I am a Latina Latter-day Saint. I think Romney lost big in California, and around the country, in part because of his religion, but LARGELY because of his politics!
I think that Californian's and other states sent a resounding message that Americans are not going to allow millions of people to be rounded up like cattle, and inhumanely shipped out of this country.
His vow to begin doing so 90 days after taking the oval office certainly turned me from him and greatly dissapointed me that an LDS man would be so heartless. To think that Jesus broke the Sabbath Law to help a donkey, but this man wants to cold-heartedly kick out a group of people who have come here because their circumstances are so harsh in their own country. I have been to Mexico. I have seen old blind women in the streets, and cripples, and children and people living in shacks while just a mile away there are those living in mansions. The Mexican government should be held responsible, but the people should be helped. Fining them and providing a pathway to citizenship is the best option for us Americans and the immigrants.
We turned a blind eye for generations while millions of people risked their lives, left behind their families and worked in hard, low-paying jobs in order to provide for their families.
Closing the borders is one thing, but spending the money (that we can't afford as we are trillions in debt due to the war in Iraq) to instigate a mass roundup, which only serves to cause hatred toward all Hispanics and divides our country, and would require some form of documenting ALL Hispanics (how would you know who is legal and who isn't) is just WRONG.
Maybe I am naive, but I like to think that this country said a resounding NO to Romney's round 'em up. Yeah! for the Latinos in California who stood their ground and voted for McCain and Hillary.
I would have been proud to vote for an LDS man who had showed some heart and not so much arrogance!
I think that Californian's and other states sent a resounding message that Americans are not going to allow millions of people to be rounded up like cattle, and inhumanely shipped out of this country.
His vow to begin doing so 90 days after taking the oval office certainly turned me from him and greatly dissapointed me that an LDS man would be so heartless. To think that Jesus broke the Sabbath Law to help a donkey, but this man wants to cold-heartedly kick out a group of people who have come here because their circumstances are so harsh in their own country. I have been to Mexico. I have seen old blind women in the streets, and cripples, and children and people living in shacks while just a mile away there are those living in mansions. The Mexican government should be held responsible, but the people should be helped. Fining them and providing a pathway to citizenship is the best option for us Americans and the immigrants.
We turned a blind eye for generations while millions of people risked their lives, left behind their families and worked in hard, low-paying jobs in order to provide for their families.
Closing the borders is one thing, but spending the money (that we can't afford as we are trillions in debt due to the war in Iraq) to instigate a mass roundup, which only serves to cause hatred toward all Hispanics and divides our country, and would require some form of documenting ALL Hispanics (how would you know who is legal and who isn't) is just WRONG.
Maybe I am naive, but I like to think that this country said a resounding NO to Romney's round 'em up. Yeah! for the Latinos in California who stood their ground and voted for McCain and Hillary.
I would have been proud to vote for an LDS man who had showed some heart and not so much arrogance!
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