This business about what evangelical denominations are doing is farbigger than just a religion story. This is about Sen. Schumer’s masterplan to pass an amnesty.
Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) attempt to claimoverwhelming evangelical Christian support for his pending amnestylegislation has crumbled. His master plan was to use the staff andleadership of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) to givethe impression of near unanimity.
But now it turns out that 75% of the NAE’s member denomination will not sign up for the pro-amnesty crusade.
Early this month, the NAE tried its best to help Schumer in its Senate testimony and press releases to give the appearance of evangelical unanimity.
But after the members in the pews erupted, only 11 of the 42 NAE memberdenominations have been willing to sign on to endorse the NAEresolution that the NAE president presented in support of Schumer’s”comprehensive immigration reform” agenda.
The NAE’s plunge into the amnesty debate stirred an immediate torrentof phone calls, faxes, emails and letters to the NAE memberdenominations. Many of the denominations have already posted disavowals on their websites,stating that they did not sign on to the NAE immigration document thatwas presented to the U.S. Senate by the NAE president, and that theyhave no intention of getting involved in the political amnesty debate.
However, some of the signers of the NAE document have come out swinging in defense of their actions.
HERE ARE THE SIGNERS OF THE PRO-AMNESTY ENDORSEMENT
According to the NAE website, the signers of the document are these: