No, that's not right the Syrian people as a whole are victims.
Is it right to limit allowing Syrian refugees into the US to just Christians?
I don't know how they would legally do so.
Seems to me, it would violate the First Amendment.
We shouldn't make homes to give to refugees when we have thousands of war veterans that are HOMELESS. Honestly we shouldn't bring ANY to the United States.
Of course it isn't right and it isn't fair or legal. The problem is in the last 14 years we have let in just under 2,200 Syrian refugees. Now the president wants to more than quadruple that number. They are coming in without papers from a country that has not been great on record keeping because of civil war, and it a known home to terrorist organizations. That makes it awfully hard to to be confident in the vetting process.
The vetting process takes normally 18-24 months. Is Obama hiring more people to process this increase? Or is he expecting the same number of people to handle four times the work? If he does hire new people, how quickly and thoroughly can they be trained so as not to make "rookie" mistakes and let someone in that shouldn't be here? Where are they to be housed while this goes on? Where is the money for all this coming from? This way more complicated then either side of this issue seems to want to address.
Whether it's right or wrong, the practical issue is that it is no guarantee.
But beyond that, consider this:
- Muslims are bound by conscience to erect Sharia law in your nation. This is a bad thing for baptized Christians. At best it means being taxed at a higher rate (the Muslim jizya tax for Christians). At worse it means death.
- If you live in a democracy, a 51% political Islamic majority will allow “we the people” to promulgate Sharia law. They are following their conscience and religious beliefs in this matter. They will do this just as they have done in any other community where they captured the majority (Mecca, Palestine, Egypt, Syria, etc.)
- It is a duty of of justice for Christian people to strive to prevent the promulgation of false laws (i.e. those contrary to reason or the common good). Christians are called to be politically active and advocates for the common good and natural law.
- While we have the Christian duty to care for the refugee, the sick, the victim, and the injured, we have a greater common duty by justice to preserve the state of law and our religious liberty first and foremost. http://taylormarshall.com/2015/11/islamic-refugee-crisis-good-samaritan-or-maccabean-response-or-both.html
Sure. Denying safety to refugees based on their religion certainly sounds like something Jesus would heartily approve of.
Allowing Syrian refugees to enter the US, is a debate that is just beginning. As with all these situations there are so many practical "real world" issues each one develops into its own negative or positive point of debate. It is not nor will it ever be a simple black and white issue. Humanity as a whole has a basic fundamental responsibility to take care of its own. On the other hand it also has a fundamental right to protect itself. It is the wasteland between its responsibility and its rights that must be addressed.
