Immigrants advocates look to churches

“Over the past few weeks, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., a staunch defender of abortion rights, has been receiving bouquets from some unexpected quarters as he works to overhaul the nations immigration laws.

“All of us owe Sen. Kennedy a great debt of gratitude for his vision,” Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles said after the two held a meeting on immigration legislation last month. Last week, at a news conference on the same subject, Kennedy and Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention, traded biblical quotations.”

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