In recent times Hungary has been criticized for an anti-immigrant stance, a build the fence (if not the wall) policy. While I'm not in favor of building a physical wall as a boundary between the United States and Mexico, I'm for a strong defense of our country.
I'm sympathetic to this in Hungary because I understand that Hungary is first of all a small country (which would fit in the state of Indiana) and cannot economically or physically absorb millions of people from anywhere. It was once three times as large. Secondly because Hungary struggles or refuses to help it's own impoverished population, which includes Roma (gypsies) and the homeless (who are stereotyped as alcoholic loosers) which I personally do not think of Christianity in action and thus feel should be helped first as native Hungarians. Founded as a Christian country and with a Constitution which states it is a Christian country, Hungary became so after hundreds of years of the most horrendous experience with Moslem Turk invaders who killed off most of the population and destroyed towns, infrastructure, churches. Heroics in battles against the Turks resulted in the formation of a new nobility. In recent times Hungary has decided that the country WILL TAKE IN CHRISTIAN REFUGEES.
HERE ARE SOME ARTICLES TO CONSIDER:
THE GUARDIAN : VICTOR ORBAN DEPLOYS CHRISTIANITY
EXCERPT: Only 15% of Hungarians say they attend church on a weekly basis,but 80% identify as Christian. Orban, who started out in politics in the late 1980's as an anti-Communist activist with little time for religion, found God in the 1990's, and even remarried his wife in a religious ceremony.
IRISH TIME : REFUGEE HOSTILE HUNGARY URGES....
EXCERPT: Addressing a Budapest conference on threats facing Christian communities, Mr. Orban warned that "the fate of Christians in the Middle East should bring home to Europe that what is happening over there may also happen to us."
"Europe, however, is forcefully pursuing an immigration policy which results in letting extremists, dangerous extremists, into the territory of the European Union," he told an audience that included church leaders from the Middle East.
