'Christian' Nativism
"Abortion and homosexuality seem like clear-cut issues for the Christian Right. But is that also true of immigration?"
by Alexander Zaitchik
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=724"The fact is," said O'Sullivan, "most Christians are more hard-line when it comes to immigration than their Church leaders. Are all of these people going to hell?"
A better question might be: When did immigration assume a place next to abortion and traditional marriage as a "family" issue for the religious right? And is this new and highly charged issue a threat to that movement's much-vaunted "culture war"? Or is it a legitimate part of it? "
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