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03/16/2006
Catholic
Citizens of Illinois Calls on Governor to Remove Garcia from ‘Hate
Commission’
LA GRANGE, Ill., March 16 /Christian Newswire/ -- Mary Anne Hackett, President of Catholic Citizens of Illinois, has called for the immediate removal of homosexual activist Rick Garcia from the governor’s Commission Against Discrimination and Hate Crimes because of his own hate mongering. We are outraged by his attack on Cardinal Francis George, calling him a “bigot.” As Archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal George has a duty to defend the teachings of the Catholic Church against homosexuality as a “disordered lifestyle” and to oppose efforts to undermine marriage as it was established in the beginning by God. “We are offended by Garcia’s frequent attacks on the Catholic Church and all Christians for their belief in biblical values,” Hackett said. “We repudiate his attacks on the Illinois Family Institute which has been effective in the defense of marriage and efforts to place a referendum on the ballot to define marriage in Illinois as a union between one man and one woman. “Anyone who has studied the agenda of the homosexual rights movement will understand that a major platform for establishing acceptance of homosexuality in America is to silence the churches by vicious attacks and name-calling. We will not be silenced. “The type of hatred Rich Garcia spouts on a regular basis has no place on a commission financed by the taxpayers and he must be removed from the Commission at once,” Hackett said.
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