Struggling to find solutions to Philadelphia's seemingly intractable wave of violence, regional leaders including Mayor Street and Cardinal Justin Rigali held an unprecedented summit meeting at City Hall yesterday.Why is a meeting concerning the rights of the people closed to them? And why does that "wall of separation" between church and state we're always hearing about conveniently disappear whenever it serves the purposes of the rulers?
The two-hour, closed session ended with no new initiatives, but participants hailed it as an important step in quelling the gun violence that so far has claimed 232 lives this year...
"Hopefully, God will give us more wisdom to address this problem more effectively than we have in the past," Rigali said before the meeting.
And how come Philly still has a "gun violence" problem, anyway? We were promised "Project Exile" would put an end to that.
One would think a Catholic Cardinal would be familiar with "...sell your robe and buy a sword." After all, it was his guy that said it.
ReplyDeleteAnd why does that "wall of separation" between church and state we're always hearing about conveniently disappear whenever it serves the purposes of the rulers?
ReplyDeleteBecause those rulers aren't Republicans.
Note the rabid attacks on Bush, Ashcroft and the like - despite the lack of any proof that they allow their religious beliefs to override their job duties.
No, the only time that you can call for votes at a church, or collect religious leaders for secret meetings is if you're Democratic.
It's the same sort of deal how the people who think Bush is horribly evil for not supporting gay _marriage_ then support Islamic radicals who wish to _kill_ every homosexual.
"'Hopefully, God will give us more wisdom to address this problem more effectively than we have in the past,' Rigali said before the meeting."
ReplyDeleteGod gave the Founding Fathers' plenty of wisdom addressing violence. Hence, we have the Second Amendment.