To the Editor:
Some think we should follow Arizona's horrible example. They call undocumented immigrants "criminals." If they loved these neighbors enough to ask why they come, they would learn that they come because our nation's free trade laws undercut their subsistence farm market prices so they lost their farms and can't get jobs. Their families would starve to death much before the seven-year waiting period needed to come legally.
God is Love. God created humans in Her/His own image and created the universe to sustain all of us while we increase and multiply and learn to love each other to the best of our limited human ability. God loves each of us more than we can even imagine.
Jesus showed us that the way to happiness is to freely choose to love and serve God and all of our neighbors. He cautioned us to be very careful so that we don't follow blind leaders.
Years ago, my curiosity was aroused as I watched Republican conventions on TV. I couldn't understand how their judgmental hatred of those who don't agree with them fit in with their "values" and "pro-life" rhetoric. I wrote a letter to the editor to ask conservatives to list those values. Two gentlemen answered. In the private correspondence that followed, neither named any of their conservative values. They just tore into liberals.
So, I read several books by conservatives. I discovered that if conservative leaders explained their un-Christian values to you and me, we wouldn't support them. Example; on page 382 of Russell Kirk's "Conservative Mind", it says, "To the civilized man the rights of property are more important than the right to life."
The very few who call the shots believe that God created you and me to deliver "their" wealth to God's "special ones" (them) so they can live happily in splendor.
That isn't love of God and neighbor. They're unhappy. If you blindly accept their blind faith, your support keeps them in power. Your support prevents them from discovering that Love, not greed, is the way to happiness. How sad.
Lorraine Redig
Winona
Letters to the Editor
Letter: God is love - God loves Hispanics, too
Originally published in the May 28, 2010, print edition.
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Letter: Coveting thy neighbor's stuff
Letter: Coveting thy neighbor's stuff
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Letter: God is love - God loves Hispanics, too
Some think we should follow Arizona's horrible example. They call undocumented immigrants "criminals."
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Letter: Research doesn't show organic foods are better
As a conventional beef producer, I take great satisfaction in producing beef that is a great value, and also safe, wholesome and nutritious.
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Letter: Don't put pollution blame on small livestock farms
When talking about water pollution problems caused by livestock operations, Minnesota State Representative Al Juhnke of Willmar wants to blame our state's smaller livestock operations.
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Letter: Juhnke passing false blame to pass proposal
Family farmers and rural residents need to know that Rep. Al Juhnke of Willmar is proposing legislation that will weaken environmental standards for the largest farms in our state. As a livestock farmer and registered nurse, that concerns me and I think it is wrong.
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Letter: Encourage the weak to give them a chance
"You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong." However, we also must note that in order to encourage the weak you must give them a chance to have some opportunity to achieve a decent livelihood.
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Letter: Scare tactics misrepresent ethanol’s impact
After watching the KSTP newscast on ethanol, I believe the newscasters seem to have torn a page from Orson Welles’ recipe on how to boost their audience numbers.
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Letter: The rest of the organic, beef labeling story
Unlike the label “organic” — which requires you to be certified — the perception of what is “natural” has definitely been highjacked and is a totally misused and maligned at the meat counter.
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Letter: ‘Socialism’ essential to farmers, American way of life
We farmers and our lobbyists have often made it quite clear to our legislators that socialism and its accompanying federal dollars are essential to our well-being.
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Letter: Health care questions for Walz
Would you explain just how the bill saves money on health care when you add 50 million to the number to be taken care of. Do you ration the use of tests or procedures, expensive drugs, etc.?
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