Southern Baptist Convention Backs Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants

[Napoleon's Shadow]

http://blogs.knoxnews.com/humphrey/2011/06/baptists-back-path-to-legal-st.html

 

[Southron]

The SBC just made a big mistake ...

 

[Napoleon's Shadow]

The SBC just made a big mistake ...

They were apparently ok with abortion back in the middle part of last century.

 

[cavalier973]

The SBC is not a top-down organisation. The Convention can pass resolutions like this, but individual member churches can ignore them.

I'm not sure I see the problem with the resolution, however: "When the resolution was amended to say that it was 'not to be construed as support for amnesty for any undocumented immigrant,' it passed by a wide margin with a show of raised ballots."

 

[MattButler]

If only they would come out against capital punishment, the drug laws, and the overseas wars for empire. Also it should be official position of SBC that marriage is a religious institution and not a civil institution, that there's no place for having a government to issue licenses or make differences in tax treatment of single and married individuals, federal government basically ignores whether you're married or not and its irrelevant to how you're treated.

 

[Enforcer]

I pointed out on another thread that it is not "illegal" to enter the United States nor BE IN the United States without papers. It is only unlawful (again, not illegal) only to the extent that improper entry is a civil misdemeanor with a maximum $250 fine.

As people that supposedly believe in Liberty, I find it disturbing that Ron Paul supporters refer to ANYONE as an "illegal" any freaking thing absent due process. Some people condemn the fact that we have a controlled news and entertainment media and then use their terminology against people that the Americans INVITED here.

 

[Zippyjuan]

I pointed out on another thread that it is not "illegal" to enter the United States nor BE IN the United States without papers. It is only unlawful (again, not illegal) only to the extent that improper entry is a civil misdemeanor with a maximum $250 fine.

As people that supposedly believe in Liberty, I find it disturbing that Ron Paul supporters refer to ANYONE as an "illegal" any freaking thing absent due process. Some people condemn the fact that we have a controlled news and entertainment media and then use their terminology against people that the Americans INVITED here.

Most of the people considered to be here "illegally" actually entered the country via legal means- via tourist or student or working visas- and overstayed them. Yes, they were "invited" as you point out. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5485917

 

[ZanZibar]

The SBC was also ok with abortion several decades ago, largely because the Catholics were against it.

 

[Enforcer]

Most of the people considered to be here "illegally" actually entered the country via legal means- via tourist or student or working visas- and overstayed them. Yes, they were "invited" as you point out. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5485917

I'm talking about the people that cross the border without papers absent any visa. When coming from Mexico and south of there, it is NOT A CRIME to enter nor be in the United States. It is a wholly inaccurate to claim that people crossing the border from those points are committing a crime. They aren't. It's hard to believe, but it is not a crime.

And I contend that people from south of the border are invited here because they find willing employers, willing landlords and a marketplace of people willing to do business with them, knowing full well, they probably don't have any paper in their pocket unless it's a dollar bill or a tissue.