulinski Follow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kylekulinski Like on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SecularTalk
