Posted on 06/04/2023 6:10:32 PM PDT by marshmallow
NEW YORK – Amid a mounting debate in America over the constitutionality of gun control, Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark has entered the fray with a different argument: That people should voluntarily forgo their Second Amendment rights for the betterment of society.
“I honestly believe it is the best thing we can do to change the culture of violence that threatens us today,” Tobin said.
“Let’s voluntarily set aside our rights in order to witness the truth that only peace and never violence, is the way to build a free society that is lived concretely in our homes, our neighborhoods, our communities, our nation and our world,” he said.
Tobin made the plea in a recent letter, “Pray for an end to all instances of violence,” where he calls on community leaders and Catholic bishops, himself included, to call for a “synodal effort” to actively resist gun violence. He proposed a threefold process that includes prayer and work, advocacy, and voluntary self-restraint from the Second Amendment.
The letter, published May 26, is the latest call to action amid a spate of mass shootings in recent months. May 30 marked the 150th day of 2023, over which time there have been 263 mass shootings – incidents with four or more people shot – that have led to 327 deaths.
Both figures are records for this early in the year.
Memorial Day weekend was especially violent. Nationwide there were at least 20 mass shootings that left 16 people dead, and at least 80 more injured.
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What a maroon.
As soon as the Cardinal forgoes his First Amendment rights.
Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark needs to voluntarily shut his piehole.
Ask the thug criminals and thug govt agents to do so first. See how that works out.
This level of totalitarianism passing itself off as enlightened Christianity is ridiculous.
Everyone who disarms ignores their responsibilities to their families. And thus, more indirectly, society as a whole.
Luke 22:36 He said to them, “But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.
I think the temporal religious leader has it all wrong.
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Have the ghettos surrender their guns and 90 percent of the murders would go away. Gee your Eminence, whaddyatink?
Stupid. The ones that will voluntarily give up their weapons are not the cause of gun violence.
Left-wing cardinals — is there anything they don’t know?
My job is to protect my family, NOT to capitulate to criminals.
How about asking Catholics to avoid Adultery, which includes homosexual behavior.
And maybe toss in a reminder not to procure, perform, or promote Abortion?
How about religious freedom. The right he is asking people to for go is a basic because it deals with self protection and basic human freedom.
While you’re at it, pkease refrain from religious liberty and speech. Give all caesars money back to him.
Will he volunteer the perverted priests and bishops TRUTH without lawyers?
Ben Franklin’s quote comes to mind....throw him in a work camp.
Finding it difficult to even believe he said that. Must be a hoax. So, some of us don’t believe catholicism (and especially islam) should be allowed to exist in the United States, how about the “padre” and his followers quit catholicism voluntarily? Wonder what his reply to that would be? Well?
I ask Newark Cardinal to forgo his free speech rights and shut his piehole.
Sorry, Cardinal Tobin, but I will Forgo Welsh priests.
Sorry, Cardinal Tobin, but I will Forgo Welsh priests.
Allowing his flock to be helplessly under the control of teens, thugs, drug crazed criminals and violent felons allowed out of prison is......immoral and sinful.
I assume he is kissing up and pandering to the woke crowd to seem non-judgmental, stylish, trendy and up to date -—or he may be expressing his true feelings and being honest.
If somebody says the trend is mothers being part-time prostitutes and fathers setting up heroin selling out of their homes, would the religious leaders go along to be popular and modern?
“Since 1970, weekly church attendance among Catholics has dropped from 55% to 20%, the number of priests declined from 59,000 to 35,000 and the number of people who left Catholicism increased from under 2 million in 1975 to over 30 million today.”
and
Washington D.C., Mar 29, 2021
“The percentage of Catholics who say they are a “member” of a church has dropped by nearly 20 points since the year 2000, according to a new report by Gallup released on Monday.
Among respondents who said they were Catholic, only 58% actually said they were a member of a church. This figure is down 18 points from the 76% of Catholics who said they were a member of the Church, in a previous Gallup survey from 1998-2000.
In the past decade, Catholics saw a twice-as-steep decline in members than did Protestants, which saw a 9% decline in professed members of churches from 73% to 64%.”
Tax The Church!
And maybe toss in a reminder not to procure, perform, or promote abortion?
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