by Bobby Watson | Mar 24, 2022 | Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts
Covered in earlier posts, Title 42 is a Trump-era policy that has been maintained and defended by the Biden administration up to date. Heralded by conservatives as a necessary tool to slow mass migration at the southern border, and condemned by progressives as an...
by Joshua Houston | Mar 22, 2022 | Human Rights, Law Enforcement, Resources
On December 17, 2015, Senior U.S. District Court Judge Janis Graham Jack ruled that Texas violated the constitutional rights of foster children to be free from an unreasonable risk of harm caused by Texas. The Judge wrote, “Texas’ conduct shocks the conscience.” The...
by Bobby Watson | Mar 17, 2022 | Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the resulting violent conflict, an estimated 3 million Ukrainians have fled their neighboring countries, creating the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II. As world leaders and global humanitarian organizations...
by Bobby Watson | Mar 2, 2022 | Human Migration, Human Rights, Latest Posts
On Thursday the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine under the pretense of “demilitizariing and de-nazifying” the country. The event has been internationally condemned as an unwarranted act of aggression likened to empire building of days thought to be past in Europe....
by Bee Moorhead | Feb 26, 2022 | Faith Leader Trans Support, Race & Gender
Sallie Watson, General Presbyter; Laurie Palmer, Stated Clerk | Mission Presbytery Dear ones, We want to share our thoughts and convictions with you, speaking the truth in love as brothers and sisters in Christ, on two difficult issues which have surfaced in the last...
by Bee Moorhead | Feb 26, 2022 | Faith Leader Trans Support, Race & Gender
FEBRUARY 25, 2022 | LEE WINKELMAN AND FREDI BLEEKER FRANKS The Texas Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC-TX) unequivocally denounces the hateful and erroneous statements made by Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton this week, in which they...
