Thursday, May 10, 2007

Churches as sanctuaries for immigrants

Here is another classic example of two opposing ideologies on polar opposites of an issue. As usual with these cases, both are skewed, wrong, and incomplete.

One side:

"We want to put a human face to very complex immigration laws and awaken the consciousness of the human spirit."

And the other:

"We are talking about illegal immigrants taking someone else's job, filling up the classroom of someone else's child."

Neither leaves any room for the inclusion of the other's perspective, which is what makes me dismiss the both of them. But I guess in the end it's all about getting your crusade in the paper.

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