CALL ON FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL AND FOCUS ON THE FAMILY TO JOIN THEM IN ADVOCATING FOR FAMILY VALUES

In response to the Senate’s failure to pass family-reunification amendments to the immigration bill last night, Faith in Public Life hosted a press teleconference today with religious leaders to call for family values to be restored as the bill moves forward, and for pro-family advocates throughout the religious community to join in call for legislation that values families. Sen. Hillary Clinton also joined the teleconference, as well as 25 reporters from major news outlets.

Speaking on the teleconference:

Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, President, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, America's largest Hispanic Evangelical organization
Sen. Hillary Clinton
Jim Wallis, Founder, Sojourners and Author, God’s Politics
Rev. Derrick Harkins, Pastor, Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, Washington, DC and World Relief Board Member
Sister Simone Campbell, Executive Director of NETWORK, a Catholic social justice lobby