Faith leaders denounced Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for rejecting access to give Communion to immigrants being held at an Illinois facility over the weekend.
The Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership (CSPL), a Catholic and Christian-rooted nonprofit, organized a Mass by the immigration processing center on All Saints Day and Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead.
Organizers estimate some 2,000 people attended on Saturday, as many prayed, sang and held signs protesting ICE.
I see I, as an atheist looking in, haven’t realized this. It makes sense to me…Hispanics are largely Catholic, blacks are largely baptist and protestant. Having different god-rules, despite having the same god, makes them no different than Jews or Muslims. Another “other”.