JLF Publishes Elevation Church Immigration Hocum

Carolina Journal is usually a very good source of news. However, it has published an opinion article on its site that falls far short of what should be expected on a conservative website.

The article is written by a woman named Christina Taylor who serves as a director at Elevation Church in Charlotte. It further explains that she “pastors” families.

Remain mindful that Elevation Church is the megachurch vehicle of Steven Furtick. The church, while spectacularly “successful” in terms of numbers, is fairly well known and critiqued for its vacuous, wet noodle preaching and theology. Furtick co-pastors the church with his wife. The church left the Southern Baptist Convention when votes began to be taken a few years ago against female pastors. Furtick has also been the subject of some reporting in the past regarding his lavish lifestyle.

The title of Ms. Taylor’s article is “Keep Mercy In The Immigration Debate”.

Here is a key excerpt:

(T)houghtful bipartisan legislative solutions like the federal Dignity Act deserve serious consideration. The Dignity Act attempts to hold together two things that often get separated in public debate: accountability and human dignity. It does not dismiss the importance of law, but neither does it ignore the fact that many people already living here are working, raising children, contributing to communities, and doing so while living under prolonged uncertainty. An earned path forward matters because legal stability affects more than paperwork. It shapes whether parents can live openly, whether children grow up carrying chronic fear, and whether people who are already woven into communities can live with greater accountability and dignity.

In a nutshell, the Dignity Act is an amnesty bill for certain categories of illegal aliens.

Taylor attempts to support her position by suggesting it is biblically mandated. Of course, she does not take into account the whole counsel of scripture. Various parties over the years have attempted to manipulate this debate over the years in a similar manner using selective references to scriptural guidance.

But God does not require governments to affirm illegal aliens as legal citizens. She is dead wrong about this.

And the John Locke Foundation ought to be ashamed for publishing her article. At times, its libertarian/ establishment GOP inclinations becloud the organization’s collective judgment.