Why do we have a Second Amendment? Why did The Founders leave it to us? For duck hunting?
Today, June 2nd, is the Anniversary of Enrique Gorostieta’s (played by Andy Garcia in “For Greater Glory”) death. He was 38 years old.
Requiescat In Pacem to the brave Cristeros who fought unto death for Religious Liberty.
I like Ann Barnhardt, BUT
“For Greater Glory” is a movie that I will not watch.
And from what I got from her article, that dog won’t hunt here in TX.
Not going to happen. Too many guns. Too many rednecks, oilies and clod farmers for that to happen.
This generation may have the will to retain the right to bear arms, but the indoctrination by public schools is growing a more compliant populace.
The movie was excellent, but one thing that struck me was that so few people in the US even know that Mexico went through a Communist revolution in the early part of the 20th century (and is still suffering from the economic problems created by this). Even fewer even realize that the anti-Catholic laws were officially revoked only about five years ago.
They ceased to be enforced, but they remained on the books. In fact, I remember that as late as the 1990s, Catholic clergy were officially prohibited from wearing clerical dress on the street in Mexico.
The Catholic Church is always the one that the State sees as its great enemy and will always be the first target of its attacks. In the US, the Church is already very fragmented because of the left-wing subversion of Vatican II, so the State clearly thinks it will be a weaker opponent. That may be true, and I don’t think we’re going to get to the point of killings and torture because simple economic threats will probably be enough to bring most of the US bishops into line.
That's right. It is the HHS mandates. The bishops won't have to SAY that they swear loyalty to the Communist-Obamaist regime. No, the bishops will be expected to assent to the "revolution" by the act of assenting to the regime mandating that all citizens pay for contraception and abortion. Maybe the bishops will get their little "exceptions", but if the faithful have to subsidize child killing and the bishops go along claiming that their little "exception" for themselves is sufficient, it will be a de facto juring. It will be an underhanded demonstration of loyalty to the Communist-Obamaist revolution. If you think about it, you realize that it is exactly the same thing as what the Mexican government demanded the Cristeros say in order to show their loyalty: "Muerte a Cristo Rey", that is, "Death to Christ the King."
This gal is just some kind of awesome. She gets it in a serious way.
Big difference, Americans have guns.
The photo says it all. The true story of the Cristeros is stunning and heartbreaking.
Just came from seeing it. Excellent movie. Thought Andy Garcia's acting to be a little lacking. I hope many see this film and talk about it. Barnhart is right The hhs mandate is out Cristeros War.
I just saw this film yesterday with my two youngest sons (18 and 13) for Father’s Day. It is an extraordinary film (though paced a bit slowly at times) but my 18 year old told me that the reviews were not very good. I told him I didn’t really care about the reviews. After the movie his response was, “I hate it when you are right.” (Kinda warms ol’ dad’s heart, that one.)
Barnhardt is right about the nature of the HHS conscience grab. As we walked out I told my sons that now they can understand why the Bishops answer to Obama’s mandates is not just “No.” but “Hell, no!.” They got it. And we are not even Catholic. Viva Cristo Rey!