Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a conservative Methodist, sparked backlash after he recently cited Biblical scripture to defend a policy of separating children from their parents after illegally crossing the U.S. border. We learn the context of the passage Romans 13, how Christian views differ on its application to this policy, and how it has been used in American history.

Rev. Graylan Hagler of Washington, DC’s Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ
Anthea Butler, an associate professor of religion and Africana studies at the University of Pennsylvania
Mark Tooley, the president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy