Evangelical leaders were too silent for too long
by Carl Hiaasen, Tribune Content Agency
Jun 25, 2018
3 minutes
It feels surreal, as our country approaches the 242nd anniversary of its freedom, to be celebrating the fact that our government is no longer pulling crying toddlers and infants away from their parents along the southern border.
Equally strange has been the sluggish response of some evangelical leaders, whose notion of biblical mercy is one that shines less brightly on immigrants. The Rev. Franklin Graham, for example, only last week acknowledged that the U.S. policy
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