For House Speaker Boehner at commencement address, scrutiny of Catholic charity [View All]

Source: Washington Post

Katy Jamison strode toward her graduation from Catholic University on Saturday wearing the requisite black robe and mortar board — plus a neon green message to House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio).

"Where’s the compassion, Mr. Boehner?” said the 8-by-10-inch sign pinned to her chest.

Jamison, 26, said Boehner, the keynote speaker at Catholic’s graduation and recipient of an honorary law doctorate, had cut too much in the federal budget aimed at protecting the poor. Doing so defied the Catholic church’s teachings, she said, and will hurt the people she hopes to help with her newly minted master’s degree in social work.

“His policies reflect different values than the values of social work professionals, which are to help people who are poor, vulnerable and repressed,” Jamison said.



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Congratulations to students at Catholic University for actually demanding that GOP politicians who play to them do not ignore the parts of the bible discussing how Jesus ministered to the poor. The corporate media and corporate evangelicals have re-written the gospel to preserve those in power when the actual bible tells a story of a Christ who ministered to the oppress. Remember Glenn Beck's rant against liberation theologians as socialists?

There are some Christians who do not conveniently ignore the huge portions of the Bible dedicated to social justice. The bible does not mention abortion, but it sure does mention the need to care for the poor and needy.