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   Laffy (gottalaff@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 06:39:14 JST Laffy

   “A group of Quaker congregations are suing the Dept of Homeland Security for changing a policy that used to forbid ICE agents from conducting immigration enforcement activities in so-called “sensitive locations” like houses of worship, playgrounds, schools and hospitals without approval from supervisors”
   https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/quaker-groups-file-suit-end-policy-restricting-ice-arrests-houses-wors-rcna189471

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     baconandcoconut (baconandcoconut@freeradical.zone)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 06:39:12 JST baconandcoconut

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     • Roger Moore

     @VATVSLPR @GottaLaff It feels like some context could help here. Quakers were early abolitionists and participated in the underground railroad -- an instance of protecting human beings who were not supported by the law at the time. They are an entirely different group of people than the Catholics, Evangelicals and Megachurch weirdos who refuse to keep children safe from their elders.

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     Roger Moore (vatvslpr@c.im)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 06:39:13 JST Roger Moore

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     @GottaLaff
     When it comes to protecting pedophiles, churches seem to be above the law; protecting the indigent, not so much.

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     baconandcoconut (baconandcoconut@freeradical.zone)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 09:30:34 JST baconandcoconut

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     • Roger Moore

     @VATVSLPR @GottaLaff Ah. Yes, thanks for clarifying.

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     Roger Moore (vatvslpr@c.im)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 09:30:35 JST Roger Moore

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     • baconandcoconut

     @baconandcoconut @GottaLaff
     I understand who the Quakers are. My point is the government seems to let religious groups get away with a lot when they're abusing defenseless people but not when they're protecting them. I realize it isn't the same churches doing the abusing and defending.