Posted on 03/19/2020 6:27:30 PM PDT by Impy
OLYMPIA – Lt. Gov. Cyrus Habib, who presided over the Senate for the last three years as part of his duties as the state’s No. 2 elected official, will not seek re-election, his office announced this morning.
Habib said he will be joining the Jesuits.
“This decisions follows two years of careful and prayerful discernment,” Habib said in a news release. “But since that process has been almost entirely private, I realize this will come as a major surprise to my constituents and supporters.”
Habib, who has been blind since age 8 because of cancer, managed his duties as president of the Senate with the help of a special system that identified members who wanted to speak, and followed the debate with a keen sense of hearing. He also had a deep knowledge of parliamentary procedure and rules of the Senate to rule on the many maneuvers of the sometimes fractious senators.
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He's a Catholic convert, Iranian-American.
Ping
Wow.
I learned from someone who was there.
The Jesuits went over to the Dark Side long ago.
He should’ve stayed put. California would’ve been an infinitely better place had he not spent decades in office ruining it.
Blame his mother for it.
Pat was no prize, either.
Not all of them
No worries, a Rat from Washington State will never leave confession.
That’s like saying not all Democrats are communists...
Sadly.
The Jesuits went over to the Dark Side long ago.
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Well, they have managed to usurp absolute control of the Vatican. And now that Francis has appointed the MAJORITY of the Cardinals who will participate in selecting a new Pope, they’ve cemented that control...probably FOREVER.
“Prayerful discernment”? Is that a thing?
He must be gay or a communist...... or both
You're right. That's why it's so important that when you encounter a Jesuit you ask him right off, "Are you a good Jesuit, or a bad Jesuit?"
If not him I’m sure someone else would have done it.
And he’s blind too. That ticks a lot of diversity boxes.
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