“Who does Lindsey Graham represent?” “Not me.”
I’m sure you’ve heard those ads by now, playing all over South Carolina on TV and radio.
Well the Southern Baptists are ready to strike back. A concerted effort has begun to support Lindsey Graham and protect him from a primary challenger. According to this press offering by Lauren Fox​ at DrRichardLand.com:
Evangelical groups like the Southern Baptist Convention, in association with the Evangelical Immigration Table, are fighting on Sundays from the pulpit, through mass mailings and on TV to convince some of the most conservative factions of voters in the country that comprehensive immigration reform, including a path to legal residency or citizenship, is a moral imperative. And, of course, that makes good political sense.
If you want the conservative movement to be a national movement that can win elections, it is going to have to include Hispanics,” says Richard Land, the president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission for the Southern Baptist Convention.
Meanwhile, Land says the Evangelical Immigration Table’s goal is to protect members of Congress who pursue comprehensive immigration reform from a primary challenge. For example, the group is expected to air an ad this week in South Carolina advocating for policies supported by South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham.
Some of you may be needing this info:
Richard Land: 615-782-8405
assistant@drrichardland.com
Southern Baptist Convention:
828-287-3989
Here are a series of articles further defining the plans of the Southern Baptist Convention, the Evangelical Immigration Table, Partnership for a New American Economy, and the Spartanburg County Baptist Network.
Before you dig in, ponder this. For years the churches in America and I think particularly in South Carolina, have hidden behind their tax exempt status and proclaimed “Oh no, we can’t get involved in politics. That’s not our mission.” Now this issue brings them out of their self imposed political moratorium and they choose to pick supporting Lindsey Graham as their key mission?
Evangelicals Use Bible to Sway Republicans on Immigration
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Evangelicals urge S.C. Christian voters to support amnesty for illegal aliens
March 17, 2013
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5 Responses
James T Sparks - March 17, 2013
It is a shame that they used passages out of scripture to support this. Jesus was not a refugee or an illegal alien. Joseph had money from the wise men before going to Egypt. The Bible encourage us to obey the laws. As a Christian who have been on mission trip to India, ST. Vincent Island and the Dominican Republic, I am against general amnesty.
Lynn Isler - March 18, 2013
As a life-long member of the Southern Baptist Church, I cannot tell you how much this bothers me. History has proven time and time again, since the 1986 Immigration and Reform Control Act, that amnesty (or whatever they decide to call it this time) only begets more illegal immigration. They say “our current immigration system isn’t working”. How do they know? Our current immigration system is not being enforced. Why do they trust the same government that can’t even keep up with the paperwork and visas on our current immigrants to secure the whole border with Mexico. Again,the historical record is very clear. They promised a secure border to Ronald Reagan in 1986. We see what happened. Illegal immigration has only tripled since then. I’m afraid the leaders in the Southern Baptist Church are either willilngly ignoring history in order to promote themselves in the political arena or they are terribly naive. Either one disqualifies them to for spiritual leadership of any sort.
Oh and by the way Dr. Goodroe and Mr. Land–I’m waiting for you to start putting equal amounts of effort into lobbying for legislation that would curb abortion here in SC–since you seem to be experts on what it means to be compassionate. And for every ad you put out that praises Lindsey Graham for his efforts on immigration reform, I want to see one that criticizes him for voting two liberal Supreme Court nominees that support Roe v. Wade.
joshua cook - March 18, 2013
My response to Dr Hill. Http://www.thegreenvillepost.com/2013/03/17/heavens-gates-does-god-sanction-illegal-immigration/
Bobby Barton - March 18, 2013
Does anyone consider the people who have been in line for two years waiting to come here legally. And they also are learning English, proudly waiting to be an American. Not waving their flags as if America is theirs and we owe them something. Send Graham and his wishy- washy pals packing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Darkcorner35 - March 18, 2013
The Christian pulpit, including most of the South Carolina Baptist pulpit, did almost nothing to educate their members on the dangers of the radical anti-American leadership that got elected in Nov. Surely they will wake up now and take a stand for protecting our country instead of giving it away. I do not want to hear the pulpit tell me about the the great job Graham is doing.
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