{"id":2664204,"date":"2026-09-18T13:23:57","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T17:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-pastor-breaks-down-the-texas-student-section-controversy-racism-is-a-sin-noticing-mass-migration-isnt\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T13:29:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T17:29:53","slug":"texas-pastor-breaks-down-the-texas-student-section-controversy-racism-is-a-sin-noticing-mass-migration-isnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-pastor-breaks-down-the-texas-student-section-controversy-racism-is-a-sin-noticing-mass-migration-isnt\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Pastor Breaks Down the Texas Student Section Controversy: Racism Is a Sin, Noticing Mass Migration Isn&#8217;t"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-pastor-breaks-down-the-texas-student-section-controversy-racism-is-a-sin-noticing-mass-migration-isnt%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2664204&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The provided content features a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-debrief-fema-funding-on-illegal-immigration-versus-hurricane-recovery-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"The Debrief: FEMA funding on illegal ... versus hurricane recovery - Washington Examiner\">web page section<\/a> that includes a &#8220;Read more&#8221; button which, when clicked, reveals additional data. Inside the expanded content, there is a discussion prompted by an image showing Indian football fans at the University of Texas, which ignited a controversy online. The debate centered around issues of immigration, demographic changes, and what it means to be American. Prominent Texas Republicans debated the image, some expressing concern over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-harry-reid-dropped-support-for-restricting-immigration-for-political-reasons\/\" title=\"New York Times: Harry Reid Dropped Support for Restricting ... for Political Reasons\">high legal immigration levels<\/a> and cultural dilution, while others accused critics of racism. <\/p>\n<p>Pastor Josh Howerton addressed the controversy from a biblical perspective, distinguishing between true racism-racial pride or malice-and concerns about government-led immigration policies that might negatively impact American society. He explained that opposition to certain immigration policies is valid and not inherently racist, emphasizing the Christian duty to love all people of every tribe and nation. Howerton&#8217;s insights received widespread praise for clarifying the distinction between racism and policy critique, highlighting that Christians can discuss immigration issues without being racist, and urging love and prayer for all people.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A photo of predominantly Indian football fans at the University of Texas recently ignited a firestorm online.<\/p>\n<p>After the school played the Ohio State Buckeyes last weekend, the photo of enthusiastic Indian Longhorns fans \u2014 who seemed to dominate the crowd, at least from that particular picture \u2014 started a controversy about immigration policy, demographic replacement, and what it means to be an American.<\/p>\n<p>Prominent Texas Republicans even sparred over the image \u2014 some voicing concern about the rapid rate of legal immigration, and others accusing critics of racism, both real and imagined.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when Pastor Josh Howerton \u2014 the senior pastor of Lakepointe Church, a large multisite church based in Dallas, as well as a podcast host with Blaze Media \u2014 decided to addressed the controversy with biblical categories.<\/p>\n<p>Howerton noted how \u201cthere are 2 things that are both bad and often get conflated with one another\u201d \u2014 true racism and \u201cgoverning leaders allowing mass migration to happen in a way that is bad for the citizens they were elected to prioritize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the former, \u201cracial pride or racial malice\u201d are sinful in \u201cactual Biblical terms,\u201d even as some conflate actual racism with \u201cthe progressive literally-everything-is-a-racism\u201d mentality.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">May regret this, but Christians have got to learn to think in categories, and there are 2 things that are both bad and often get conflated with one another\u2026<\/p>\n<p>1) Racism, defined in actual Biblical terms (racial pride or racial malice) and not defined in the progressive\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C2xoxDukGS\">pic.twitter.com\/C2xoxDukGS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Howerton (@howertonjosh) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/howertonjosh\/status\/2100039465964089363?\">September 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With the latter, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >governments permitting runaway mass migration<\/a> can be \u201cbad for the nation they were entrusted to protect,\u201d especially when such immigration \u201cdilutes Christian influence on the country in a way that could tipping-point-doom-spiral that nation away from societal truth and goodness via creation of voting blocs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Howerton noted that Deuteronomy 28:43-44 even describes domination by foreigners as a sign of divine judgment: \u201cThe foreigners who reside among you will rise above you higher and higher, but you will sink lower and lower. They will lend to you, but you will not lend to them. They will be the head, but you will be the tail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Howerton noted that some are reacting to the viral University of Texas picture with true racial malice \u2014 even calling Indians racial slurs \u2014 while pretending that they are merely criticizing immigration policy.<\/p>\n<p>But others are offering good-faith criticisms of immigration policy only to be falsely accused of racism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s not anything wrong with the citizens of a country opposing the leaders of a country allowing mass migration to happen in a way that hurts their culture, school systems, effects scholarship and job opportunity availability to citizens, etc,\u201d Howerton wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChristians CAN have debates about immigration policy and it not be \u2018racist\u2019 at all,\u201d he continued, \u201cand all Christians are commanded to love and pray for the redemption of all people from every tribe, tongue, nation, and language, nailing every type of \u2018malice\u2019 in their hearts to the Cross.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Howerton \u2014 whose analysis received nearly half a million views by Thursday evening \u2014 was widely commended for his thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery good post,\u201d Daily Wire journalist Megan Basham <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/megbasham\/status\/2100084119665336587\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reacted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost Christian leaders are terrified of saying this truth because they afraid of coming against actual opposition that hates them,\u201d another <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/500yoChristian\/status\/2100390136009970171\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell stated, thank you for explaining this thoroughly!\u201d a third <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MWGChristensen\/status\/2100213678054297900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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