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Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 07:07 PM Jan 2017

Obama: Its Shameful to Say We Should Just Admit the Christians and not the Muslims.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-hunter/obama-shameful-suggest-there-would-be-religious-test-people-fleeing

November 16, 2015

(CNSNews.com) - President Barack Obama, speaking from the G20 Summit in Turkey on Monday, said it was “shameful” that some political leaders are suggesting the U.S. should only admit Christian and not Muslim Syrian refugees.

“When I hear folks say that, well maybe we should just admit the Christians but not the Muslims, when I hear political leaders suggesting that there would be a religious test for which a person who’s fleeing from a war torn country is admitted, when some of the those folks themselves come from families who benefited from protection when they were fleeing political persecution, that’s shameful,” Obama said.

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Obama is still with us on all the policies the Trumpenfuhrer/Bannonkaiser is trying to change.
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Obama: Its Shameful to Say We Should Just Admit the Christians and not the Muslims. (Original Post) Fred Sanders Jan 2017 OP
Thank you for that quote from President Obama, Fred! Cha Jan 2017 #1
So easy for the dark forces to feed the dark thoughts, as Obama also said. Fred Sanders Jan 2017 #4
Yeah! Obama said it is important that those "in leadership, particularly those who have a platform Cha Jan 2017 #5
Obama's going to be his worst nightmare malaise Jan 2017 #2
I love you Mr. President! bravenak Jan 2017 #3
Good sentiments. Denzil_DC Jan 2017 #6

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
4. So easy for the dark forces to feed the dark thoughts, as Obama also said.
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 07:12 PM
Jan 2017

Also in the article: Obama said it is important that those “in leadership, particularly those who have a platform and can be heard not to fall into that trap, not to feed that dark impulse inside of us.”

Cha

(297,149 posts)
5. Yeah! Obama said it is important that those "in leadership, particularly those who have a platform
Fri Jan 27, 2017, 07:15 PM
Jan 2017
and can be heard not to fall into that trap, not to feed that dark impulse inside of us.”

Thank you
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