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Source: The Hill




Cardinal Dolan hits Sessions' use of the Bible to defend family separation: There's 'no Bible passage' that would justify it

BY AVERY ANAPOL - 06/16/18 10:47 AM EDT

Cardinal Timothy Dolan on Friday fired back at Attorney General Jeff Sessions for using the Bible to defend the Trump administration’s policy of separating families at the border.

The Archbishop of New York issued a harsh rebuke of the policy, telling CNN’s Chris Cuomo that it is “un-American.”

“I don't think we should obey a law that goes against what God intends that you would take a baby, a child, from their mom,” he said. “I mean, that's just unjust. That's unbiblical. That’s un-American. There could be no bible passage that would justify that.”

“God’s law trumps man’s law,” Dolan added.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/392605-cardinal-dolan-hits-sessions-use-of-the-bible-to-defend-family