Arizona’s Despicable Anti-Catholic Campaign
This satirical take on developments at the border was submitted by one of our listeners. Thanks for the contribution, Chet.
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How dare the Arizona legislature promulgate such discriminatory sanctions against the Catholics who courageously strive to embrace our great country, the land of the free? SB 1070—Arizona’s shocking assault on this ancient religion—is a misdirected and hysterical overreaction to the institutionalized pedophilia of the Catholic Church. While the good people of Arizona have every right to be revolted by the papacy’s active encouragement of child molestation, to pass a bill that denies foreign Catholics—most of whom have never committed a crime against a child—the right to enter our country is patently unfair. The First Amendment, applicable to the States through the 14th Amendment, prohibits such discrimination against a religious group. Even one that operates like a paternalistic, hierarchical cult.
This bill renders criminal any Catholic immigrant who exists without an alien registration document. It requires police to question him about his status if there is reason to suspect that he is a Catholic from “south of the border.” Perhaps the police will start checking to see whether they have the crucifix around their necks. Indeed, wearing the mark of Christ is now tantamount to inviting the same persecution He faced.
The bill imposes penalties for harboring undocumented Catholics—even family members. Are the police to be stationed outside Catholic churches in an attempt to ensnair unsuspecting worshippers? Under this bill, these “pilgrims”—who cross the remote desert of Arizona in search of a better life in America—are to be stopped, searched, and imprisoned. When will the government stop the oppression? When will this “War on Catholics” end?
It is entirely understandable that Arizonians would not want the Pope, a former Nazi and child-molestation-apologizer, to visit their State. But to impose punishment upon all Catholics who wish to come to Arizona from southern areas is a form of group punishment reminiscent of the despicable Japanese internment camps. When will the Tea Party condemn this oppression? Where are the Republicans who proclaim their belief in the right of the free exercise of religion? This legislation signals that the government knows no limits; the War on Catholics will soon expand to target Catholics from Ireland, Catholics from Poland, even Catholics from Italy.
Yet what it won’t stop, of course, is the child molestation. And isn’t that the real reason for this bill? Indeed, some in Arizona may try to justify this assault on Catholics as an attempt to stop Mexican immigration. But Americans are smarter than that; they know the real effort is to stop the Catholics. The last time a religious group was targeted in such a way, six million Jews vanished from the Earth. America, beware.
If Arizonians really wanted to protect children, they would keep them out of Catholic churches. They would not try to keep Catholics out of America.
