Dear Senator _____ / Representative ______ ,
My name is Dave Clark. My address is 208. S. Brady, Attica,
IN 47918. I am one of your constituents.
I am appalled, saddened and angered by the treatment of our
undocumented neighbors at the border. This policy of separating minors and
babies from parents and criminally charging the vulnerable is cruel and 100%
unethical. And especially when this has to do with people seeking asylum here
in the United States. We must do better. I feel complicit in the actions of my
county, and I want no part in oppressive and unjust treatment or policies.
Especially those actions that make the vulnerable even more at risk of
trafficking, trauma, and harm.
If we do nothing, we will be on the wrong side of history,
perpetuating a great evil, and out of touch with the cries of humanity.
“You can have secure and safe borders, Alleluia, for those
who want to provide that. While still maintaining that grand American heritage
of welcoming the immigrant and the refugee. That’s just part of America and I
don’t want to see that spoiled.”
—Cardinal Timothy Dolan
https://www.facebook.com/CuomoPrimeTime/videos/2281087808793841/
The time is now for all decent people, regardless of
political persuasion, to find the "better angels of our nature".
Charles Dickens, from whom Lincoln borrowed this phrase, says it much more
directly:
“The thoughts of
worldly men are for ever regulated by a moral law of gravitation, which, like
the physical one, holds them down to earth. The bright glory of day, and the
silent wonders of a starlit night, appeal to their minds in vain. There are no
signs in the sun, or in the moon, or in the stars, for their reading. They are
like some wise men, who, learning to know each planet by its Latin name, have
quite forgotten such small heavenly constellations as Charity, Forbearance, Universal
Love, and Mercy, although they shine by night and day so brightly that the
blind may see them; and who, looking upward at the spangled sky, see nothing
there but the reflection of their own great wisdom and book-learning…
“It is curious to
imagine these people of the world, busy in thought, turning their eyes towards
the countless spheres that shine above us, and making them reflect the only
images their minds contain…So do the shadows of our own desires stand between
us and our better angels, and thus their brightness is eclipsed."
Please do all within your power to end this policy of family
separation and criminally charging these neighbors who may be undocumented. We
live in a country of great abundance. We must learn to better share our resources,
or we risk forever living in fear and isolation, with destructive and toxic
actions that harm others and also ourselves.
In addition, as an ordained minister in the Church of the
Nazarene, I am sickened by the proof texting of scripture that A.G. Sessions
did with his quote of Romans 13. The actions by our government and the attempt
to support said actions with the misuse of scripture is a pattern that has
existed from the beginning days of our country. A.G. Sessions reached back to
days of slavery and beyond, using a privileged and proof texting approach to
scripture to support these immoral actions. It is past time to take a stand
against systemic injustice and it is past time to stop the misuse of scripture
as a scriptural support for these immoral acts and injustices.
I am asking you to do everything in your power to fix our
broken immigration system, provide a pathway to citizenship for DACA students
and adults, stop the separation of children from their parents at our borders,
and call out politicians who misuse scripture to support immoral practices.
Sincerely and earnestly,
Dave
