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Obama's evangelical cabinet on immigration reform (amnesty)
CNN ^ | July 1, 2010 | Dan Gilgoff

Posted on 07/01/2010 11:20:49 AM PDT by fifedom

The White House invited four of the country’s top evangelical pastors to attend President Obama’s speech this morning calling for immigration reform. ...

The Rev. Leith Anderson, President, National Association of Evangelicals. NAE is the nation’s largest evangelical group and has long sought to be a moderate evangelical alternative to the Christian Right.

Dr. Richard Land, President, Southern Baptist Convention Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. ... worries that conservatives will burn bridges with the country’s fast-growing Hispanic bloc if they take a hard anti-immigrant line.

Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, President, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Council.

Bill Hybels, Senior Pastor of the Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago, Illinois ...Hybels was a spiritual advisor to President Bill Clinton.

(Excerpt) Read more at religion.blogs.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Arizona; US: California; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; bhocira; bhoillegals; evangelicals; immigration; invasion; nae; religion; religionsellsout; richardland; sellouts; willowcreek
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To: The Unknown Republican

Dr. Land is speaking at my daughter’s church on July 4th here in Georgia, and I had been looking forward to attending. But I really can’t believe he thinks like this. This is childish reasoning. They can observe sancity of life, marriage, and issues of faith in their OWN country! By the way, here’s a novel idea. Urge other countries to become decent enough that their people want to STAY rather than ESCAPE. Hey Mexico, get out the disinfectant and clean up your nasty armpit of a country. How dare you lecture US on our faults, Calderone!


21 posted on 07/01/2010 2:01:18 PM PDT by 1951Boomer
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To: WKB

My understanding is that the biggest anti-illegal group going is LEGAL Hispanic immigrants themselves.


22 posted on 07/01/2010 3:00:31 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: fifedom

Surprisingly Obama did not spontaneously combust.


23 posted on 07/01/2010 3:26:42 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (See You in November)
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To: fifedom

worries that conservatives will burn bridges with the country’s fast-growing Hispanic bloc if they take a hard anti-immigrant line.


Anti immigrant??? Utter nonsense but we allow this claim without challenge more often than not. The no-borders crowd have defined this as a pro vs. anti immigrant battle. I know lots of legal immigrants who are 100% behind border enforcement and enforcement of immigration laws. They are intimidated into staying quiet. Illegal is the key word that must be constantly used in this argument, not illegal immigrant but illegal alien. These border crashers are not immigrants but criminal aliens.

I think an accurate measure of real support is reflected in 70% approval rating for the Arizona Governor. LaRaza would have us believe otherwise.


24 posted on 07/01/2010 4:03:09 PM PDT by Joan Kerrey (The bigger the government = The smaller the people)
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To: WKB

Well, Dr. Land, this conserative has no problem with LEAGL immigrants, it’s that whole ILLEGAL thing that bothers me.

*sheesh* I think it’s time for Land to retire or something. Everytime he opens his mouth I cringe.

Thanks for the ping WKB


25 posted on 07/02/2010 8:07:24 AM PDT by dixiebelle
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To: WKB

(good Gawd...the silly man dyes his hair for Pete's sake)

26 posted on 07/07/2010 4:56:51 PM PDT by wardaddy (I am not in favor of practical endorsements in primaries, endorse the conservative please)
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To: bereanway

I think it goes back to the scripture that speaks of pleasing God or pleasing man. Seems that this isn’t the first time that Land has been more concerned about pleasing man.... Just sayin’.


27 posted on 07/08/2010 10:12:40 PM PDT by JLLH
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To: fifedom

The more I listen to these “evangelical leaders”, the more they sound like politicians. Are these people who like the special places at the banquet table and love to hobnob with the powerful?


28 posted on 07/20/2010 6:44:55 PM PDT by cradle of freedom (Long live the Republic !)
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To: The Unknown Republican

Good point - I wonder how many of these Hispanic “evangelicals” vote Republican. I live in a very blue state that has lots of Catholics. The Catholic Church is strongly against abortion but that does not stop the great majority of Catholics from voting for the Democrat party. Look at the urban blue areas - they are heavily populated by Catholics who are supposedly prolife and profamily but they vote for the most liberal politicians of all. I am speaking as a Massachusetts resident so I know personally. When push comes to shove people vote money not morality. Many Catholics and Hispanics may be personally against abortion or gay marriage but the government give-aways come first, this is what has kept the Democrat party in power - giving away other people’s money.

I am disgusted with the so-called evangelical leadership, they are following the Catholic leadership in giving away our children’s future to the interlopers who invade our country and call US the racists, bigots etc. When Americans go to Mexico, they go with the permission of the Mexican people and they obey the laws of that country. Is it too much to expect the same respect from our neighbor to the south?

I hope that the voters will not listen to our misguided “evangelical leaders”. If you look up National Hispanic Christian Leadership Council you will see how they are well connected to some of the top evangelical groups. My impression of this Rev. Sam Rodriguez is that he is another slick talking snake in the grass.


29 posted on 07/20/2010 6:58:37 PM PDT by cradle of freedom (Long live the Republic !)
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To: not2worry

Even Nancy Pelosi got on the “God thing”, calling everybody to support comprehensive immigration reform (amnesty) and quoting the Bible.


30 posted on 07/20/2010 7:05:02 PM PDT by cradle of freedom (Long live the Republic !)
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