From the Womb, to the Tomb
Clip: 10/9/2024 | 2m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
Latino evangelicals have a nuanced approach when it comes to immigration.
Around 10 million Hispanics identify as evangelical or Protestant and about three in 10, 28%, Hispanic Republicans consider themselves evangelical Protestants in the U.S. We dive into the Latino evangelical movement that believes in a nuanced and dignified approach to immigration and looks beyond the political ideology the party may have.
From the Womb, to the Tomb
Clip: 10/9/2024 | 2m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
Around 10 million Hispanics identify as evangelical or Protestant and about three in 10, 28%, Hispanic Republicans consider themselves evangelical Protestants in the U.S. We dive into the Latino evangelical movement that believes in a nuanced and dignified approach to immigration and looks beyond the political ideology the party may have.
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This is a moral understanding of where life begins and life ends.
People may disagree with us, but we stand firm on that conviction.
Bendita la gracia de Dios.
But we also stand firm on, we don't just care about life in the womb ♪ I sought the Lord, ♪ ♪ and he heard and he answered.
♪ So this is a holistic view of pro-life, because for Jesus, the least, the last and the lost are important, and that is our approach.
A seamless thread of life from the womb to the tomb.
En esta ciudad, hay Puertorriqueños, Dominicanos, Venezolanos, Cubanos.
- [Gabriel] Latino evangelicals, we're about nine or 10 million, obviously not all are voting age, and some of them are undocumented immigrants.
Quién se acuerda?
Cuál es el pecado principal de Sodoma?
No es lo que tú piensas.
- [Translator] Who, who?
What is the the, the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah?
- [Gabriel] En Ezequiel, - [Translator] In Ezekiel, - [Gabriel] la Biblia dice, - [Translator] the Bible says - [Gabriel] que el pecado que ellos tenían - [Translator] that the sin that they had - [Gabriel] es que no le dieron la bienvenida al extranjero, - [Translator] is that they did not welcome the foreigner.
- [Gabriel] y no compartieron su pan.
- [J.D.]
The message from the Trump administration is simple.
We do not consent to an invasion of this country for millions of people who shouldn't be here, and we are going to deport people.
- [Donald] They're poisoning the blood of our country.
That's what they've done - [Gabriel] For Latino evangelicals, it's lamentable because when you begin to allude to the U.S. system being poisoned by the blood of immigrants, unacceptable.
I think Latino evangelicals in many ways have similarities with white evangelical counterparts.
We're historically pro-life.
We believe in religious liberty, but on immigration, the truth is we've led the way.
And we've invited white evangelicals to join us in that, and some have and some haven't.
But we want a nuanced response that is bipartisan and that is humane.
Because as pastors, we are the moral conscience of this nation, and we cannot allow slights against communities to go unaddressed.
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