{"id":1072,"date":"2011-09-15T11:59:44","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T15:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/?p=1072"},"modified":"2011-09-15T11:59:44","modified_gmt":"2011-09-15T15:59:44","slug":"heading-southeast-while-clergy-and-candidates-clash-on-immigration-reform-jobs-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/09\/heading-southeast-while-clergy-and-candidates-clash-on-immigration-reform-jobs-act.html","title":{"rendered":"Heading Southeast, While Clergy and Candidates Clash on Immigration Reform &amp; Jobs Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>I&#8217;m heading to the Religion Newswriters Association&#8217;s annual conference, held in Durham, N.C. this year. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rna.org\/default.asp?page=conference_schedule\" target=\"_blank\">Check out the schedule <\/a>and let me know if there are any specific topics you&#8217;d like me to cover, in addition to the Buddhism session I&#8217;m moderating Saturday. You can also follow the conference on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/saved-search\/%23rna2011\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter at #RNA2011 <\/a>(you don&#8217;t need to have a Twitter account to read the posts).<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, as the Republicans and Tea Party candidates duke it out over their <a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/09\/14\/my-take-dont-be-fooled-by-candidates-god-talk\/\" target=\"_blank\">conservative\u00a0Christian <\/a>bonafides, faith groups are pushing more liberal priorities:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.religionlink.com\/tip_110912.php\" target=\"_blank\">immigration reform <\/a>(particularly the DREAM Act) and President Obama&#8217;s jobs proposal. Here&#8217;s a sample of stories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.orlandosentinel.com\/features-the-religion-world\/2011\/09\/15\/bishops-make-alabama-immigration-law-matter-of-religious-freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bishops make Alabama immigration law matter of religious freedom <\/a>(Orlando Sentinel)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalcafe.com\/lead\/video_alabama_bishops_fight_to.html\" target=\"_blank\">Video: Alabama Bishops fight tough immigration law <\/a>(Episcopal Cafe)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.faithinpubliclife.org\/2011\/09\/religious_responses_to_the_ame.html\" target=\"_blank\">Religious Responses to American Jobs Act <\/a>(Faith in Public Life)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/news\/article\/2011\/09\/12\/3089345\/jewish-groups-praise-obamas-jobs-plan#When:16:17:00Z\" target=\"_blank\">Jewish groups praise Obama&#8217;s jobs plan <\/a>(JTA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to\u00a0<strong>subscribe to Belief Beat\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to\u00a0<\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m heading to the Religion Newswriters Association&#8217;s annual conference, held in Durham, N.C. this year. Check out the schedule and let me know if there are any specific topics you&#8217;d like me to cover, in addition to the Buddhism session I&#8217;m moderating Saturday. You can also follow the conference on Twitter at #RNA2011 (you don&#8217;t&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[459,20,460,404,299,28,327,329,112,330],"class_list":["post-1072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-politics","tag-american-jobs-act","tag-catholics","tag-dream-act","tag-episcopalians","tag-immigration-reform","tag-judaism","tag-michele-bachmann","tag-mitt-romney","tag-president-obama","tag-rick-perry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Heading Southeast, While Clergy and Candidates Clash on Immigration Reform &amp; Jobs Act - Belief Beat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/09\/heading-southeast-while-clergy-and-candidates-clash-on-immigration-reform-jobs-act.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Heading Southeast, While Clergy and Candidates Clash on Immigration Reform &amp; Jobs Act - Belief Beat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I&#8217;m heading to the Religion Newswriters Association&#8217;s annual conference, held in Durham, N.C. this year. 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