I wouldn't be surprised if, in his mind, they aren't "real Christians"
I mean, hell, look at how he treats central/south america, skin color supersedes religion for him.
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Reuters: Trump says Syrian Christian refugees will be given priority
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I wouldn't be surprised if, in his mind, they aren't "real Christians"
I mean, hell, look at how he treats central/south america, skin color supersedes religion for him.
EatinOlives
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Nakedly admitting to open religious discrimination.
Add another one to the list of horseshit things he said this week.
Add another one to the list of horseshit things he said this week.
Arrogant Bastard
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Not necessarily, it depends on what your definition of is, is.
But OT, it isn't really that clear that they would be given priority over others. I'm sure this will be Conwayed with an explanation that makes it go away.
UberTag
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I swear Trump doesn't even have an internal decency barometer to understand why the things he says are wrong. It's like all he thinks is... Christians = Good, Muslims = Bad... and rolls with it without even having a fundamental understanding why discriminating against religious freedom is a bad practice regardless of the circumstances.
GrizzleBoy
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Come on man.....
Why?
Shouldn't be a problem. Taqiya got them covered.
SymbiantXenos
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Impeach this man.
sssstententen
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Meanwhile practicing good natured people will refuse to break their faith to come to our country.
The irony would be insane.
I'd assume he means because this is a direct affront by the president of our nation against all Islamic religions. It's disgusting and will only further fuel extremeists negative views of our country, while punishing the rest at the same time.
ChemicalCutthroat
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I'm hoping this gets locked up in court, and ruled unconstitutional.
Because it is.
Because it is.
Robdraggoo
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I understood that reference
Please eat this bacon!
We arent is the business of letting activist judges get in the way of WHITE RICH AMERICA FIRST!!!!
Off with their heads!
Yes, Trump. Stigmatize the muslim community. I'm sure that'll solve all the problems. I mean, it's not like the stigminization of muslims can lead to young, lost souls can fall easy pray to extremism in that way. It's also great that the likes of ISIS aren't masters at producing propaganda which hinges on the poor treatment of muslims. Wouldn't that be bad, right? Playing right into ISIS's hand?
What could possibly go wrong here?
What could possibly go wrong here?
I have a hard time imagining Melania allowing that very often.
Regardless of his religious beliefs
I've been a Muslim all my life and have never heard of Taqiya. WTF is that?
If it has anything to do with "Will I eat pork to save my life?", say I'm dying of hunger, then yes, I will. NOT eating it would forfeit my soul and would be the same as committing suicide.
Edit: So I looked it up. Sunni's don't practice that. In fact, I don't think my Shia friends know of it either. Lying is forbidden in Islam. Now PERSONALLY, if my family and I are held at gunpoint knowing we will be shot if we answered a certain way? I think anyone would lie in that case, to protect one's family and self.
If he tries to give an executive order or have Congress enact a law, absolutely.
As it stands, it's just an extremely dumb thing for the president to say.
DontBeThatGuy
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Kill Your Masters
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Cases of necessity make eating bacon permissible I think?
Trump can't win this one.
Unless he forces refugees to go to church while they reside in the US. Which would also be a possibility in this insane timeline we live in.
Infinite Stars
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I mean, you could ask them to state the Nicean Creed(Which is fundamentally the basis of all sects of Christianity), but good luck getting that to fly over when 90% of Protestants don't even know it.
It's a mess of stupid proportions.
Kelly-Anne is a liar who would tell you that the sky is red if it made Trump's ratings go up.
Don't remind me of that, please. So, so stupid how he convinced people he's a Christian/They somehow don't care.
That would seem logical. Us jews have a similar rule where you can break the rules if following them puts you in danger. Like you dont have to fast on Yom Kippur if you are very sick
DontBeThatGuy
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I'm sure many see through it, but using the The Supreme Court to impose their will is more important than his lies.
Yes that's who they have to be aligned with in order to get in here.
Okay, so the real background on the prioritizing of Syrian Christian refugees stems from the leaked draft of the executive order, which we have yet to officially see.
"to prioritize refugee claims made by individuals on the basis of religious-based persecution, provided that the religion of the individual is a minority religion in the individual's country of nationality"
It's easy to see what that means. The interview with CBN alone, however, doesn't justify the headline Reauters was using.
"to prioritize refugee claims made by individuals on the basis of religious-based persecution, provided that the religion of the individual is a minority religion in the individual's country of nationality"
It's easy to see what that means. The interview with CBN alone, however, doesn't justify the headline Reauters was using.
Man Called Aerodynamics
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Yeah I can't see how this is constitutional, like at all.
Chairman Yang
if he talks about books, you better damn well listen
It's well-known that Muslims melt upon contact with bacon.
uncredited male
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Passes law. Gets it shot down by SC. Has next blame target after Obama fades from public conscious. Profit?
mentallyinept
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What the fuck...
- He directly refers to Syria and how Muslim refugees have a priority currently (based on nothing), where the share is 92% Muslim to 8% Christian.
- Says that the reason why this is so was "so unfair" and doesn't say what that reason was.
- When asked if helping Christians was a priority he said "Yes".
He is directly talking about prioritizing Christians in areas of majority Muslim populations. Giving Christians a priority in these circumstances would inherently de-prioritize Muslims.
Where's the ambiguity here? This is straight up religious litmus testing.
- He directly refers to Syria and how Muslim refugees have a priority currently (based on nothing), where the share is 92% Muslim to 8% Christian.
- Says that the reason why this is so was "so unfair" and doesn't say what that reason was.
- When asked if helping Christians was a priority he said "Yes".
He is directly talking about prioritizing Christians in areas of majority Muslim populations. Giving Christians a priority in these circumstances would inherently de-prioritize Muslims.
Where's the ambiguity here? This is straight up religious litmus testing.
RPGCrazied
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Our own congress doesn't have control on this man. That is so scary that nobody is doing anything. But he does surround himself only with yes men so this isn't surprising. Still though to have every Republican stand behind him is so depressing.
WhateverItTakes
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Piece.
Of.
Shit.
Of.
Shit.
DontBeThatGuy
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Reality though, don't expect any Syrian to get refugee status.
Ziltoidia 9
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He does seem like one of those "Christian = white people".
Price Dalton
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Not sure if they asked about religion or did this on purpose, but the last administration seemed to prioritize Muslims over Christians: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article...esettled-us-15-over-target-046-are-christians
m_shortpants
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The fuck is he talking about. Muslims in the middle East are the biggest victims of terror.
Of course, that doesn't downplay persecution of Christians and the suffering they are experiencing from ISIS, too, but c'mon.
Of course, that doesn't downplay persecution of Christians and the suffering they are experiencing from ISIS, too, but c'mon.
Exactly.
RPGCrazied
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Well, he did say on national TV he could kill someone and still get their vote, so they are okay with murder, so I'm guessing nothing.
mentallyinept
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At this point? Murder? ...Maybe?
So, putting aside the site you found this on, if we take it at face value:
They were not prioritizing anyone. This article is calling for them to prioritize Christians
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