Rich place, cheap talk
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There was a lot of talk about "inclusion" of the poor and marginalized at the recent symposium, "Gaudium et Spes at 40," held at the "exclusive" Wilshire Grand Hotel.
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"We need especially to be critical of the privileges of class, gender, ethnicity, wealth and national origin," said a very white and pleasantly plump Barbara Busse, dean of the College of Communication and Fine Arts at Loyola Marymount University, which co-sponsored the event along with the Archdiocese and Mt. St. Mary's College.
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Another panelist, Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), looking rather well fed herself, stated: "Poor people must work tirelessly, often working two or three jobs, forced to make the economy the purpose of their lives."
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"Gangsta priest," Father Greg Boyle, engendered a collective "wow" from the conference participants with his observation: "The measure of our compassion lies not in our willingness to serve those on the margins but in our willingness to find ourselves in kinship with them."
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At the end of the symposium that "kinship" was in evidence when one unnamed attendee, slipping a few bucks into the hand of the valet, was heard saying, "Oyes, muchacho. Go fetch my Mercedes."
These "peace and justice" gatherings are always a scream.
See my previous post regarding Gaudium et Spes HERE.
2 Comments:
Yes, it is all in keeping with the 'peace and justice' movement.
A big ole lie.
These folks have posh, comfy conventions like this while a lot of pro-life conferences have to go through hell from homo and pro-abortion maniacs outside. Sickening.
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