racism, immigration....etc.
I've been deluged with emails all day long from my family. They all have to do with the immigration debate, and they have been progressively worse.
You know, for the record, I'm somewhere in the middle on immigration issues. I think we need to have open borders. I think people shouldn't come in illegally. I also firmly believe that the immigration laws need to be reformed to make entrance into this country more accessible.
Regardless of wheres anyone stands on this, I think we all can agree that there is nothing to be gained by calling other races and nations by names that I refuse to repeat. Racism is evil, evil, evil.
God made us all. And comments like "those ***** come in MY country and drop their baby on MY territory and then want rights" do not reflect a Christlike and loving attitude.
What did I expect, though? This is from the same man who thinks that MLK was a rabble rouser. That kids are born inherently evil and the Cross can not save them, that only the vicious application of pain can redeem them. That people from other countries, any other country, are not as good as he is.
I'm glad my grandfather, who dedicated the last 20 years of his life as a servant to his Hispanic brothers and sisters, is not alive to hear the hatred spewing from some of his offspring.
*deep breath* ok, now that I'm done ranting, I'm off to pray that the Mercy of the Lord will lead him to a better understanding of the least of these....
You know, for the record, I'm somewhere in the middle on immigration issues. I think we need to have open borders. I think people shouldn't come in illegally. I also firmly believe that the immigration laws need to be reformed to make entrance into this country more accessible.
Regardless of wheres anyone stands on this, I think we all can agree that there is nothing to be gained by calling other races and nations by names that I refuse to repeat. Racism is evil, evil, evil.
God made us all. And comments like "those ***** come in MY country and drop their baby on MY territory and then want rights" do not reflect a Christlike and loving attitude.
What did I expect, though? This is from the same man who thinks that MLK was a rabble rouser. That kids are born inherently evil and the Cross can not save them, that only the vicious application of pain can redeem them. That people from other countries, any other country, are not as good as he is.
I'm glad my grandfather, who dedicated the last 20 years of his life as a servant to his Hispanic brothers and sisters, is not alive to hear the hatred spewing from some of his offspring.
*deep breath* ok, now that I'm done ranting, I'm off to pray that the Mercy of the Lord will lead him to a better understanding of the least of these....
posted by choosing gentleness | Tuesday, May 09, 2006
1 Comments:
Check out the article on immigration Camille linked to on her blog for a good middle-ground commentary.
I, too, am sick of the us v. them polarization. It's so easy to call names and so hard to actually sit down and work out something equitable and ethical.
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