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I'm not deceived posthuman. You are and of course you're not interested in the merits of enculturation, what the bible has to say about citizenship and government, the wider discussion, etc... because you have a myopic agenda to purvey which allows illegal aliens and anchor street gangs to troll U.S. public schools threatening violence upon loyal American kids who wear t-shirts with the American flag on them.
Your persistence in pridefully ignoring my correction is causing other people to read this thread and also be deceived by it.
And I see that you're not above misusing Philippians 3:20 to wash your hands, like Pontus Pilate, of your biblically asserted responsibilities with respect to immigration and government.
The Bible teaches that Christians hold primary and secondary citizenships living simultaneously in two spheres.
The first is the kingdom of God. The second is the sociopolitical sphere (e.g. nation society) we find ourselves in which ultimately is ordained to administer justice as per passages like Romans 13 (a passage I argue as Timothy Baldwin J.D. does in 'Romans 13: The True Meaning of Submission').
God's biblical model for living incorporates both family and nation. The Bible has a great deal to say about immigration, government, citizenship, and responsibility toward all three just as it does about the kingdom of God.
Lawlessness with escalating violence and incivility cannot yield peace. Disparate division with roaming gangs of illegals and anchors who's allegiance is to another nation cannot yield peace.
God is one of love and of order, peace, freedom from debt, wise boundaries, and of nations. In some contexts Scripture teaches us to welcome. In other contexts it teaches us to be distinct, set apart, and, at times, to build walls.
Old Testament scholar James Hoffmeier states that the Hebrew word “ger”, translated “alien” or “sojourner” refers to “a person who entered Israel and followed legal procedures to obtain recognized standing as a resident alien.”
This lawful sojourner (“ger”) was not necessarily given all the rights and privileges as the Hebrew citizen, but was treated kindly, indeed much more kindly than was customary among tribes and nations of the ancient world.
In other words, Hoffmeier continues, biblical “… verses about sojourners refer to legal immigrants into the country. But other people who did not have this recognized standing were simply termed ‘foreigners’ and did not have the same benefits or privileges that sojourners did.”
In either case, when they acted violently against Israel, they were punished and deported.
The entire incident was provoked by Mexican students (some legally here, some illegally here, and some in Mexican street gangs) walking around with a Mexican flag on a U.S. public high school that was celebrating a Mexican military victory over a Western power.
And I quote from the ninth circus [sarcasm intended] court ruling:
"A group of Mexican students had been walking around with the Mexican flag, and in response to the white students’ flag-raising, one Mexican student shouted “f*** them white boys, f*** them white boys.” When Assistant Principal Miguel Rodriguez told the student to stop using profane language, the student said, “But Rodriguez, they are racist. They are being racist. F*** them white boys. Let’s f*** them up.”
"Another Mexican in the words of the district court, 'shoved a Mexican flag at him and said something in Spanish expressing anger at [M.D.’s] clothing [a t-shirt with a U.S. flag on it]."
"As the district court noted, the students offered no evidence 'demonstrating that students wearing the colors of the Mexican flag were targeted for violence.'”
A year later, a group of Caucasian students, all loyal U.S. citizens, wore American flag shirts to school. A group of Mexican students asked Rodriguez why the Caucasian students “get to wear THEIR flag out when we don’t get to wear OUR flag?”
Because it's United States Territory. You're in the United States attending a United States public high school paid for by citizens of the United States.
It's NOT Mexico! That's why!
I will concede; however, that the U.S. Flag Code does address the impropriety of using the flag as an article of personal adornment, a design on items of temporary use, and item of clothing to limit the commercial or common usage of the flag and, thus, maintain its dignity though it is important to remember that the Flag Code is intended as a guide to be followed on a purely voluntary basis as statutes placing civil or criminal penalties on the wearing of the flag on clothing are unconstitutional a result of Supreme Court decisions addressing this area in past flag desecration suits.
In my opinion, the American citizen students of the U.S. have a Constitutional right to wear the American flag on their t-shirts anytime they want 24/7 and anyone who doesn't it like it to the point of threatening them for it should have their citizenship investigated to see if they are here legally and if not deported. If they are here legally, then disciplined for making violent threats against loyal U.S. citizens on behalf of a foreign power (e.g. sedition).
The school acted inappropriately sending the message that loyalty to the U.S. isn't as important as loyalty to Mexico on a U.S. public school campus in the United States and that threats against loyal U.S. citizens on behalf of a foreign power are rewarded not punished and that is NOT acceptable.
Understand that the United States flag is given priority over all other nation's flags IN the United States as per United States Code Section 7, Title Four, states:
"No person shall display the flag of the United Nations or any other national or international flag equal, above, or in a position of superior prominence or honor to, or in place of, the flag of the United States at any place within the United States or any Territory or possession thereof."
^ Got it!
This is going to the U.S. Supreme Court who has a marvelous history of consistently overturning the ninth circus [sarcasm intended]. My prediction is for loyal U.S. citizens to get ready to be happy.
Your persistence in pridefully ignoring my correction is causing other people to read this thread and also be deceived by it.
And I see that you're not above misusing Philippians 3:20 to wash your hands, like Pontus Pilate, of your biblically asserted responsibilities with respect to immigration and government.
The Bible teaches that Christians hold primary and secondary citizenships living simultaneously in two spheres.
The first is the kingdom of God. The second is the sociopolitical sphere (e.g. nation society) we find ourselves in which ultimately is ordained to administer justice as per passages like Romans 13 (a passage I argue as Timothy Baldwin J.D. does in 'Romans 13: The True Meaning of Submission').
God's biblical model for living incorporates both family and nation. The Bible has a great deal to say about immigration, government, citizenship, and responsibility toward all three just as it does about the kingdom of God.
Lawlessness with escalating violence and incivility cannot yield peace. Disparate division with roaming gangs of illegals and anchors who's allegiance is to another nation cannot yield peace.
God is one of love and of order, peace, freedom from debt, wise boundaries, and of nations. In some contexts Scripture teaches us to welcome. In other contexts it teaches us to be distinct, set apart, and, at times, to build walls.
Old Testament scholar James Hoffmeier states that the Hebrew word “ger”, translated “alien” or “sojourner” refers to “a person who entered Israel and followed legal procedures to obtain recognized standing as a resident alien.”
This lawful sojourner (“ger”) was not necessarily given all the rights and privileges as the Hebrew citizen, but was treated kindly, indeed much more kindly than was customary among tribes and nations of the ancient world.
In other words, Hoffmeier continues, biblical “… verses about sojourners refer to legal immigrants into the country. But other people who did not have this recognized standing were simply termed ‘foreigners’ and did not have the same benefits or privileges that sojourners did.”
In either case, when they acted violently against Israel, they were punished and deported.
The entire incident was provoked by Mexican students (some legally here, some illegally here, and some in Mexican street gangs) walking around with a Mexican flag on a U.S. public high school that was celebrating a Mexican military victory over a Western power.
And I quote from the ninth circus [sarcasm intended] court ruling:
"A group of Mexican students had been walking around with the Mexican flag, and in response to the white students’ flag-raising, one Mexican student shouted “f*** them white boys, f*** them white boys.” When Assistant Principal Miguel Rodriguez told the student to stop using profane language, the student said, “But Rodriguez, they are racist. They are being racist. F*** them white boys. Let’s f*** them up.”
"Another Mexican in the words of the district court, 'shoved a Mexican flag at him and said something in Spanish expressing anger at [M.D.’s] clothing [a t-shirt with a U.S. flag on it]."
"As the district court noted, the students offered no evidence 'demonstrating that students wearing the colors of the Mexican flag were targeted for violence.'”
A year later, a group of Caucasian students, all loyal U.S. citizens, wore American flag shirts to school. A group of Mexican students asked Rodriguez why the Caucasian students “get to wear THEIR flag out when we don’t get to wear OUR flag?”
Because it's United States Territory. You're in the United States attending a United States public high school paid for by citizens of the United States.
It's NOT Mexico! That's why!
I will concede; however, that the U.S. Flag Code does address the impropriety of using the flag as an article of personal adornment, a design on items of temporary use, and item of clothing to limit the commercial or common usage of the flag and, thus, maintain its dignity though it is important to remember that the Flag Code is intended as a guide to be followed on a purely voluntary basis as statutes placing civil or criminal penalties on the wearing of the flag on clothing are unconstitutional a result of Supreme Court decisions addressing this area in past flag desecration suits.
In my opinion, the American citizen students of the U.S. have a Constitutional right to wear the American flag on their t-shirts anytime they want 24/7 and anyone who doesn't it like it to the point of threatening them for it should have their citizenship investigated to see if they are here legally and if not deported. If they are here legally, then disciplined for making violent threats against loyal U.S. citizens on behalf of a foreign power (e.g. sedition).
The school acted inappropriately sending the message that loyalty to the U.S. isn't as important as loyalty to Mexico on a U.S. public school campus in the United States and that threats against loyal U.S. citizens on behalf of a foreign power are rewarded not punished and that is NOT acceptable.
Understand that the United States flag is given priority over all other nation's flags IN the United States as per United States Code Section 7, Title Four, states:
"No person shall display the flag of the United Nations or any other national or international flag equal, above, or in a position of superior prominence or honor to, or in place of, the flag of the United States at any place within the United States or any Territory or possession thereof."
^ Got it!
This is going to the U.S. Supreme Court who has a marvelous history of consistently overturning the ninth circus [sarcasm intended]. My prediction is for loyal U.S. citizens to get ready to be happy.
