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The Water Cooler Title: 40 Religious Leaders Denounce Sarah Palin and Fox’s Hate Speech Forty different Catholic, evangelical, mainline Protestant, Jewish and Muslim leaders and scholars came together to release a statement condemning the hate language of Fox News, Sarah Palin, and Newt Gingrich as it relates to the so called Ground Zero mosque, “Fear-mongering and hateful rhetoric only undermine treasured values at the heart of diverse faith traditions and our nation’s highest ideals.” The statement released by Faith In The Public Life condemned the religious bigotry of Gingrich, Palin, and Fox News, “As Catholic, evangelical, mainline Protestant, Jewish and Muslim leaders and scholars committed to religious freedom and inter-religious cooperation, we are deeply troubled by the xenophobia and religious bigotry that has characterized some of the opposition to a proposed Islamic center and mosque near where the World Trade Center towers once stood.” It continued, “Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House, is the most recent prominent opponent to cast this debate in a way that demonizes all Muslims and exploits fear to divide Americans.”It is a sign of their contempt for Americans and their confidence in our historic ignorance that they would deliberately insult us this way,” Gingrich said in a statement. Sarah Palin called plans for the center a “provocation.” Fox News has aired a steady stream of irresponsible commentary and biased coverage that reduces what should be a civil debate into starkly combative terms.” Rev. Peg Chemberlin, President of the National Council of Churches said, “We are deeply saddened by those who denigrate a religion which in so many ways is a religion of compassion and peace by associating all Muslims with violent extremism. That’s like equating all Christians to Timothy McVeigh’s actions. This center will reflect not only the best of Islam, but the enduring hope that Christians, Jews and Muslims can together find common ground in addressing the most urgent challenges of our time.” Sister Simone Campbell, Executive Director of NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby said, “It’s simply wrong for Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin to malign all Muslims by comparing this cultural center and mosque with a radical ideology that led to the horrific attacks of 9-11. We fail to honor those killed by terrorists when we betray the bedrock principle of religious freedom that has guided our democracy for centuries.” The statement concluded by calling for an end to the fear mongering and hate filled rhetoric, “Mr. Gingrich, Ms. Palin and other prominent voices privileged to have the ear of the media would make a more lasting contribution to our nation if they stopped issuing inflammatory statements and instead helped inspire a civil dialogue between Christians, Jews and Muslims committed to a future guided by the principles of compassion, justice and peace. Fear-mongering and hateful rhetoric only undermine treasured values at the heart of diverse faith traditions and our nation’s highest ideals.” I wish more people of all faiths would stand up and denounce the divisive hate filled tactics employed on a daily basis by Gingrich, Palin, and Fox News. Gingrich and Palin are trying to create a wave of hate to ride to the presidency, and Fox News has found that peddling paranoia and hate is very, very profitable. Playing upon religious tensions is bad enough, but to intentionally create disunity for political gain, with no regard for the consequences to our nation is almost criminal. The politics of division and hate are the tactics that political movements always resort to when they are out of ideas and they possess no other means to motivate and inspire their supporters. Palin and Gingrich’s willingness to take us down this path is a reflective of their own personal ambitions combined with a complete lack of interest in actually solving our nation’s problems. A plea to our lesser emotions is easy, and sometimes effective, but by doing so, both Palin and Gingrich are demonstrating why neither one of them will ever be capable of inspiring the birth of a better America.
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"Faith In The Public Life" eh? Here's a little sample of who they ARE from their own site; www.faithinpubliclife.org/newsro om/fplnews/archive/ ------------- "FPL in the News N.J. advocates for immigration reform march from Jersey City to Elizabeth February 17, 2010 (By Jeff Diamant - Newark Star-Ledger) *Faith in Public Life partnered with the Interfaith Immigration Coalition, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Justice for Immigrants Campaign, and We Were Strangers Too: The Jewish Campaign for Immigration Reform to launch "Together, not Torn: Families Can't Wait for Immigration Reform," a nationwide mobilization of people of faith for comprehensive, humane, just immigration reform. Starting in Jersey City near the foot bridge to Ellis Island, nearly 100 advocates for immigration reform staged a 10-mile walk to the Elizabeth detention center today, to highlight the plight of immigrant detainees there and to press for reforms allowing most of the nation's 11 million illegal immigrants to become citizens. Faith Leaders Push For Immigration Reform February 13, 2010 (By Chris Good - The Atlantic, Politics edited by Marc Ambinder) Several faith groups, including the National Association of Evangelicals, Faith in the Public Life, and the Sojourners announced a push today for comprehensive immigration reform, with local events and prayer vigils in February and March. 100 events will be held in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin, along with a push to deliver pro-reform postcards to senators, the groups announced. Summit County immigrants continue to press for reform February 11, 2010 (By Julie Sutor - Summit Daily News) *Faith in Public Life partnered with the Interfaith Immigration Coalition, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Justice for Immigrants Campaign, and We Were Strangers Too: The Jewish Campaign for Immigration Reform to launch "Together, not Torn: Families Can't Wait for Immigration Reform," a nationwide mobilization of people of faith for comprehensive, humane, just immigration reform. Hundreds of immigrants to Colorado and their allies gathered near the foot of the Grand Mesa Wednesday afternoon to press lawmakers for immigration reform. The activists, including about a dozen from Summit County, delivered more than 6,000 signatures on petitions and postcards to U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet's staff. ... Immigrant and faith groups in attendance said communities, families and human rights are at stake in the immigration-reform debate. "As people of faith from across the state, we denounce as inhumane the enforcement measures which have resulted in the separation of families and increased fear in our faith communities," said Ricardo Perez of the Hispanic Affairs Pastoral Project. Pushing Immigration Reform February 10, 2010 (By Michael Sean Winters - National Catholic Reporter) *Faith in Public Life partnered with the Interfaith Immigration Coalition, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Justice for Immigrants Campaign, and We Were Strangers Too: The Jewish Campaign for Immigration Reform to launch "Together, not Torn: Families Can't Wait for Immigration Reform," a nationwide mobilization of people of faith for comprehensive, humane, just immigration reform. Two members of Congress joined faith leaders on a conference call today in Washington to announce new efforts to build support for comprehensive immigration reform. Congressman Mike Honda of California joined Congresswoman Yvette Clark both addressed the political difficulties of moving the legislation while the country suffers from an unemployment rate that hovers around 10 percent. "It's possible," Clark told the journalists assembled on the call, noting that as in previous years, the difficulties are likely to arise in the Senate... The religious leaders on the call, which including a rabbi, a Catholic priest and someone from the National Association of Evangelicals, all pointed to the moral weight of their pro-reform arguments. And, the increasing prominence of evangelicals in the reform efforts points to a genuinely new political dynamic: Had George W. Bush enlisted evangelical support for his reform effort in 2006, he might have been able to pass the bill then. Evangelical leader calls for kinder, gentler immigration laws February 10, 2010 (By Kathy Kiely - USA Today, On Politics) *Faith in Public Life partnered with the Interfaith Immigration Coalition, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Justice for Immigrants Campaign, and We Were Strangers Too: The Jewish Campaign for Immigration Reform to launch "Together, not Torn: Families Can't Wait for Immigration Reform," a nationwide mobilization of people of faith for comprehensive, humane, just immigration reform. Galen Carey of the National Association of Evangelicals called for Congress to "pass meaningful immigration reform this year" today in a conference call with other faith leaders. Members of the group said they are trying to create a grassroots, church-based movement to press for passage of legislation." ... GET THE PICTURE? Who would EVER expect THEM to "denounce" anybody on the "right"? It's a MYSTERY fer SURE. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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#3. To: Mad Dog (#2)
Tazer and torture anyone who criticises the screwed up Palin Family, is unwilling to go overseas and be maimed or killed because the President has the authority to send them via the War powers act. Lets get those FEMA death camps up and running and do it all up real good ...just like the Nazi Reich. Why, of course, the people don't want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship.[Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials] Parrot: Get it Mig killer......sure ya do : ) You LUV DA WAR Enjoy the Mexico Enjoy the depression/Austerity Luv the Bush....Zero...Palin,.....WAR!
Yeah - 40 Trojan horse Marxists, hypocrites, and weasels masquerading as "religious leaders." HA! So now what? Shall we now report Palin's list of 4,000 "religious leaders" who support her statement on the proposed Muzzie-flag and mosque in the shadow of the buildings Muzzies blew up?
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