JT Ready was a neo-nazi baby killer who was ordained into Mormon priesthood by ousted and former Arizona State Senator

JT Ready and Russell Pearce

Russell Pearce.  Pearce has advocated Operation Wetback (his words not mine) policies and self deportation laws that have spurred a series of increased hate crimes in Arizona due to the nature of xenophobic political Arizona leaders. Latinos have been sounding the alarm to this regard when we saw Russell Pearce and Sheriff Joe Arpaio begin their racial profiling tactics against my people.

Now we have a situation where we see another baby who was murdered and hate crimes continue to increase in our State of Arizona.  I believe the Mormon Church (and all religious organizations for that matter who “preach” loving our neighbors) should take a stronger position regarding their members who are part of hate groups and advocate hate laws against fellow man.  I’m not saying excommunicating individuals is the right thing, however, I believe the Mormon Church ought to consider taking Temple Cards away from people like JT Ready, Russell Pearce, and even Mitt Romney.  [For the record: Mitt Romney has aligned himself with Kris Kobach (legal arm of FAIR) who helped lay the legal groundwork for S.B. 1070, Arizona's  recently passed anti-immigrant law.]

Why should “religion” step in against hate laws and those who advocate hate towards fellow man while demonizing them?

Because our government is broken right now and powerful evil lobbying groups like FAIR, the John Tanton network, and Kris Kobach are attempting to control our country through divisive fear tactics.  If religious leaders can’t work towards keeping the United States “united” debunking divisive fear mongering, then who will?

Religious organizations have stepped in to advocate for principles they believe in before.  For instance, the Catholic church had the spinal fortitude  in the Denial of the Eucharist to Pro-Abortion Catholic Politicians.

According to Catholic Culture:

Later, in response to questions from the press, the bishop stated that the politician “is not excommunicated. However, she has been denied the right to receive Communion until she forms her conscience in conformity with Church moral teaching and the divine law and goes to confession.”

I hope more Mormon leaders will continue to see that anti-immigrant self-deportation law(s) in a way resembles the Mormon Missouri extermination order.  Both SB 1070 and the Missouri Extermination Order advocate mass exodus in order for people to flee persecution.  We have witnessed mysterious deaths in the Maricopa Co. prisons, the chaining of pregnant women while they give birth, and people have been killed in our state since the Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed SB1070 into law — and I believe much of this has to do with how political leaders view those of Mexican descent.

Too many killings and murders have taken place here in our State of Arizona against my people, and I believe xenophobia is adding fuel to the fire.

Why did JT Ready kill a baby before taking his own life?

According to USNEWS:

Hugo Mederos, of Florida, told the Republic that the victims were his former wife, Lisa Mederos, 47, their daughter Amber Mederos, 23, her boyfriend Jim “Jambob” Hiott, 24, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, and Amber’s 16-month-old daughter Lily…..Morton said Ready had once said of Lily, who was half-Hispanic, “she’s 50 percent ugly,” the paper reported. “That’s how he described her,” she added.

No child should be viewed as “ugly” in anyone’s eyes regardless of their color or ethnic background.

So here we are.  We have more deaths.

Should government be to blame?

Or is there a lack of leadership in all religious organizations these days?

Turning a blind eye to laws that advocate hate  should not be tolerated.  And just as the Catholic Church has taken strong stances in denying the eucharist to Catholic politicians — perhaps it is time for the Mormon Church to step in and deny access to the Temple regarding Mormon politicians who want to lead Americans.   I hope LDS leadership will consider taking Russell Pearce’s Temple Card away.

Supporting healthy discussions on how to treat fellow man is one thing — but I think we are going to need to see religious organizations be stronger against growing dark views.  Our government cannot really be an effective “light” nor can they really take a “moral higher ground” anymore because money via crony capitalism and special interest groups have infected it with a long-term illness. However, it seems to me that religious leaders who are ordained into priesthood should hold higher standards because of the religious nature.  If priests are not abiding by the D&C, the Book of Mormon or Scripture …  I think Mormon leadership should consider revoking Temple cards.

While I appreciate the Mormon leadership regarding the Utah Compact that resembles the Mayflower Compact, we need a strong dose of leadership with regard to all religious backgrounds in order to expose the hate laws that are espoused by FAIR, NumbersUSA, the John Tanton network, Kris Kobach and etc.

Time is short …  and the Supreme Court is set to make their decision by June 2012.  Which religious leaders and/or organizations will step in and take stronger proactive measures in light of an important court case that will affect millions and millions of Americans and human beings?

Will it be the Catholic Church?  The Pope of Rome who resides in the Vatican?  Will it be the Mormon Church?  Will it be the Mormon Prophet Thomas Monson?  Will it be evangelical leaders? Or will it be a combined effort of all religious leaders from all religious backgrounds?

I am by no means a member of any religious organization.  To be candid, I sense there has been a dramatic drop of church attendance across the nation due to the lack of leadership within organized religious organizations.

Will the United States be on a course towards a Dark Age?

Or, will we continue to be a beacon to the world?

What is it going to take in order for us to heal and unite?

Whatever it is … I  hope it will not be tragic.

Headlines from today:

Supremacist, Kills Four, Then Himself

May 3, 2012 4:45 PM EDT

26 April 2012

President Rev. John Jenkins
400 Main Building
Notre Dame, IN 46556

Subject:  Pro-Catholic and Pro-Latino Youth Senators in the Indiana 2012 Race

Dear President Rev. John Jenkins of Notre Dame:

I recently visited the University of Notre Dame on March 20, 2012, in light of our Tequila Party rally we held to “Rock the Latino Vote in support of the DREAM Act” at Indiana University of South Bend.  (The Tequila Party is a Latina counter-movement to Tea Party extremism).  Students from Holy Cross, Notre Dame, Indiana University, Goshen and St. Mary’s attended our successful event, and it brought revitalization to our DREAM Act youth.  We registered and motivated eligible voters to be a voice for the voiceless undocumented and to keep the memory of Joaquin Luna alive.  Our Indiana Tequila Party leader, Jose Alvarez, is a student of Holy Cross and has aspirations of attending Notre Dame University.

As I toured your University, one photograph in particular touched me the most – and it was the photo of the former President of Notre Dame via Father Ted

This is the picture that was presented to Pres. Obama from Notre Dame during his commencement speech. It is a picture of Father Ted Hesburgh and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Hesburgh.  To my amazement I later discovered this was the picture that was presented to Pres. Obama from Notre Dame during his commencement speech.

I am certain you are aware of the ill treatment of immigrants in our nation, and I appreciate the pro immigrant stances the Catholic Church has taken to this regard.  The anti-immigrant sentiment reached a fevered pitch when the Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed the harsh anti-immigrant SB1070 into law, and the muscle of this unneighborly legislative act came from the ousted and former Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce who is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS Church or, colloquially, the Mormon Church).

I am a mere Mexican-American immigration activist living in the State of Arizona where there is a stronghold of Mormonism.   I knew I could do only one thing as I felt utterly powerless and helpless when I saw Republican leaders support this restrictionist law, so   I wrote an open letter to Mormon Prophet Thomas S. Monson.  I paralleled the Mormon Missouri extinction order to Arizona’s SB 1070 anti-immigrant and self-deportation law.  Just as Mormon families were driven out of the state of Missouri in early American history via mass exodus, I witnessed Arizona mass exodus and families being driven out, too.

Sacred Heart with Crucifix in Catholic Church

While I do not see the beautiful crucifixes that typically adorn Catholic Churches at Mormon Churches or Temples, I did see what some might call the “power of the cross” come into play when Mormon leadership in Salt Lake City, Utah, brought forth the principles of the Mayflower Compact via the Utah Compact (with help from Catholic leaders).  The Mormon Church and members of the LDS church boldly stepped up to the plate and their leaders took a compassionate stance on immigrants in the State of Arizona – and now we are hoping members of the Catholic Church will step up to the plate in the State of Indiana, too.  It is an emergency to have your help.

We have a common enemy via the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR).  FAIR is an anti-immigration ‘movement,’ that began by one man, John Tanton. Tanton was the organizer and President of the Northern Michigan Planned Parenthood Association between 1965-1971, and in 1975 he wrote The Case for Passive Eugenics where his letters and memos are a public collection at the Bentley Historical Library.   Tanton has clear connections to Pioneer Fund and Numbers USA where  Pioneer Fund’s eugenic ideas (selective breeding of humans)  supported a variety of institutions that legitimize race “science”.  According to the Wall Street Journal, Jason Riley states that by Dr. Tanton’s own reckoning, FAIR has received more than $1.5 million from the Pioneer Fund, a white-supremacist outfit devoted to racial purity through eugenics. And if anything disturbs the good doctor more than those Latin American hordes crossing the Rio Grande, it’s the likelihood that most of them are Catholic, or so he once told a Reuters reporter.

We believe the John Tanton network has done a damaging job in national, state and local politics.  Our Latino Catholic members cannot support politicians who have ties to John Tanton and his racist organizations —  which is why Latino pro immigrant activists cannot support Mitt Romney for President when he chose to receive advise from Kris Kobach (legal arm of FAIR) for his own political expediency.

We pray for your help in the Indiana Senate open primary election race. We are aware that Hispanics account for more than 70 percent of the growth in the US Catholic population since 1960, and all our eyes will be in Indiana come May.

Senator Richard (Dick) Lugar supported our Latino youth via the DREAM Act when we were desperate, down and out.  Lugar embraced the epitome of Christian Compassionate views toward our children, but he is facing an opponent via Candidate Richard Mourdock who has clear ties to a racist organization via ALIPAC.  We are familiar with ALIPAC since they endorsed nativist J.D. Hayworth over Senator John McCain because John McCain “once” believed in immigration reform here in Arizona.  Members of ALIPAC were allowed to use disparaging remarks such as beaner, wetback and pepper belly that  appeared on their site directed at Hispanics.

Is there any way you can communicate to your circle of influence the need to support politicians who have compassionate views towards our youth like Senator Lugar?   I understand the University of Notre Dame cannot take a position on political races, but we are hoping you will communicate to your friends that Senator Lugar is a compassionate man who has had mercy on my people and our youth.  This is an emergency.  Lugar must be rewarded not punished for his compassionate views.

I pray the Catholic and compassionate voters in your state of Indiana will remember the stance of Catholic leadership and the Pope’s views with regard to the treatment of immigrants and our neighbors.  We hope you know about the aches and suffering we feel in our hearts due to these extreme hate laws.  Time is of the essence, and I hope a miracle takes place in the State of Indiana in much the same way we witnessed them in Arizona and in Utah.  We are hoping for a miracle, because that is all we have to hold on to, and I hope you take measures that will cause another one to happen.

Thank you for your time – particularly when our deadline is May 8, 2012, with regard to the Indiana Open Primaries.

Con cariño,

DeeDee Garcia Blase
Co-President, National Tequila Party Movement

Shirl Mora James,
Lead Co-President, National Tequila Party Movement
Civil Rights and Immigration Lawyer

Above) Jose Alvarez, Indiana Tequila Party Leader in the Basilica Sacred Heart at Notre Dame University on 20 March 2012.

Finally!  The KANSAS COMPACT  efforts by non-partisan and Latina-led political movement is penetrating the Heart of America in Kansas!  The Tequila Party has headquarters in Arizona (immigration ground zero) and we are fighting Tea Party extremism.

The KANSAS COMPACT and the COMPACT WITH AMERICA needs support from all sides of the political spectrum and support cannot come from just one political aisle.  The Tequila Party Movement consists of Independents, Democrats, Republicans, and Libertarian voters and it is going to take all efforts from all sides to set this nation back on a course that remembers our immigrant history.  Immigrants have made this nation great.

We want to congratulate Kansas Rep. Louis Ruiz for introducing this bill and for his leadership.  We felt this was necessary when Kansas Rep. Virgil Peck made the violent remark when he advocated the shooting of immigrants like hogs.  We hope to see a positive outcome from a horrible black eye Virgil Peck left Kansas with.

As you know might already know, the Tequila Party is a counter movement to the extremist Tea Party Movement.  The Tequila Party Movement is a group that motivates Latinos to get out and vote and vote for pro immigrant politicians.  We need the Kansas Compact to be passed since Kris Kobach (also advises anti-immigrant 2012 Republican Presidential candidate — Mitt Romney) is the architect behind many anti-DREAM Act, anti-immigrant laws, and his attacks on our 14th amendment via birthright citizenship laws.   Kris Kobach has ties to white nationalist and anti-semitic John Tanton.

From DOS MUNDOS:

On Feb. 16, Kansas Rep. Louis Ruiz introduced a bill into the Kansas Legislature  as a call for responsible immigration reform resulting from respectful, humane dialogue: the Kansas Compact.
The compact is an outgrowth of the Tequila Party movement. Founded during the summer of 2011, the Tequila Party emerged as a response to growing public and legislative anti-immigrant sentiment. The non-partisan group seeks to empower Hispanics through initiatives such as increasing voter registration and the compact, which details principles to guide the legislature in writing laws that affect undocumented immigrants.
“Tequila spearheaded this (compact) for several years (by) trying to initiate different states to introduce it,” Ruiz said. “We tried to introduce it last year, but it didn’t go anywhere.”
Readers will probably remember 2011 as the year of the Kansas voter identification law and the potential repeal of in-state tuition for undocumented students. The controversial laws are followed this year by a bevy of new immigration legislation, including a mandate forcing all employers to use E-Verify and another law intended to turn Kansas law enforcement officers into immigration officers, a la Arizona’s controversial Senate Bill 1070.

DOS MUNDOS Editor’s note:

The compact is based on the Tequila Party’s Compact with America.

Compact With America

A declaration of five principles to guide America’s immigration discussion:
Federal solutions – Immigration is a federal policy issue between the U.S. government and other countries, not individual states and other countries. We urge Congress and others to lead efforts to strengthen federal laws and protect our national borders. We urge state leaders to adopt reasonable policies addressing immigrants in America.

Law enforcement – We respect the rule of law and support law enforcement’s professional judgment and discretion. Local law enforcement resources should focus on criminal activities, not civil violations of federal code.

Families – Strong families are the foundation of successful communities. We oppose policies that unnecessarily separate families. We champion policies that support families and improve the health, education and wellbeing of all American children.

Economy – America is best served by a free-market philosophy that maximizes individual freedom and opportunity. We acknowledge the economic role immigrants play as workers and taxpayers. America’s immigration policies must reaffirm our global reputation as a welcoming and businessfriendly state.

A free society – Immigrants are integrated into communities across America. We must adopt a humane approach to this reality, reflecting our unique culture, history and spirit of inclusion. The way we treat immigrants will say more about us as a free society and less about our immigrant neighbors. America should always be a place that welcomes people of good will.

Kansas Compact and Compact with America Efforts led by Tequila Party Movement.jpg

 
Dear Arizona Advocates of Latino and Immigrant Rights:

Please don’t forget to vote on February 28th!

I am the immediate past President of SOMOS REPUBLICANS, now the co-President and Foundress of the National Tequila Party Movement. I stepped down as President of SOMOS REPUBLICANS for a number of reasons not limited to switching my affiliation as a registered Republican voter to an Independent voter. The Associated Press contacted me last week for a story they were covering regarding the Arizona primary elections. I gave them names of Latino Mormon individuals who equate Mitt Romney’s harsh anti-immigrant tone to Russell Pearce’s harsh anti-immigrant stance. As you might already know, we are furious with Romney’s Kris Kobach endorsement and his recent endorsement by Pete Wilson. Kris Kobach is the legal architect behind many of these anti- immigrant laws and he affiliates himself with white nationalist — John Tanton via FAIR or Federation for American Immigration Reform.

I hope to see more Hispanic Mormons denounce Romney’s anti-immigrant views because in my view he is taking our nation backward from efforts we continue to fight for. I am disgusted that Romney will not even support the Utah Compact which is modeled after the Mayflower Compact and could set our nation back on a healthy view towards immigrants. Mitt Romney has been kicking Latinos down during one of the most difficult Latino eras in history. In fact, I believe it was Romney who moved Senator John McCain further to the right in 2007 and in 2008 during the 08 Presidential GOP Primary elections. I have had it with Mr. Romney’s populist approach in demonizing my people for the sake of his political expediency. Enough is enough.

On a different note, the Tequila Party Movement knows the Tea Party Movement is not really asleep. We believe the Tea Party supporters will come out in full scale as soon as the Republican Primaries are finished. The Tequila Party is waiting and fully prepared to counter their anti-immigrant rhetoric. We believe anti-immigrant sentiment is antiquated and we will continue to fight for social justice and humane laws to fellow mankind.

More importantly, we will continue to motivate eligible voting Latinos to get out and vote because we have a responsibility to BE A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS UNDOCUMENTED! Our voting numbers will be a force to reckon with as we show Washington D.C. that Latinos WILL vote and be a voice for the voiceless.

Sincerely,

DeeDee Garcia Blase

From TIME Magazine:

Latino Mormons Speak Out Against Romney

By AP / RUSSELL CONTRERAS Monday, Feb. 20, 2012

(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) — When Honduran-born Antonella Cecilia Packard converted to the Mormon Faith 20 years ago, she said it was like “coming home.”

The Catholic-educated Packard, who grew up in “the middle of Mayan ruins,” appreciated the faith’s strong sense of family and conservative values. She also saw her own history in the Book of Mormon with stories of migrations, tragedies and triumphs of a people many Mormons believe are the ancestors of some present-day Latinos.

But two decades after her conversion while a college student at Mississippi State, the 43-year-old Packard finds herself on a new mission: defeating Mitt Romney and any Mormon politician who betrays what she sees as a basic Mormon principle of protecting immigrants.

As Romney continues to seek the Republican presidential nomination while rarely discussing his faith, a growing number of vocal Hispanic Mormons say they intend to use Mormon teachings as a reason to convince others not to vote for him. They have held firesides (equivalent to a tent revival) on immigration, protested outside of Romney campaign events and have traveled across state lines to help defeat other Mormon politicians with similar harsh immigration stances.

“Yes, we are happy that we have a Mormon running for president,” said Packard, a Saratoga Springs, Utah, resident and member of Somos (We are) Republicans. “But a lot of us aren’t supporting him because of his stance against immigrants.”

While stressing the Mormon faith’s historic connection to converting immigrants, Latino Mormons point directly to immigration stories in the Book of Mormon and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ recent statements against policies targeting immigrants. They also view Romney’s stance against proposals giving illegal immigrants a path to citizenship as hypocritical since Romney’s great-grandfather, Miles Park Romney, who had five wives and 30 children, sought refuge in Mexico after passage of an 1882 law that barred polygamy.

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Read more: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2107277,00.html#ixzz1mynNG54u