"U.S. has to be allowed to retain its white/christian character"

[enhanced_deficit]

Amazing opinion piece:

State Dep’t threatens aid to Palestinians over ICC, but holds out no consequences for Israel’s settlements
US Politics
Phil Weiss and Annie Robbins on January 6, 2015

Yesterday we saw two glaring double standards in the American official discourse when it comes to Israel and other countries.

First, in yesterday’s New York Times, longtime Israel advocate Dennis Ross called on all those who are pushing for a Palestinian state to offer Israel certain assurances, among them “a resolution of the Palestinian refugee issue that allows Israel to retain its Jewish character.”

Can you imagine the New York Times running an article saying that the U.S. has to be allowed to retain its white character in the face of rising numbers of Hispanics and Asian immigrants? No, you can’t. It goes against a modern liberal understanding of how societies are composed to say such a thing. Or retain the U.S.’s Christian character? Hogwash.

Now here is more hypocrisy flowing from the same official ideology, support for Israel. At yesterday’s State Department briefing, spokesperson Jen Psaki warned that the Palestinian accession to the International Criminal Court could result in a reduction of US assistance to the Palestinian Authority. The New York Times echoes this threat today: “Washington… is expected to cut $400 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority if the International Criminal Court bid is not reversed.”

But as reporters suggested in their questions, the Israelis have been building settlements in the occupied territories for nearly 50 years and we haven’t threatened to reduce their assistance. Psaki tried to dodge the double standard question by saying it was up to Congress to reduce assistance.


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[AngryCanadian]

If America was an Christian nation as it claims why didn't help the Christians during the war in Yugoslavia and helped brought in the Islamists in the heart of Europe?

Good article though.

 

[jmdrake]

If America was an Christian nation as it claims why didn't help the Christians during the war in Yugoslavia and helped brought in the Islamists in the heart of Europe?

Good article though.

Why didn't it help Christians in Iraq but instead let Shiite Islamists take over? Why is it undermining the security of Christians in Syria?

 

[Zippyjuan]

Can you imagine the New York Times running an article saying that the U.S. has to be allowed to retain its white character in the face of rising numbers of Hispanics and Asian immigrants?

Most hispanics are Christian.

http://www.christianpost.com/news/hispanic-population-helping-us-christianity-thrive-49641/

Hispanic Population Helping U.S. Christianity Thrive

With the Hispanic population booming in the U.S., one prominent evangelical believes Hispanics will be the “lifeguards for Christianity in America in the 21st century.”

The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez made the comment to The Christian Post on Tuesday in response to the latest U.S. Census Bureau report, released last week, which revealed that the Hispanic population has grown to 50.5 million, or roughly 1 in 6 Americans.

That marks a 43 percent growth over the last 10 years. The Hispanic population growth accounted for over half of the 27.3 million increase in the total U.S. population.

Reflecting on the massive increase, Rodriguez, president of America's largest Hispanic Christian organization, The National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, talked about the impact from a church perspective.

It has “two powerful impacts” on the church, he said.

Firstly, “it forces the Anglo-Saxon American churches to expand their outreach in their communities.”

He explained, “Previously, the Anglo-Saxon church was able to survive by reaching out exclusively to its own people, but now it can no longer do so.”

Secondly, the Hispanic church is experiencing the fastest growth in history in such a way that the largest denominations such as the Southern Baptist Convention, Assemblies of God, Churches of God, and The United Methodist Church, among others, have confirmed that their growth comes largely through Hispanic churches.

“In other words, without the Hispanic population the evangelical church in the U.S. would decline,” he observed.

 

[Acala]

Most hispanics are Christian.

http://www.christianpost.com/news/hispanic-population-helping-us-christianity-thrive-49641/

They are BROWN Christians. That doesn't count.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

Why didn't it help Christians in Iraq but instead let Shiite Islamists take over? Why is it undermining the security of Christians in Syria?

Especially that^^ Syria is home to one of-if not the oldest-Christian communities in the world.

 

[Ronin Truth]

"The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion."-- George Washington