Nearly 300 Tennessee clergy have signed a letter to presidential candidates — all Republican — to “keep harsh anti-immigration rhetoric out of our state.”
The letter, sent to the candidates by the statewide coalition Clergy for Tolerance, is timed to hit prior to any state appearances before the state’s Presidential Preference Primary on March 6.
The first candidate to visit Chattanooga, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, is scheduled to headline the Chattanooga Tea Party’s Liberty Forum at Abba’s House today.
The letter says “all people of faith and goodwill must welcome the stranger, protect the vulnerable and seek justice for the poor.”
It goes on to say it is “our responsibility to minister to the undocumented without prejudice.”