[mpen-dayton4] FW: "Jeb Bush says 'Anchor Babies' ... 'more related to Asians'" & "No place for ex-gay "conversion therapy" in the church of Pope Francis" & "Trump slams Bush for tying Asians to 'anchor babies'" & "Iran"

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From: Don
Subject: Re: Jeb Bush says 'Anchor Babies' ... more related to Asians

‎Anchor babies happen to all races. To single out Asians or a particular racial group is so freaking racist! When the code word of "taking the country back" is used, they mean the "Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882" among many other things. So predictable and so screwed up!  Their true colors have been exposed for some time now.

From: Charles

Subject: Jeb Bush says 'Anchor Babies' ... more related to Asians

By CANDACE SMITH Good Morning America
Jeb Bush Says 'Anchor Babies' Comment
Was 'More Related to Asians'

Aug 24, 2015, 6:55 PM ET; By CANDACE SMITH

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush has ignited a firestorm once again -- saying his use of the controversial term "anchor babies" is "more related to Asian people."

Bush, who traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border today, has refused to back down from using the term, a derogatory phrase used to refer to the children of undocumented immigrants born on American soil. Both he and Donald Trump have drawn fire for the usage.

Donald Trump Plans on Executing Immigration Plan Through 'Management'

Jeb Bush, Donald Trump Unapologetic for 'Anchor Baby' Language

At a campaign event in McAllen, Texas today, Bush was asked repeatedly by both the English and Spanish-language press about his usage of the term "anchor babies" in a radio interview last week.

He has defended the term and tried to clarify today, saying that it is "ludicrous" that anyone says his usage of "anchor babies" is derogatory. He also added that he was actually referring to the "birth tourism" industry.

"What I was talking about was the specific case of fraud being committed where there's organized efforts -- and frankly it's more related to Asian people -- coming into our country, and having children, in that organized effort, taking advantage of a noble concept, which is birthright citizenship," said Bush, adding, "I support the 14th amendment."

Bush, whose immigration policy advocates legal status for undocumented immigrants, says that he is "immersed" in the immigrant experience, adding in Spanish, "I am proudly married to a Mexican-American woman, my children are Hispanic. I have been involved in Hispanic life."

Bush's statement has already been seized on by staff for his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, and the Democratic National Committee.

"This latest comment from Bush shows just how out of touch he is," said K.J. Bagchi, the DNC's Director of Asian American and Pacific Islander Engagement. "The only thing worse than Jeb Bush's words about immigrant families may be his policies towards them."

And the National Council of Asian-Pacific Americans also condemned "the use of the derogatory term "anchor babies"". They issued a statement today:

"From the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and legislative attempts to overturn United States v. Wong Kim Ark to now calling us "anchor babies," Asian American and Pacific Islander communities continue to be discriminated against as part of larger anti-immigrant rhetoric."

Campaign spokeswoman Kristy Campbell told ABC News in a statement:

"Governor Bush was highlighting that "birth tourism" is a well-reported serious and growing problem, one that the Department of Homeland Security has been grappling with addressing," she said in a statement.

"The next President must have a plan to secure our borders and enforce our immigration laws. Governor Bush is the only candidate in the entire presidential field who has presented a serious, conservative, comprehensive reform agenda to fix our broken immigration system."

This event was supposed to be safe territory for Bush, long a proponent for broad immigration reform. This comes after a week of coming under fire for his repeated usage of the phrase and, after trading barbs with Trump, who also made a trip to the border last month.

Earlier today, Trump told "Fox and Friends," "I think it's great he's going to the border, I think he'll ... find out it's not an act of love."

Bush today responded to Trump saying that the real estate mogul's plan to build a wall and end birthright citizenship just isn't realistic.

"Mr. Trump's plans are not grounded on conservative principles, they would cost hundreds of billions of dollars," he said, adding "it will cost hundreds of billions of dollars, it will violate people's civil liberties."

The latest Gallup poll shows that despite Trump's claims that he will "win the Latino vote," Trump has the lowest favorability numbers among Hispanics out of all the Republican candidates. Bush, meanwhile, has seen a jump in his favorability numbers and leads the GOP pack.

 

 

From: Michael Faithful America
Subject: No place for ex-gay "conversion therapy" in the church of Pope Francis

Told they are "broken" and in need of "repair," the victims of anti-gay conversion therapy often fall into depression, anxiety, self-hatred, and even suicide. The practice, aimed at changing someone from gay to straight, has been banned in four states and officially rejected by the American Psychological Association.

So why has the archbishop of Philadelphia invited leading advocates of reparative therapy to a major international Catholic conference that will be attended by Pope Francis?

The speaker and exhibitor list for the World Meeting of Families, organized by Archbishop Charles Chaput, includes a who's-who of advocates for conversion therapy. He's also banned Catholic groups that support LGBT families from the exhibit hall, while welcoming those that promote conversion therapy.

We need to show Archbishop Chaput that countless Christians are appalled by this cruel practice and won't stand by while he hijacks Pope Francis's visit to America to push his own anti-gay agenda.

Tell Philadelphia archbishop: Disinvite advocates for conversion therapy from Pope Francis conference

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For more information:

"During U.S. Visit, Pope To Attend Conference With People Who Think Homosexuality Can Be Cured," Think Progess, August 22, 2015

"Pope to Attend Major Catholic Gathering Featuring Supporters of Ex-Gay Therapy," Southern Poverty Law Center, August 19, 2015

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Trump slams Bush for tying Asians to 'anchor babies'
By Ashley Killough and Tom LoBianco, CNN

Donald Trump hit Jeb Bush on Twitter for

• Bush ignited a firestorm after explaining his "anchor babies" by saying "Frankly, it's more related to Asian people"

(CNN) Donald Trump mocked Jeb Bush on Twitter on Tuesday morning after the former Florida governor dug himself into a deeper hole explaining his "anchor babies" comment.

"In a clumsy move to get out of his 'anchor babies' dilemma, where he signed that he would not use the term and now uses it, he blamed ASIANS," Trump wrote.

"Asians are very offended that JEB said that anchor babies applies to them as a way to be more politically correct to hispanics. A mess!" Trump then wrote, a few minutes later.

Trump, who spent much of Monday night blasting away at Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly, appeared by Tuesday morning to have shifted his focus back to Bush. He knocked Bush in a third morning tweet, saying "Jeb Bush just talked about my border proposal to build a "fence." It's not a fence, Jeb, it's a WALL, and there's a BIG difference!"

On Monday, Bush found himself in a new mess when, while trying to clean-up controversy over his use of the term "anchor babies," he said the offensive term was "frankly, more related to Asian people."

Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii called on the Republican presidential candidate to "immediately retract his statements and apologize to the Asian community for his insensitive behavior."

Bush's comments "regarding the children of Asian immigrants are derogatory and offensive," Schatz said in a statement.

It all started when the former Florida governor visited McAllen, Texas, located near the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday and defended his use of the term "anchor baby" to describe the children born on U.S. soil to parents who came into the country illegally. The phrase is considered offensive by many Latinos.

On Monday, Bush argued that he's been "immersed in the immigrant experience" personally -- his wife is from Mexico -- and said it's "ludicrous" for Democrats to say he was using the word in a derogatory fashion.

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Further attempting to clarify his comments, the Republican presidential contender said he was actually talking about immigrants other than those who cross the U.S.-Mexico border.

"What I was talking about was the specific case of fraud being committed where there's organized efforts and, frankly, it's more related to Asian people coming into our country, having children in that organized efforts taking advantage of a noble concept which is birthright citizenship," he said. "I support the 14th amendment."

Campaign spokeswoman Kristy Campbell later clarified that he was referring to widely reported federal investigations into "birth tourism."

In March, for example, The New York Times reported that federal agents raided three businesses in Southern California that arranged for pregnant Chinese women to come to the United States on a tourist visa, give birth, then obtain birth certificates and U.S. passports for their newborns.

CNN also reported on the thriving birth tourism business in 2013.

"The next president must have a plan to secure our borders and enforce our immigration laws," Campbell said in a written statement. "Gov. Bush is the only candidate in the entire presidential field who has presented a serious, conservative, comprehensive reform agenda to fix our broken immigration system."

Pro-Hillary Clinton Democratic groups American Bridge and Correct the Record were quick to pounce on his word choice of "Asian people," and sought to paint Bush as insensitive at a time when Republicans are trying to broaden its base and become more inclusive.

Bush earlier Monday argued that Democratic attacks against him over semantics amount to nothing more than political correctness.

"I think we all need to take a step back and chill out a little bit as it relates to the political correctness, that somehow you have to be scolded every time you say something," Bush said.

 

 

From: Lee Wong
Subject: Wednesday

 

 

 

From: James Lucas
Subject: Iran

FIVE POINTS TO KEEP IN MIND ABOUT IRAN

August 25, 2015

The nuclear agreement between the U.S and Iran, imperfect though it is, should be supported, since it is far better than the shooting war supported by those who in effect  advocate  a genocidal American foreign policy.  But those of us who want peace cannot stop there, and for that reason the following points need to be considered.

 

1)      This pact is only the first step needed to prevent the destruction of the Iranian nation as happened to Iraq under similar circumstances.

2)      The U.S. has lived with existence of nations which have nuclear weapons without demanding that they give up their nukes. So there must be other reasons for the U.S. stance on this matter.  The talk about nuclear weapons is an excuse to scare the American people to support this policy, just as it was in Iraq where the U.S. killed millions of people.

3)      There is already a one-sided murderous war of sanctions in effect against the people of Iran by the U.S., just as there was one against the people of Iraq. Sanctions are not a form of  diplomacy; nor are they are intended to influence the policies of those in power.  They are directed toward the civilian population in the hope that they will put pressure on their leaders to capitulate to the demands of the U.S.

4)      The U.S. government has been working for many years to overthrow the Iranian government and the sanctions have been one of the methods by which they still hope to do this.  One of  the  other methods  was to encourage Iraq to invade Iran which resulted In an eight-year war in which about a million lives total  were lost on  both  sides.

5)      The Middle East should become a nuclear free zone which would require that Israel give up its 80-100 nuclear weapons with which it threatens Iran and its other neighbors.

 

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