Re:Trump Fires Acting Attorney General
by pcwalton on Saturday February 04, 2017 @01:15PM
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> doesn't contradict the commenters statement.
Yes, it does. The executive order "singles people out" based on their religion.
It doesn't matter what the motive is (and I think your take on the motive is naive, but that's beside the point).
Re:Trump Fires Acting Attorney General
by edblarney on Sunday February 12, 2017 @06:04PM
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Western governments around the world make special considerations for persecuted minorities all the time. That is 'singling out' usually on the basis of ethnicity or religion, sometimes sexual orientation.
That doesn't make his EO illegal, and doesn't contradict the commenters statement.
The exception for religious minorities is clear: they are targeted in genocidal acts.
Christians, Yazidis and others face acutely disproportionate and targeted violence because of their religion - so in this case, it's warranted.
The Yazidis in particular, faced outright genocide - ISIS came for them, killed the men, took the women and children into slavery, those that could flee, fled.
The are a persecuted minority group, and I don't think anyone would question the need there.
Governments around the world including the US make special arrangements for persecuted minority groups - I don't think anyone has a problem with this.