Two weeks ago, Phyllis Schlafly's son Roger wrung his hands at the growing number of nonwhite babies in this country, saying it will mean the end of America as we know it. Now, Vision America's Rick Scarborough has gotten into the xenophobic act. People for the American Way got its hands on an email Scarborough sent to his supporters saying that more nonwhite families will mean more single-parent families--and in all likelihood, most of them won't be Christian.
Now we are witnessing more babies being born out of wedlock than in wedlock, leading to escalating social problems. That brings us back to this latest revelation on the growing influence of minorities in America. The sad reality is that more non-white families will also mean an America with more fatherless families.
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Children raised in a one-parent household are also less likely to attend church services as both children and as adults, According to various surveys, as adults, they are less likely to go to church, pray, read the Bible or listen to Christian radio. They are more likely to get their values from movies, popular music, video games and the dominant (non-Christian) culture.
The increasing polarization of the races is an additional cause for concern. Politicians and self-styled community leaders urge blacks and Hispanics to see themselves as members of a race first and foremost, and not as Americans or Christians.
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[A]s Christians, we must reach out to minorities in families at risk, with the message of the Gospel – one of repentance, love, salvation and a helping hand. Many churches of every ethnicity are doing a heroic job here. But they need our help.
This is the best way to guarantee that America stays America – a nation animated by Christian values – regardless of the nation’s racial composition.
And yet, in the same email, Scarborough claimed that "the racial mix of this nation doesn't matter." I wonder how he can say that with a straight face when at the same time he insists that more nonwhite babies will be a Bad Thing.
This isn't the first time Scarborough has stuck his foot in his mouth on this. Two years ago at a tea-party gathering, Scarborough said, "If we are to become 30 per cent Hispanic we will no longer be America." He later (falsely) told Alan Colmes that he said nothing of the sort.
Something tells me that Scarborough knows he stepped in it ... there's no mention of this missive anywhere on Vision America's Website.