(VA Repub guv candidate) Cuccinelli Blasts Catholic Church for supporting immigrants, the poor

[UrbScotty]

Emphasis mine:

Citing efforts by the Catholic Church to alleviate the suffering of the poor and marginalized, saying it has “always cost [Americans’] liberty,” Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli blasted church leadership for fighting for universal health care and immigrants’ rights while speaking at September’s Cherish Life Ministries Christian Life Summit, the blog ThinkProgress has learned.

Saying the American church’s efforts to lobby for health care reform and strengthening the social safety net create “a culture of dependency,” Cuccinelli, a practicing Catholic and front-runner for the Virginia GOP’s upcoming gubernatorial nomination, condemned the US Catholic bishops for decades of lobbying the government on behalf of the poor. Cuccinelli suggested the church should not ask for government money in its mission to alleviate suffering.

“One of my great frustrations as a Catholic...is how soft and weak the leadership of my church has been,” Cuccinelli said. “They have for decades lobbied government to ‘do this’ and to ‘do that.’ All of which should be done by the church if they’re done at all in society. So over time, they’ve made themselves out to be the largest special interest group in the country.”

Following the Gospel mandate to serve the marginalized, the Catholic Church in America has been a powerful force in fighting poverty and hunger and to empowering struggling immigrant families through entities like Catholic Charities and the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. Catholic Charities USA, headquartered in his home state of Virginia, received more than $2.9 billion in federal grants in 2010 alone and employs hundreds of Virginians.

http://www.catholics-united.org/content/press-release-cuccinelli-blasts-catholic-church-%E2%80%9Ccreating-culture-dependency%E2%80%9D-caring-poor

Ah, if only that third paragraph was a reference to certain social issues...

[upaloopa]

1. He probably doesn't like Jesus either.

Jesus went around making government dependents I guess.

[Gman]

2. Cuccinelli is a piss poor Catholic

[sakabatou]

3. Apparently, Cuccinelli doesn't read his Bible