Posted on 10/25/2004 12:13:36 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry said a broad vision of social justice, including care for the poor and those without health insurance, is at the root of his religion and would guide his presidency.
The Massachusetts senator sought to win over remaining undecided voters with a speech that advisers said would explore "his sense of faith" and how it would affect his decision-making process as president.
He cited Matthew 25:40 — "Whatever you do to the least of these, you do unto me" — and said Jesus' admonition should determine the moral obligation everyone in society has to each other.
"The ethical test of a good society is how it treats its most vulnerable members," he said, arguing that the government has an obligation to protect the environment, fight AIDS, reduce poverty and defeat terrorism.
He did not give a moral defense of his pro-choice stance on abortion and his support for embryonic stem-cell research, but he acknowledged the contentious debate within the Catholic Church about his public role in these matters.
"I love my church, I respect the bishops, but I respectfully disagree," Mr. Kerry said, to one of the wildest ovations of the speech.
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Or does that apply only to babykilling?
How about "thou shalt not steal"?
Lurch is just another 'Rat pile of crap.
Is not al-Qadea's warped justification for it's terrorism nothing but their own definition of "a broad vision of social justice"?
"SOCIALISM" Kerry doesn't like being called a Liberal because he is a SOCIALIST.
A billionaire lecturing down to the peasants about social justice? Words are so cheap - if only he would give his wealth away to the poor, I might believe he means its. Otherwise its just blowing hot air.
Would somebody please get these Kerry quotes out to the blue-haired Jewish Floridians?
That is why it is of little concern to them that their socialist schemes have run aground, burying millions of human beings in their wake. That is why they don't care that their panaceas have caused more human suffering than all the injustices they have ever challenged. That is why they never learn from their "mistakes." That is why the continuance of Them is more important than any truth.
If you were active in the so-called "peace" movement or in the radical wing of the civil rights causes, why would you tell the truth? Why would you tell people that no, you weren't really a "peace activist," except in the sense that you were against America's war. Why would you draw attention to the fact that while you called yourselves "peace activists," you didn't oppose the Communists' war, and were gratified when America's enemies won?
....It is because America is a democracy and the people endorse it, that the left's anti-American, but "progressive" agendas can only be achieved by deceiving the people. This is the cross the left has to bear: The better world is only achievable by lying to the very people they propose to redeem.
....For these self-appointed social redeemers, the goal-"social justice"-is not about rectifying particular injustices, which would be practical and modest, and therefore conservative. Their crusade is about rectifying injustice in the very order of things. "Social Justice" for them is about a world reborn, a world in which prejudice and violence are absent, in which everyone is equal and equally advantaged and without fundamentally conflicting desires. It is a world that could only come into being through a re-structuring of human nature and of society itself. ....***Source
Bump!
He's not a billionaire.
He is a billionaress by insemination's buttboy.
It all depends on the meaning of faith (is).
Does anyone remember back a few years when some guys tried to take over a small island-nation??? I can't remember the country but I am trying to find the story.
George Soros tried to take over England. All those rich liberals - why don't they put their money where their mouths are instead of trying to buy up countries?
Yep. I know what John F*ckin' means by "most vulnerable" - LEAVE NO MILLIONAIRE BEHIND! (laughing)
I meant some wacko's who tried to invade a tiny Pacific-Indian Ocean island
Kentucky church seeks social justice
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Emblazoned on the centennial seal of St. William Catholic Church here are the apt words, “A Peacemaking Community.” Peace and justice are paramount for the congregation and its pastoral administrator, Sharan Benton.
Signs saying “Support Our Troops: Bring Them Home” hang outside. Folding chairs in a semicircle have replaced the pews.
In the 1940s and 1950s, only signs for bingo, fish fries and summer picnics hung in the churchyard. Things started to change in 1962. The church’s elementary school closed and the Sisters of Mercy left the parish.
Industry encroached on the neighborhood. St. William shrank to 85 parishioners. The archdiocese considered closure when it sent in a new priest, Ben O’Connor.
Rev. O’Connor implemented Vatican II, a more liberal church theology, making St. William the first parish in Louisville to do so. St. William experienced a renaissance. The church connected to the needs of the poor and oppressed with low-cost housing programs and other initiatives. Parishioners supported the movement to end the Vietnam War, including sending a letter to the bishops condemning the war.
Through the 1970s and 1980s the parish adopted a “Peacemaking Covenant” and fought against nuclear arms, declaring the church grounds a “Nuclear-Free Zone.” In 1983, the church became part of the sanctuary movement, illegally providing safe haven to Central American refugees fleeing persecution from U.S.-supported repressive governments.
That spirit has continued. St. William welcomes gay and lesbian members, supports Hunger Walk, AIDS Walk, and various neighborhood social programs. Meetings on the Middle East and candlelight vigils against the Iraq war are a church staple.
St. William lives up to its mission statement, which says, “We commit ourselves and our resources to serve the poor and oppressed far and near and to eliminate the causes of violence and injustice.”
The authors can be reached at pww@pww.org.
http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/5963/1/236
There was a story back in the 80s about some South African mercenaries who tried to take over an Indian Ocean island. Today, its just easier to buy a country than to invade it and set up a puppet government.
Organizing for labor rights and social justice
By Lee Sustar | October 22, 2004 | Page 15
WASHINGTON--About 5,000 people rallied at the Lincoln Memorial October 17 in an effort to put forward trade-union, working-class and antiwar issues shortly before Election Day. The protest, called the Million Worker March (MWM), allowed for discussions barred from mainstream political debate and the unions, taking up everything from a living wage to a national health care system to the U.S. occupation of Iraq.
Featured speakers--and key march organizers--included longstanding activists in the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) such as Clarence Thomas of International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 10 and Brenda Stokely, president of AFSCME District Council 1707 in New York. Several speakers from unions and antiwar organizations gave militant speeches that roused the crowd, which included a large number of student activists from the East Coast.
Although the AFL-CIO opposed the march as a distraction from the election, several major union bodies endorsed the event. Backers included the National Education Association, the largest labor organization in the U.S., and, in New York, the 100,000-strong AFSCME District Council 37 and the 30,000-member Transport Worker Union, which represents bus and subway workers.........
http://www.socialistworker.org/2004-2/517/517_15_MillionWorkerMarch.shtml
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