Southern Baptists, Obama and illegal immigration

The president of the Southern Baptist Convention is backing the Obama call for immigration reform, hopefully he can get his members behind it too. - - Donna Poisl

by Jim Galloway

For the next 13 days, all stops are off when it comes to debating the issue of illegal immigration.

The Obama administration’s court challenge to the Arizona law that gives its peace officers the authority to stop and impound undocumented residents is already serving as a stick to a wasp nest in Georgia’s race for governor.

So it comes as something of a surprise to learn that one of the most prominent voices pushing a bipartisan deal on immigration — and urging more cautious rhetoric when discussing it — belongs to an institution of the solid Southern right.
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