Misplaced Compassion or “how to shovel a load of crap”

Over on Religion Dispatches one of the bloggers (a Mormon) that inhabits that space poo-poos Arizona SB1070 bill with their article “Immigration Issue Divides Arizona Mormons” and one of it’s authors, Russell Pearce (also a Mormon), as being the antithesis of what the Mormon Church teaches since the law is “…contradictory to fundamental principles of Christian charity, compassion, tolerance, and kindness.”

On many topics I have issues with Russell Pearce’s tenor and approach to issues but on this subject the “lefties” are shoveling a load of crap.

I posted the following comment to the site:

I live in AZ and unlike MOST people debating this issue I’ve actually read SB1070 as approved by the House, signed by the Governor and then later amended.

However since most of the comments above have ZERO to do with the actual law – which is MORE restrictive on Police and State authorities than Federal law is – and more on about the commentators feelings and their self proclaimed compassion consider this FACT (especially the LDS commentators).  Do you need “papers” to enter the Temple?  Can just anyone enter the Temple?  Of course there will be the ridiculous assumption by the “lefties” that want to think I’m equating the US to the Temple.  Get a clue.  I’m just showing that your arguments that the “Church” should be compassionate are mired in contradictions.  Of course there are rules.  Rules to be followed.  Rules have consequences.

If a person converts to the Church to marry and obtains a Temple recommend for that marriage does the Church say “Hey, that’s cool you can bring your non-member friends and family to the wedding?”  Of course not.

For those that say the Illegal immigrant is “doing a job that American’s won’t do”  consider this.  Maybe the illegal’s presence is causing wages to be artificaly depressed.  If I steal a car can I resell that car for less then what the manufacturer would need to sell it for on the legal market?  Of course.

I personally think that those who put forward the argument about “Doing jobs Americans won’t” are hypocrites.  Why?  Because they are actually in favor of the creation of a second class of human.  One that will merely be a servant by another name since they are working for depressed wages resulting in their living in squalor.  Ever taken a drive through the sections of town where illegals can find rooms they can afford?  I’ll bet not.

I’m in favor of “Higher Fences with Wider gates”.  The current quotas for legal immigration are currently too restrictive.  Well, fixing that issue IS job of the Federal Government as per Congress’s Article 1 powers as those that correctly argue that the States have no ability to control immigration into the US but they are incorrect when they try to argue that the State cannot legislate what happens when the illegal is here.  For example see the 9th Circuit upholding the AZ Employer Sanctions law, etc…

However, we continually see that Politicians always want to take the easy way or the way that will bring them more votes rather then do the hard thing.  For example in the health care legislation they front loaded the “benefits” and put off the taxes to pay for them to another Congress +ten years out.  Why?  So they could say see what I got you (the “benefit”) but they are not doing the hard part of making you pay for them.  We have already been down the road of Border enforcement and Amnesty.  The Politicians did the Amnesty but never got around to the Enforcement.  Therefore we find ourselves facing the same problem yet again becasue the Politicians never fixed the ailment they only treated one of the symptoms.