Saturday, July 09, 2011

Message of the Week: Christians, TN should embrace illegal immigrants

A very thoughtful opinion piece pointing out the Bible teachings about how we should treat other people. - - Donna Poisl

Written by Ken Locke

When our economy was growing and low-end jobs were plentiful, our country was glad to welcome illegal immigrants. If they cleaned our offices, mowed our lawns and were willing to be paid in cash, they were very welcome.

But now that our economy has shrunk, these formerly important members of our society are increasingly ostracized. Thanks to laws passed by the states of Arizona and Alabama, even productive, law-abiding people who have lived here for years are afraid of forcible deportation. As The Tennessean recently reported, attitudes in our own state are now moving in this direction.
Click on the headline above to read the rest of this story! This is only a small part of it.

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