I’m not sure why, but this headline cracks me up
Steve Sailer • January 30, 2017 •
The actual NYT article isn’t all that bad:
Christian Leaders Denounce Trump’s Plan to Favor Christian Refugees
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN JAN. 29, 2017
Over the past decade, Christians in the United States have grown increasingly alarmed about the persecution of other Christians overseas, especially in the Middle East. With each priest kidnapped in Syria, each Christian family attacked in Iraq or each Coptic church bombed in Egypt, the clamor for action rose.
During the campaign, Donald J. Trump picked up on these fears, speaking frequently of Christians who were refused entry to the United States and beheaded by terrorists of the Islamic State: “If you’re a Christian, you have no chance,” he said in Ohio in November.
Now, President Trump has followed through on his campaign promise to rescue Christians who are suffering.
The executive order he signed on Friday gives preference to refugees who belong to a religious minority in their country, and have been persecuted for their religion.
The president detailed his intentions during an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network on Friday, saying his administration is giving priority to Christians because they had suffered “more so” than others, “so we are going to help them.”
But if Mr. Trump had hoped for Christian leaders to break out in cheers, that is, for the most part, not what he has heard so far.
A broad array of clergy members has strongly denounced Mr. Trump’s order as discriminatory, misguided and inhumane.
Of course, it doesn’t make clear that the refugee racket is a nice source of taxpayer money for more than a few churches. Nor does it point out that budgets for giving actual refugees refuge go much further in third countries than in expensive America.
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