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Bishops

The US Bishops recently released a video decrying the way the United States' government is treating immigrants.  Their plea to love one's neighbor should not be controversial.  However, in the era of the culture wars, it has come under fire. One conservative talking head wonders why the US Bishops didn't release a video condemning the Biden Administration for supporting a woman's right to choose, and child castration.   This talking head wants people to believe he has the best interest of children.  Yet, when it comes to children experiencing food insecurity, he made a video calling SNAP benefits a scam. It's not.  And when a children's hospital received bomb threats, he quickly went to work to claim the story was false.  It wasn't. It's one thing to want the bishops to do more.  It's another thing to say that that the current President's policies are not in conflict with scripture.  They are. "Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, ...
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America Only

Within the cave of conservatism there is a group who not only believe that America should be the first priority, but should be the only priority.   Most but not all conservatives are Christian, so this campaign seems to conflict with the teachings of Jesus. " Therefore go and make disciples of all nations , baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,   and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:19-20 (emphasis added) I'm not an expert in geography, but I know the United States is not the only nation.  There are at least 20 nations if the G20 has taught me anything.  From which of those nations does Jesus not want disciples?  Based on basic reading skills it would seem that Jesus would want disciples from all off the those nations.  I may be cherry picking a Bible verse to prove a point. However, there is another ve...
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I Plead the 14th

  Matthew Walsh proposed solutions to stop foreign entities from taking over the country. One of the solutions is to only grant voting rights to people who speak English. It’s surprising he doesn’t know that would be a violation of the 14th Amendment.  It would be a violation to abridge the rights of a citizen of the United States.  A citizen, as defined by the Bill of Rights, is anyone born or naturalized, and subject to jurisdiction thereof. Requiring only citizens who speak English can vote would be a violation of their 14th Amendment rights. It’s possible Matthew Walsh believes the Amendments to the Constitutions are not valid.  It’s not clear how he feels about the 14th Amendment or the 13th Amendment or the 19th Amendment.  But based on his monologues including the one discussed here he possibly doesn’t recognize the validity of two of them. During a monologue about Olivia Rodrigo’s “Driver’s License” he said women shouldn’t be able to vote because they ha...
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