WUSA 9 – A California church has displayed a nativity scene which shows Jesus, Mary and Joseph separated in cages — a scene meant to imply that this is how they might be treated if captured at the U.S.-Mexico border. Karen Clark Ristine, who identifies herself on Facebook as a Senior Minister at Claremont United Methodist Church, posted the image with a message, asking what would happen if the family sought refuge in America today?
The image shows each member of the family in their own chain-link cage with razor wire at the top. Ristine wrote that after the birth of Jesus, the family fled from Nazareth to Egypt to escape King Herod. “In a time in our country when refugee families seek asylum at our borders and are unwillingly separated from one another, we consider the most well-known refugee family in the world. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, the Holy Family.” Ristine wrote. READ MORE
