Mexican Born Pastor Forms “Hispanic Tea Party”

Mexican-born Texas pastor Armando Vera formed what he calls the Hispanic Tea Party back in June because he says the conservative movement focuses too much on politics and not enough on what he feels are more important issues, ValleyCentral.com reported:

“The first goal of our group is to return to basics,” Vera said. “And in this nation and God is the base. Another topic we want to focus on is family values…”

“Every Republican has principles, but when it comes to politics, in more than one occasion these principles and values seem to be lost,” Vera said. “For example, a congressman in New York voted for gay marriage, and that is wrong in my eyes…”

The Pharr pastor hopes the organization will bring to the public forum a Christian view he deems is largely missing from the political posturing of both major political parties.

He also said that he’s got about 25 people involved in the group, which you can learn more about here. I commend anyone who wants to be civically or politically involved, but I have reservations about someone who wants to emulate an organization that blatantly said, “The problem is these Hispanic legislators.” I hope that Vera’s movement can act as a counterbalance to this stuff, who knows. Check out the video interview with Vera here.

What do you think? Is the Hispanic Tea Party a good response to racism from within the current Tea Party ranks?

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