A panel discussion at the Family Research Council‘s Pray Vote Stand Summit Saturday focused on “The Hispanic Community and Its Growing Influence on the U.S.”
Panelists discussed the policy views of many Hispanics and how they align with the values of faith-based voters, stressing the need for churches and faith-based organizations to reach out to Hispanics to ensure electoral victories for the foreseeable future.
FRC President Tony Perkins said, “There is a strong faith component in the Hispanic community that shares the values that we have, and they are being drawn into a community of like-minded citizens.”
Alfonso Aguilar of the Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles attributed this development to the fact that “they are afraid, literally afraid, of this leftist agenda that seeks to promote gender ideology, critical race theory, and question the glorious history of our country.”
Nilsa Alvarez, the Hispanic division director for the Faith & Freedom Coalition, said, “We’ve never seen the amount of Hispanic parents drop what they’re doing and run for school board. It’s something unprecedented yet so natural to the Hispanic community because we are, by the vast majority, conservative.”
And she told churches, “If you have nothing in Spanish, you’re leaving out the fastest-growing minority in the nation,” adding, “You need to welcome them with their language.”