Christian Newswire: Methodist Church Hijacked by Illegal Immigrant!

[Bluebear]

A) Who is Miss Arellano and; b) does this pressrelease make any kind of sense to anyone?

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Contact: Jason T. Christy, The Church Report, 866-897-9446, [e-mail]

SCOTTSDALE, Az., Aug. 22 /Christian Newswire/ -- Jason T. Christy, CEO of Christy Media, publishers of The Church Report, the CR Daily and the CR Online says a Methodist church in Chicago is “breaking the law and being held hostage by an illegal immigrant”. Christy, an outspoken Christian conservative leader, vocal on immigration issues says that immigration activists “making comparisons between the illegal immigrant and Rosa Parks are distasteful.” He went on to say that, “Miss Arellano did not take a seat in the back of the bus, rather, she has hijacked the bus for her own purposes.”

Christy concluded his remarks by stating “the Methodist church needs to get involved in this issue as the pastor has lost his objectivity and thus has created a wider gap in creating a meaningful discussion on immigration reform.”

http://www.earnedmedia.org/CR0822.htm

[Jo March]

1. Darn Methodists!

How DARE they love their neighbor?!? <shakes fist>



:eyes:

[Oreo]

2. Funny... Tom Tancredo said the same thing about the Catholic Church

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2006-08-20-faith-edit_x.htm

• Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., a leading opponent of illegal immigration, has blamed the church's stance on "left-leaning religious activists."

While Tancredo Republicans and Dobbs protectionists speculate that the church wants immigration reform simply because it is fashionable politics or is a way to put more people in the pews, there is a much larger and longer standing Catholic case for migration. The U.S. Catholic Church was founded by and for immigrants, and it sees today's nativist grumblings as the same that confronted the American church in its earliest years.

"We are relearning what it means to be an immigrant church," says Mark Franken, head of migration and refugee services for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). "There are just a lot of people unaware of both the theological dimension for migration, and also our history in this country."

[jody]

3. More on the story below

Chicago Woman’s Stand Stirs Immigration Debate

The United Methodist Church's position is clearly stated at Responding with Faith to Immigration

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We pledge ourselves as followers of Christ to stand with our immigrant neighbors who have come to the United States from throughout the world. We recognize immigrants as human beings made in the image of God and we prayerfully commit ourselves to support laws that affirm their dignity, preserve their families, and acknowledge the value of their presence among us.
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[xchrom]

4. nationalism, nativism and racism.

the american holy trinity.

may also be known as god, guns and gays.

[gratuitous]

5. Why doesn't Jason Christy believe in the Bible or the Constitution?

Because the church in question is inarguably following both. Why does Jason Christy hate that?

[NNN0LHI]

6. Bush wants to deport this women and allow her young child ...

...who is a citizen to stay here. More Republican family values for you.

Don