{"id":12842,"date":"2018-07-09T15:19:19","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T19:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/?p=12842"},"modified":"2018-07-09T15:19:19","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T19:19:19","slug":"indianapolis-church-places-statues-mary-joseph-baby-jesus-cage-protest-president-trumps-zero-tolerance-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2018\/07\/indianapolis-church-places-statues-mary-joseph-baby-jesus-cage-protest-president-trumps-zero-tolerance-policy","title":{"rendered":"Indianapolis Church Puts Mary, Joseph and Jesus in Cage to Protest President Trump\u2019s \u2018Zero Tolerance\u2019 Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12845\" style=\"width: 672px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2018\/07\/nativityscene-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-12845\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2018\/07\/nativityscene-2.jpg\" alt=\"PxHere.com\" width=\"672\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PxHere.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>An Episcopal church in Indianapolis is sending a loud message against President Trump\u2019s immigration policies by putting statues of baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph inside a chain-linked fence on its lawn. This is in protest of President Trump\u2019s \u201czero tolerance\u201d policy of arresting people at the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn our lawn tonight we placed The Holy Family&#8230;in #ICE detention,\u201d the church wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>The chain-linked fence with barbed wire is intended to symbolize a detention center and bring awareness to this issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know what the Bible said,\u201d Rev. Stephen Carlsen told the <em>Indianapolis Star<\/em>. \u201cWe\u2019re supposed to love our neighbors as ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The church-lawn display was the idea of Rev. Lee Curtis.<\/p>\n<p>While people are familiar with nativity scenes, people often forget what they represent, Rev. Carlsen said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was a homeless couple who weren\u2019t welcome anywhere, who took refuge in the barm, and it was to that couple that the Christ child was born,\u201d Rev. Carlson told the Washington Post. \u201cThe heart of God is always with those who are on the margins, who are vulnerable and have no voice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe symbol is something that speaks to every one of us at our most basic level, because of who we are as a church and as Christians,\u201d Rev. Cannon Lee told CNN.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time the church has been critical of Trump\u2019s immigration policies and they currently have no set date to take down the display.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow long is it needed?,\u201d Rev. Carlsen said. \u201cI would love for it to be outdated and be taken down. That would be my greatest wish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reactions to the nativity scene have been mixed. While some believe it sends a very powerful and necessary message, others believe the church went too far, and shouldn\u2019t use the scene or the church as a political tool.<\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts on the display? 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