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Washington DC December 19, 2008 The Institute for Progressive Christianity (IPC), a Progressive Christian think tank, joins numerous national civil rights groups in officially condemning the sharp rise in hate crimes against legal immigrants and undocumented workers. The latest FBI statistics on crime show a fourth consecutive year of increasing violent attacks against the Latino population living in America. This alarming fact is plainly correlated to the intensification of the political debate on immigration and the increase of inflammatory language used by numerous pundits.

IPC President Rev. Mark Farr declared, "Those with the power of the airwaves and the political soapbox have a higher duty to care for the nation, which includes all of its citizens. We call upon our leaders to live up to their calling and bring us together with their words, rather than divide us." He continues, "The Bible and our Constitution both call for Americans to respect the lives, liberty, property and privileges of our fellow citizens and neighbors. Which of these documents do public commentators such as Rush Limbaugh, Lou Dobbs and Ann Coulter not understand?"

On May 1st, a day of protest for immigrants rights, the Institute for Progressive Christianity offers the following declaration.

Immigration As Definer of Our Character: In the context of the May 1st Immigrant Rights Marches

By Kety Esquivel, IPC Board Chair

On the question of undocumented immigrants the religious left have an important choice: Will we act as fearful xenophobes or as enlightened patriotic people of faith?

I write this declaration confident that a politically dynamic religious left will step forward in defense of the stranger among us.

But what should a religious left approach to immigration in 2008 look like? Let us assume that it will be an active, interfaith political movement. The immigration marches of 2006 helped pave the way for us to imagine that this is possible. Religious institutions joined political groups in the street in support of the undocumented alien and in opposition to harsh xenophobic legislation.

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The Center for Progressive Christianity to Sponsor Pluralism Sunday
Institute for Progressive Christianity to Co-Sponsor

Gig Harbor, WA April 14, 2008

Join thousands of Christians in Washington D.C. and across that country as we worship and witness together to say “YES” to peace and “NO” to the War in Iraq. Events start Thursday, March 6 and end Monday, March 10. Register today

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