presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney before Romney spoke at the Grain Exchange in Milwaukee. (M. Spencer Green / AP)
WASHINGTON-- The Franciscan Action Network (FAN), a Catholic faith-based advocacy and civic engagement organization, is strongly criticizing Mitt Romney's recent ads and rhetoric regarding welfare programs and welfare recipients, urging him to spend some time in low-income communities."Our Christian tradition teaches that we are to treat the poor with dignity and to prioritize the poor in our policies as a society," the organization said in a press release on Thursday. "At a time when millions are struggling financially, it is degrading to talk about the 'dependency' of people hurting in this economy, as Gov. Romney did recently."
right wing was reveling in the Catholic support by clergy, did they the clergy leap before looking or were they just trying to keep expenses down and coffers full?
Rhett Engelking, a secular Franciscan in Milwaukee and member of FAN, has even personally invited Romney to visit with the low-income people he assists. “Political leaders would not talk about the poor in demeaning ways or cut job training programs if they spent more time with the people they are affecting with their policies," he said.
that is a miscalculation the NUNS ON THE BUS offered to same invitation, to deaf ears? how does this Mormon take up arms and claim defense for the Catholic church and birth control, run off to Israel and wear a KIPPAH and allegedly pray at the Wall and he doesn't respect his own religion, lying for one wonder how much of the rules of Mormonism does he and his family actually embrace?
why is the Catholic org. turning against Romney and the right could it be they were wrong in their assessment of their agenda? this means a rejection of the "Ryan Budget as well.
