Can't we be reasonable?

This is not a rant, exactly, but an attempt to be reasonable about something that seems to engender a lot of passion without much care: the new Arizona Immigration Law. The pundits would have you believe, Gentle Reader, that this law is tantamount to the Jim Crow south, and will strip the civil liberties of every Hispanic. However, I suggest instead that the law is simply Arizona's attempt to take seriously the enforcement of the federal immigration laws already on the books, but largely ignored. And apparently a group from the law school at UCSD agree with me. If you still question this bill, I suggest you read it's text, available here, and not either extremely lengthy nor difficult to understand. I simply don't see what all the hubbub is about, except from those who wish to continue breaking the federal immigration law.

And what is our obligation as Christians to the "sojourners" in our midst? To love and care for them, to help them to comply with our country's laws, and to show compassion. But that is not the same as encouraging the breaking of the law.