Thread: Minuteman founder reacts to Cardinal Mahony's statements

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Minuteman founder reacts to Cardinal Mahony's statements on illegal immigration
Calls comments 'irresponsible'

March 2, 2006
Minuteman Project


Los Angeles, CA -- Jim Gilchrist, founder of the Minuteman Project, has reacted to comments made by Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony on illegal immigration.

"As a Catholic, it troubles me to have to say that Cardinal Mahony is just flat wrong," Gilchrist said. "First of all, he seems to not understand the difference between legal immigration and illegal immigration. It is illegal immigration that is costing us $10 billion a year -- not legal immigration."

Gilchrist strongly objected to the Cardinal's threat to ignore laws passed by Congress with which he disagrees: "It discredits the church and brings shame to parishioners to say we are not going to follow the laws of the United States -- the most accepting nation on earth. What would happen if every church decided to only follow the laws with which they agreed?"

"Those hit hardest by illegal immigration are the poor who are squeezed from the job market. Meanwhile, the middle class see their tax burden skyrocket to pay for education and healthcare for illegal immigrants. It is the church's flock that has to foot the bill and they are unlikely to be receptive to paying higher taxes to satisfy Cardinal Mahony's political agenda," said Gilchrist.

Gilchrist also disagreed with the Cardinal's statement that illegal immigration opponents are "hysterical": "It is emphatically not 'hysterical' to want to stop the flow of drugs streaming across our borders, not to mention ending the murders and rapes which are a regular occurrence -- and it is irresponsible to suggest it is."

"The Catholic Church is a worldwide institution. If this were only about helping the needy as the Cardinal claims, that could just as easily be done in any of the other of the dozens of nations illegal aliens come to America from," stated Gilchrist.

Gilchrist concluded, "One thing the Cardinal is right about: There is enormous ignorance out there. But this time it just happens to be coming from the church."

Jim Gilchrist and Jerome Corsi, Harvard Ph.D. and co-author of the New York Times #1 bestseller "Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry," have teamed up to write a shocking account of the endless flow of drugs, terrorists, and economic refugees at America's borders. The book -- which will expose the Mexican government's open complicity in this growing crisis -- will be published by World Ahead Publishing and be available in bookstores nationwide this July.

Go Jim! Wow, I did not know about the book. That is interesting news indeed.

W

We might be able to order advance copies of this book.

It is VERY irresponsible to suggest, much less state, that certain laws should not be obeyed. That's called anarchy. Does the cardinal really believe that all of us like all the laws that are passed? Hardly.

Get in line, Catholic Church, or get out.

RR

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certain laws should not be obeyed. That's called anarchy

I guess he's taking his lead from today's president and presidents of the past. Certain laws apparently don't have to be obeyed. so does that mean I don't have to obey the laws I don't happen to feel like obeying?

Through mahoney in jail, there he can hang with gang banger illegals and put his prayers to good use.

If he openly promotes violations of the law, why as a priest does he get any leeway? Catholics should be quiet after all the molestation of children that they have allowed, it just redefines arrogance. JAIL!!

Isn't there some sort of law about churches getting involved in politics and their funds get pulled if they do? Seems like a bunch of the right wingers on GOPUSA were having a fit over that a year or two ago. Anyone know? Just imagine all the money the US gov't would get if they started taxing the churches.

Maybe this jerk has inadvertently done the taxpayers a favor!

wow the catholic church is very much a case of pot calling the kettle black-
cynical me - but the church needs the latinos to keep them going- it's all financial -no different then the hotel or construction industry-
let's watch them duke it out with the Mormon church and the Jehovah witnessess for the latino soul's

I don't know about now since all the lawsuits concerning the homosexual priests which cost many millions but not too long ago the Catholic Church was the ricest single entity in the world. It had billions of dollars and assets up the yam yam.

They would lose their tax exempt status by delving into politics. Suits me fine.

RR