I appreciate the research regarding Christianity and immigration views. I want to pass them on to my local state representative who needs to know that not only a few liberals believe in treating immigants with compassion.
Especially during hard economic times and periods of high immigrantion prejudice and discrimination rises creating further divisions among people.
There is a sterotype engaged in often by many of us who support tolerance of those who are not a part of mainstream culture, we have feared that devout religious conservatives use their religion to promote intolerance of those who are not like them. It was rewarding to see evidence that those who truly practice their religion indeed make good neighbors and citizens. If there is any accuracy in the sterotype it may be found in those who claim religious affliation in name only without any practice or knowedge of Jesus' teachings.
I have been exposed to individuals who choose hatred and use their interpretation of Christianity as a support for their beliefs; but I also realize that their violent reaction is part of a fear response to the growing number of families who teach tolerance thus changing their world as they know it.