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@INQuakerPolicy Please help us spread the word that the feds are now accepting pubic comment on whether to include the citizenship question on the 2020 #census, and nonprofits can legally weigh in. Read more - bolderadvocacy.org/blog/nonprofit…

Five justices have just said @realDonaldTrump #travelBan is constitutional. That does not mean that it is just. Nor, does it mean that keeping our neighbors fleeing war torn places from seeking refuge here, is who, we as a country should want to be. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/06/26…

"The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience." -Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Another rough day for our most economically vulnerable neighbors. Farm Bill passes 213-211. The House Democrats voted in unity against the legislation. #ProtectSNAP politi.co/2Idsa4y

#Indiana #Faith leaders call for the rejection of the House #FarmBill, HR2 due to its harmful impact on the SNAP #foodstamps program. Joining are: @incatholicconf @IndyEpiscopal Bishop @JenniferBB @JCRCIndy @ShepherdIndy @Bishop_DSparks @INQuakerPolicy

"We have heard people in high position in the American government blaspheme in the name of God and country that it is a moral thing to assault the children amongst us...May God save our souls.” -@springsteen huffingtonpost.com/entry/bruce-sp…

"This child separation policy is connected to the worst abuses of humanity in our history...It is connected by the same evil that separated families during slavery & dislocated tribes & broke up Native American families. It is immoral & must be repudiated.”huffingtonpost.com/entry/steve-sc…

Today, "@USChamber & @BizRoundtable condemned the practice of separating children from their parents. @BizRoundtable called it 'cruel and contrary to American values.' @USChamber top official said, 'This is not who we are, and it must end now.'" nyti.ms/2MBGA1Y

Trump administration is expected to announce our withdraw from U.N. Human Rights Council. How much damage can one administration do to our global reputation? huffingtonpost.com/entry/united-s…

"Americans produce, on average, nearly 4.5 pounds of trash per day, generating more than 250 million tons of trash each year that are sent to more than 2,000 active landfills across the country." indy.st/2MF5KfZ

Today, is our three year anniversary on Twitter. Thank you so much to all of our followers. #MyTwitterAnniversary

"Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular gift in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility." -Dalton Trumbo

Thank you @SenDonnelly for signing on as a cosponsor to SB3036-Keep Families Together Act. Time for @ToddYoungIN & @braun4indiana to take a clear position on this legislation. indy.st/2t4JmEH

"As partisan and as divisive as the whole topic of immigration is, we need to start with what’s right...Can we start with just keeping parents and children together while we figure out some of the other details? The kids need to come first,” washingtonpost.com/news/post-nati…

“I cannot imagine anyone in his or her right mind thinking Jesus would approve of ripping children from their parents...It goes against pretty much the entire Bible in the ethos of Jesus, and it’s deeply un-Christian.” -@JamesMartinSJ huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-ses…

While protecting our borders is important, we can and must do better as a government, and as a society, to find other ways to ensure that safety. Separating babies from their mothers is not the answer and is immoral.” -Cardinal Daniel DiNardo huffingtonpost.com/entry/catholic…

"Morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than evil itself, that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible." -Abraham Joshua Heschel

"There is no time to lose...This is a challenge of epochal proportions. Civilization requires energy, but energy use must not destroy civilization.” -@Pontifex huffingtonpost.com/entry/pope-fra…

"I missed my daughters tenth birthday, her high school graduation and college graduation. She is twenty-six now, and I don't even know her because I wasn't here for her." -Greg Taylor exonerated after sixteen years in prison nccai.org/greg-taylor/

@betsmcq2 @JasonLarrison The Mennonite, Brethren and Quakers are known as "The Historic Peace Churches".

I’m not a member of the Friends Church (or any church for that matter), but @INQuakerPolicy’s positions on social and political issues quite frequently match mine. Keep fighting for what’s right, my Quaker Friends.