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Evangelicals Say Ron DeSantis Is Threatening Religious liberty With His Support For A Bill That Criminalizes Aid For Immigrants
Insider via Yahoo ^ | 03/31/23 | Charles R. Davis

Posted on 04/01/2023 10:47:51 AM PDT by Enlightened1

At issue is a provision in the bill that would impose, per the legislative text: "criminal penalties for persons who knowingly and willfully violate, or who reasonably should know and who violate, certain provisions relating to the transporting into or within this state, or the concealing, harboring, or shielding from detection, or the attempt thereof, of individuals who entered the United States unlawfully and without inspection by the Federal Government."

Violators could be charged with a second-degree felony under the bill, which in Florida is punishable by up to 15 years in prison. The bill is also opposed by the ACLU, with its Florida chapter noting that it could criminalize providing transport or shelter to people "who have lived in Florida for decades and have US-born children."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: aliens; evangelicals; florida; hiring; illeagals; labor; law; ngos; rondesantis; transporting
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1 posted on 04/01/2023 10:47:51 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1
Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, and unto God what is God's.

Evangelicals have to obey the law.

2 posted on 04/01/2023 10:51:40 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Enlightened1
What? NGOs nervous?

Screw 'em!

3 posted on 04/01/2023 10:52:05 AM PDT by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: Enlightened1

Is it religious liberty to steal? That’s a law too.


4 posted on 04/01/2023 10:52:06 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )
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To: Enlightened1

Insider via Yahoo -read no further


5 posted on 04/01/2023 10:53:06 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Enlightened1

Then “evangelicals” should stop breaking the law. My own denomination does this, and it ticks myself, and others, off.

I am with DeSantis on this.


6 posted on 04/01/2023 10:53:22 AM PDT by madison10
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To: Enlightened1

They need to add the word “Progressive” before “Evangelicals” in the headline. Because it is progressive evangelicals (aka leftists) who are aiding and abetting illegal immigration.


7 posted on 04/01/2023 10:54:32 AM PDT by stratman1969 (Jail to the Thieves: Biden & Harris)
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To: Enlightened1

And people wonder...why is church membership going down...


8 posted on 04/01/2023 10:55:10 AM PDT by gathersnomoss (LIVE FREE OR DIE)
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To: stratman1969

My denomination is not, at least they weren’t, a progressive one. The illegal aid might be the only progressive trait, but it is not for lack of trying by liberals in the batch.


9 posted on 04/01/2023 10:58:35 AM PDT by madison10
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To: stratman1969
>> They need to add the word “Progressive” before “Evangelicals” in the headline. <<

They do not. Doing so would imply those "Evangelicals" are fighting for "progress"

. Their policies certainly do NOT result in "progress"

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10 posted on 04/01/2023 11:00:21 AM PDT by BillyBoy ( Build Biden Better.)
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To: madison10

I’m about to meet with my pastor and let him know I’m going to be looking for another church. They’ve embraced the ungodly woke agenda.


11 posted on 04/01/2023 11:01:45 AM PDT by stratman1969 (Jail to the Thieves: Biden & Harris)
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To: Enlightened1

Who are these evangelicals you speak of ?


12 posted on 04/01/2023 11:03:18 AM PDT by chris haney (Apache)
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To: Enlightened1

start taxing churches.


13 posted on 04/01/2023 11:05:32 AM PDT by ronniesgal (friends don't let friends be Kardashians)
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To: stratman1969

The media has pretty much wiped out the meaning of “Evangelical” on purpose, to make it useless as a Christian category.


14 posted on 04/01/2023 11:07:07 AM PDT by ansel12 (NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
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To: Enlightened1

There is a massive infrastructure of evangelical leftists seeking to subvert the Christian right, including the Southern Baptist Convention. God knows I’m not just picking on them, with Antipope Francis running things in my own church. But that’s who these “evangelicals” are.

EvangelicalImmigrationTable.com includes:

ChristianityToday.com
the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission
National Association of Evangelicals
World Vision
World Relief
Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (an accreditation scam!)
Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission
Christian Reformed Church of North America
Church of the Nazarene
Assemblies of God
Salvation Army
Southern Baptist Convention
Church of God of Cleveland, TN
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship

I’m only listing organizations whose Presidents have endorsed this in the name of their organizations. This does NOT mean that the church or convention have ratified this action, but it does mean that the Presidents (or General Secretaries or whatever) have felt comfortable acting in their name.


15 posted on 04/01/2023 11:07:49 AM PDT by dangus ( )
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Yep, there we are. 😡


16 posted on 04/01/2023 11:09:15 AM PDT by madison10
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To: chris haney

https://ncbaptist.org/article/bscnc-opening-immigrant-ministry-centers/

This group for one.


17 posted on 04/01/2023 11:12:08 AM PDT by buckalfa (Gut feelings are your guardian angels)
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To: Enlightened1
"criminal penalties for persons who knowingly and willfully violate, or who reasonably should know and who violate, certain provisions relating to the transporting into or within this state, or the concealing, harboring, or shielding from detection, or the attempt thereof, of individuals who entered the United States unlawfully and without inspection by the Federal Government."

Amazing.

Courageous.

18 posted on 04/01/2023 11:17:14 AM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston Churchill)
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To: Enlightened1

Its deep-state propaganda or Yahoo!

When they say “evangelicals” - they mean “leftist NGOs”


19 posted on 04/01/2023 11:18:42 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

The tyrant’s favorite verse.


20 posted on 04/01/2023 11:18:54 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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