Defending the Trump Administration's policy to separate children from their parents at the U.S. border, Attorney General Sessions quoted the Bible, using a passage from Romans that instructs citizens to obey their government. This low point in the Administration's tenure is disturbing on so many levels.
First of all, efforts to defend that immoral policy deserve condemnation by anyone with a shred of humanity in their soul; capable of abolishing this outrageous practice with a stroke of his pen (or a simple phone call), Trump chooses to use it as a political football, blaming the policy on Democrats. Secondly, the use of Scripture to justify immoral behavior, while recurrent throughout the course of human history, is both ludicrous and inappropriate; a quotation from the Bible can be found to support almost any belief or behavior and mysticism has no place in the creation and enforcement of federal legislation.
Once again, religious mysticism has reared its ugly head, this time through the mouth of our Attorney General, the one person who should be especially committed to the separation of Church and State. But the Trump Administration pays little attention to our Constitution and has repeatedly favored mysticism over morality and science.
First of all, efforts to defend that immoral policy deserve condemnation by anyone with a shred of humanity in their soul; capable of abolishing this outrageous practice with a stroke of his pen (or a simple phone call), Trump chooses to use it as a political football, blaming the policy on Democrats. Secondly, the use of Scripture to justify immoral behavior, while recurrent throughout the course of human history, is both ludicrous and inappropriate; a quotation from the Bible can be found to support almost any belief or behavior and mysticism has no place in the creation and enforcement of federal legislation.
Once again, religious mysticism has reared its ugly head, this time through the mouth of our Attorney General, the one person who should be especially committed to the separation of Church and State. But the Trump Administration pays little attention to our Constitution and has repeatedly favored mysticism over morality and science.
