Kera TV Radio in Dallas Texas : Evangelicals Target Gov. Perry Over Immigration - Evangelical Minister Lynn Godsey urges opposition to Governor Perry's sanctuary city proposal. He leads many Hispanic Evangelical Ministers who previously supported Perry in Politics

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Trouble for Texas Governor Rick Perry who is thinking of a Republican Presidential Bid. He has irked Conservative Hispanics who previously supported him with his "Sanctuary Cities" legislation, already approved in the Texas legislature.

Kera News, TV and Radio, Dallas Texas
Evangelicals Target Perry Over Immigration
By Shelley Kofler, KERA News
Evangelical Minister Lynn Godsey urges opposition to Governor Perry's sanctuary city proposal.
June 17, 2011

Evangelicals Target Perry Over Immigration

Some excerpts :

DALLAS, TX (KERA) - Some Hispanic Evangelical Ministers who have previously supported Rick Perry are organizing against him just as Perry considers a run for the White House. KERA's Shelley Kofler says Perry's sanctuary cities legislation is at issue.

Thursday night at a Dallas Hotel Pastor Lynn Godsey of Ennis lead some 80 Hispanic Evangelical Ministers and parishioners in Prayer.

They prayed in Spanish for divine support as they organize opposition to sanctuary city legislation Governor Perry has asked lawmakers to pass.

Godsey, President of the Hispanic Evangelical Alliance of DFW, calls the legislation anti-Hispanic and claims Perry will feel a backlash if he decides to run for President.

Godsey: We're asking Governor Perry to please stop using these laws for your political agenda sir. You might have aspirations to be President and if that's so that's fine. But please don't come after a race. Don't do it at hurting our families, because you will have to give an account to God.

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Reverend Mauricio Elizondo, a Garland pastor, says the sanctuary cities legislation will increase racial profiling and harassment of all Hispanics in Texas.

He says the Hispanic pastors who have gathered are part of the conservative voting block Perry successfully courted during his gubernatorial campaign, a group he may need if he decides to run for President.

Elizondo: We're conservative, we're fundamentalists, we believe in God, we believe in the sanctity of life. I hope Governor Perry, who I voted for, will not turn his back on us because he will not win. Any candidate who will run cannot win without the Hispanic vote.

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