Most Jews & Christians oppose more foreign workers‏

An interesting post from www.numbersusa.com about how some religious leaders oppose the views of their congregation, for more interesting articles like this click here.


Zogby poll finds most religious Americans at odds with religious leaders -- SEND THESE FAXES?

THIS IS THE SURVEY WE'VE BEEN SEEKING FOR A LONG TIME! The great news is that a gigantic Zogby poll has found that huge majorities of each of four religious groups -- Jews, Catholics, mainline Protestants and born-again Protestants -- agree with you on immigration. . . . . . . even though nearly every national religious agency and leader who is lobbying on immigration is calling for more foreign workers.

ACTION: If you identify with one of these four groups, please click the link, choose and modify a text and send the fax to your Members of Congress.
Send CATHOLIC Faxes
Send JEWISH Faxes
Send MAINLINE PROTESTANT Faxes (Methodists, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, UCC, Disciples, etc.
Send BORN-AGAIN PROTESTANT Faxes (Evangelicals, Baptists, Pentecostals, etc.)
Please be patient when you click, as these faxes are a little sluggish to appear on your screen. Some of you don't fit any of these groups, which is fine. But we need people who CAN send faxes within these groups because they were the ones measured by Zogby and now have a powerful message to tell Congress. (All but a couple dozen Members of Congress are affiliated with one of these religious groupings.) We really need the local offices of Congress to hear the views from the pews to counteract aggressive lobbying by religious leaders to increase the number of immigrants to compete with 15 million unemployed Americans. Zogby found that only 7-16% of the religious groups agreed with their national religous leaders that more foreign workers are needed. Let's make sure that all Members of Congress know that the religious leader/lobbyists speak for almost nobody in their membership when they urge higher immigration. Also, I hope you will study my blog about this poll, print it out and pass it around so others can become aware that most Jews and Christians reject their leaders' positions on immigration.
BACKGROUND: Sunday, I was invited onto Fox & Friends (the national TV morning show) to talk about the big difference between what most Catholics think about immigration and what the national Catholic leaders are promoting. Watch an excerpt here. Although Fox wanted to focus on Catholics, the problem is in most denominations: This month, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is asking priests to rally their congregations in post-card campaigns in favor of "comprehensive immigration reform." They will join a post-card campaign that has already been underway locally in national Jewish organizations and in the local congregations of the United Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, United Church of Christ, Disciples, Quaker, Mennonite and Episcopal denominations. And the National Association of Evangelicals is aggressively trying to convince Congress that overwhelming majorities of more conservative Christians are endorsing increases in immigration and foreign labor. The post cards apparently will be primarily delivered to the local offices of U.S. Senators and Representatives. It is up to you to give an entirely different -- and more accurate -- perception of religious adherents. The Zogby poll was probably the largest ever conducted on immigration among religious adherents. They were asked: "Which of these opinions best reflects your view on immigration and jobs that require relatively little education? Statement A: We need to allow more immigrants into the country to fill these jobs because there arent enough Americans willing or able to do them. (This is the position of most Jewish and Christian lobbyists but is supported by only 12% of Catholics, 10% of mainline Protestants, 7% of born-again Protestants and 16% of Jews.) Statement B: There are plenty of Americans already here to do these jobs, if employers cant find workers they should pay more and treat workers better. (This is the overwhelming favorite, of 69% of Catholics, 73% of mainline Protestants, 75% of born-again Protestants and 61% of Jews.) The only religious voices on immigration being heard by Congress are the voices of the 7-16% minority. It is up to you to make the 61-75% majority religious opinion heard loud and clear.