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Clearly, since religious institutions are not typically regulated by the government, they should be able to choose whether or not to provide a safe haven for immigrants. When an...read more
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by Steve Dimino
its not our right to allow or not allow any one to decide what they will or will not do in regards to their private property. has everyone in this country forgotten our cons...read more
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by Sarah Hale
In this debate I am understanding that we are talking about legal immigrants.... The church's duty has always been to care for the homeless the hungry, all those who th...read more
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Sure, and why not! There already allowed to be used as a haven for political shanaghans. Why, there allowed to inject there philosophical BS into our public schools. Neither of ...read more
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by Nouri Arif
The concept of a religious institution providing a "safe haven" or sanctuary is old and established. However, the point of such a concept is intended to protect those that are ...read more
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by Sam Smith
Religious institutions should never be allowed to be safe havens for immigrants. I know that many feel empathy for the plight of illegal immigrants because of the varied and mu...read more
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by Ron N.
What is the rationale of this question? I have been following the immigration issue in the United States quite closely and this type of unclear question shows up often. Sever...read more
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by Chaz Z.
When I first saw the Catholic Church hiding away the mum and her kids in Chicago, I was at first, in agreement with what the liberal news anchor had said and brushed it off for ...read more
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by Poppa Dave
Obviously the question has left out the qualifying "illegal" since the general theme of this topic is illegal immigrants. If we were just talking about immigrants who came he...read more
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First let's get our terms straight. No church is offering safe haven (sanctuary) to immigrants. By definition an immigrant well, immigrates. That means he goes through the pr...read more
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by Casleigh
I do not believe religious institutions should be "safe havens" for illegal immigrants for the very fact that they are unable, by law, to be "safe havens" for anything else in A...read more
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by Evan Carden
No. Places of worship (hereafter referred to as churches for brevity) have certain additional protections under the law, but that does not extend to breaking the law of the land...read more
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