Religions > Atheism > News: Criminal supporting Cardinal urges 'fair' migrant law, in a burst of hypocrisy.
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06 Apr 2006 11:18:46 PM |
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News: Criminal supporting Cardinal urges 'fair' migrant law, in a burst of hypocrisy. |
"Cardinal urges 'fair' migrant law
By Duncan Kennedy
BBC News, Los Angeles
Cardinal Mahony has intervened in the immigration debate before
The leader of the largest Catholic archdiocese in the US, Cardinal
Roger Mahony of Los Angeles, has called for "just and humane"
immigration laws.
This is in response to the growing controversy over the future of
millions of illegal immigrants.
He said the debate in the Senate this week on immigration reform would
have far-reaching effects for all Americans.
Cardinal Mahony leads five million Roman Catholics, 75% of them of
Hispanic origin.
In a statement, he urged solidarity for those "undocumented"
immigrants who he said often endured lives of deprivation and
hardship.
He said Christian gospels called for people to stand with "the poor,
the stranger and the least among us".
The debate in the Senate this week on immigration reform would be
important for all Americans, including, he said, "those among us who
are not citizens but who believe in the American dream", he said.
'Outspoken'
This is not the first time the cardinal has added his comments to this
divisive debate.
Last month, he criticised a House of Representatives bill that would
make it a crime to help any of the 12 million illegal immigrants now
said to be living in the United States.
At the time, he urged priests under his control to engage in a
campaign of civil disobedience as part of efforts to reject the bill.
Some commentators have attacked the cardinal's position, saying his
outspoken views were an attempt to increase Latino numbers in Catholic
churches faced with dwindling attendances.
President George Bush has again called on the Senate to pass a
comprehensive bill on immigration.
He wants a guest worker programme that would give the illegal workers
temporary permission to stay in the country.
But opponents, including some in his own Republican Party, say that
would amount to an amnesty."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4882892.stm
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07 Apr 2006 12:10:04 AM |
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Michael Gray wrote:
"Cardinal urges 'fair' migrant law
By Duncan Kennedy
BBC News, Los Angeles
Cardinal Mahony has intervened in the immigration debate before
The leader of the largest Catholic archdiocese in the US, Cardinal
Roger Mahony of Los Angeles, has called for "just and humane"
immigration laws.
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Some commentators have attacked the cardinal's position, saying his
outspoken views were an attempt to increase Latino numbers in Catholic
churches faced with dwindling attendances.
I don't see a problem. Just tell the Aryan Wall vigilantes to camp
outside of catholic churches and not the border to look for illegals.
Bob Dog
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"Easily the biggest challenge facing the ID community
is to develop a full-fledged theory of biological
design. We don't have such a theory right now, and
that's a real problem. Without a theory, it's very
hard to know where to direct your research focus."
- Paul Nelson, creationist
and anti-science advocate
"Maybe he needs a new version of the Ten Commandments
-- George W. Bush's Ten Commandments:
Thou shalt not steal...votes.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's...country.
Thou shalt not kill...for oil.
Thou shalt not take grammar...in vain."
- Margaret Cho
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