Evangelical Lutheran Church: Bishop Eaton Statement on Haitian Community in Ohio
September 21, 2024
September 21, 2024
CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 21 -- The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America issued the following statement on Sept. 20, 2024:
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Dear church,
The recent national spotlight on Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, clearly has fanned flames of hate and stoked threats of violence. The rhetoric has created discord and mistrust of people who have already suffered civil unrest in their nation and been granted legal protection in the United States. History sh . . .
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Dear church,
The recent national spotlight on Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, clearly has fanned flames of hate and stoked threats of violence. The rhetoric has created discord and mistrust of people who have already suffered civil unrest in their nation and been granted legal protection in the United States. History sh . . .