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Some -- and some congregants view it as you're taking sides. >> that's the paradox. when we're feeding hungry people in our food programs and sheltering homeless people in our homeless shelter programs and we are welcoming the refugee, the stranger, the tells us we should treat as ourselves in providing shelter to them and sanctuary to them, we are living out our religious ideals. we have pastoral responsibilities to our members. regardless of their politics or ours, we have to not compromise ourselves in a way that would undercut our ability to do that. but we're also teachers and leaders and...

Make, and some congregants view it as, oh, you are taking sides. >> that is the paradox, because when we are feeding hungry people in our food programs and we are sheltering the homeless people in our homeless shelter or the programs, and we are welcoming the refugee, the stranger, the bible tells us that we should treat of ourselves in providing the shelter to them and sanctuary of them, we are living out the religious ideals and we have a pastoral responsibility to our parishioners, and so we have to not compromise our ability to do that, but with reteachers and leaders and the one who exemp...

Not sure because biblical literacy is increasing. so they're looking to the pulpit, and to us, with how to think. not what to think, but what to think. so we grapple with the issues from the biblical perspective. >> and some synagogues are becoming sanctuaries. >> indeed. >> synagogues and churches. that's a big political statement for a synagogue to make and in some -- and some congregants view it as you're taking sides. >> that's the paradox. when we're feeding hungry people in our food programs and sheltering homeless people in our homeless shelter programs and we are welcoming the refugee,...

By other black panthers. that was back in 1969. there is a long legacy of violence associated with even the new black ant panthers today. how can you look favorably upon that group? >> there is a long history of racism in this country. i think we can all agree that racism exists in this country. >> bill: do you think that black panthers are part of the racism with their antiwhite event? >> it wasn't about antiwhite, it is pro-black. it is about the making sure they provided for the community, food programs, health care programs. the language on the rhetoric is your choice. we are not using tha...

Much it costs. turns it it's probably not the $1.4 billion, $1.5 billion first mentioned. maybe around $30 million or so. does it occur to you that there's a great deal of focus and flipping around the mainstream media to say this is a military boondoggle and this is the same media that if i were to package a number of food programs and poverty programs that have never worked, school lunch programs where the kids pass up the food all together and don't get it at all, as a blimp, as a blimp it would be covered. not as a blimp, zero coverage. and you think i'm upset? you should hear john mccain....