<div dir="ltr"><div>Sorry, I hit send too fast. I had meant to include the following highlights:</div><div><br></div><div>While suggestions that the U.S. employs a blanket ban on Christian refugees from Syria have been proved false, leading Republicans are seizing on the issue, arguing the Obama administration should do more to help Syria's Christians escape the threat of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).</div><div><br></div><div>...</div><div><p>Analysts say the small numbers of Christian refugees in the U.S. is a result of many factors, including politics within Syria and across the Middle East.</p><p>...</p><p>Christians were largely protected under the regime of Bashar al Assad, who himself is a member of the minority Alawite offshoot of Islam, Even while Christians flee ISIS, they may feel safer under Assad’s sphere of influence, U.N High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres suggested at an event in Washington in October.</p><p>***</p><p>We're dealing with people fleeing from a force which is, to the best of my understanding, far more violent towards Muslims they view as apostates than towards Christians within their controlled territory. We shouldn't be surprised that more Muslims are fleeing. Nor should it be surprising that the UN has more places to settle Christians than Muslims, given that the United States, which ought to be a beacon of freedom to those fleeing from oppression, has Presidential candidates advocating religious tests for refugees. Other countries, which do not have statues proclaiming their wish to grant liberty to the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free, are likely to be hostile to Muslim refugees as well. </p><p>Opinions, of course, may differ here, and I don't think we need for this list to be a place for us to fight about refugee policy. If we're going to discuss refugee policies, though, I feel free to share mine as well: I personally advocate for open borders, and especially for compassion and asylum for those in need of it. I also tend to disbelieve fear-driven attributions of malice where reasonable explanations exist. If we had more Christian refugees, I expect we'd find people complaining about the time it takes to process them - the same people, largely, who are worried that it doesn't take long enough to process other refugees. <br></p>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Joshua Katz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:planning4liberty@gmail.com" target="_blank">planning4liberty@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/263200-battle-brewing-over-christian-syrians" target="_blank">http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/263200-battle-brewing-over-christian-syrians</a></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr">Joshua A. Katz<div>Westbrook CT Planning Commission (L in R seat)</div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 10:21 AM, Scott L. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:scott73@earthlink.net" target="_blank">scott73@earthlink.net</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div><div class="h5">
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outrage and hurt at Donald Trump’s recent comments and policy
suggestions about Muslims. I share your outrage and hurt that he
still is polling well among Republicans. I share your outrage and
hurt that we should even have to discuss such matters. But obviously
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religion is one of our most sacred American values, protected by our
Constitution. Never should someone be disparaged, profiled, or have
their rights infringed upon because of their religious faith.
Republicans like to talk a good game about our Constitution but,
clearly, many are making an exception when it comes to religious
liberty. This is quite sad and it is this kind of double standard
that has caused so many liberty-loving people to leave the Republican
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not previously considered the Libertarian Party, I encourage you to
do so now. We are an extremely diverse group of people who are
passionate about liberty…about all rights, of all people, all the
time. We do not denigrate or disparage any group. We respect the
humanity of all people and their rights to make their own decisions
about their lives. Simply put: Libertarianism is the idea that every
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peace, prosperity, and liberty in the <u></u><u></u>United States<u></u><u></u>. I hope you
have found good things here. No country is perfect and recent weeks
have reminded us of that. But I maintain that, despite our
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protect your rights, and it will continue to. And Libertarians
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