Yesterday, Sen. Martinez crossed party lines to add his vote to the unanimous Democrat approval of President Obama's choice for the nation's highest court. One day later he resigns!
The scenario finally made sense when I heard a news report in which the Florida Senator articulated a few details about the reasons why he will step down.
“my priorities have always been my faith, my family and my country, and at this stage in my life, and after nearly 12 years of public service in Florida and Washington, it’s time I return to Florida and my family.”
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Here's an indication of what this man's motives are and were while in office.
- Faith
- Family
- Country
Faith was the first priority mentioned in his speech.
OK, what is Mel Martinez's faith? Religion Roman Catholic, and also a Knights of Malta*.
Here's additional information about the Senator's religion and civic ties:
He came to the United States in 1962 as part of a Roman Catholic humanitarian effort called Operation Peter Pan, which brought into the U.S. more than 14,000 children. Catholic charitable groups provided Martinez a temporary home at two youth facilities. At the time Martínez was alone and spoke virtually no English. He subsequently lived with two foster families, and in 1966 was reunited with his family in Orlando.
... He served as Vice-President of the Board of Catholic Charities of the Orlando Diocese.
...Despite an absence of a quorum, the Senate approved The Palm Sunday Compromise, formally known as the Act for the relief of the parents of Theresa Marie Schiavo (S. 686 CPS), in the early hours of March 20, 2005, to allow the case of Terri Schiavo to be moved into a federal court. The bill passed unanimously by voice vote and no formal record of the vote was made. Bill Frist (R-TN), Rick Santorum (R-PA), and Mel Martínez (R-FL), the only Senators present, voted for the bill with the remaining 97 Senators not present.
... Abortion: Rated 100% by National Right to Life Committee[16], which indicates a pro-life stance. Morally opposed to abortion even in case of rape or incest, he supports education to reduce abortions, and supports the promotion of alternatives such as adoption. His position on the legality of abortion is unclear, but he has indicated that he would not vote for prosecuting involved parties even in the event of a reversal of Roe v. Wade. In a debate moderated by Tim Russert, Martínez stated:
"The bottom line is I don't plan on prosecuting anyone. When I go to the United States Senate, I'm going to be confirming judges who will go to the courts, and the courts will deal with the issue. This is not up for a vote by the United States Senate." He added, "We're far from prosecuting people in this country over that issue" [17]
Many people say that you can't judge a person or a politician by their religion. I say you can; Especially if that religion has ambitions of manipulating governments, and a long history of using its clerical power to influence secular powers.
Another observation - There's plenty of talk about judges who legislate, or activist judges; Well, when they are Roman Catholics many times they have divided allegiances, duty first to their church and second to their country. Where are the protests when we see these people maneuver themselves in many capacities in government? When they clearly testify that their "FAITH" comes first? Where's the outcry of activism there?
Why do you think the framers of the Constitution stressed separation of Church and State?
Justice is blind; And sometimes it just-looks the other way!
Mission Accomplished.
Arsenio.
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Martinez
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Knights_of_Malta"http://www.iterasi.net/openviewer.aspx?sqrlitid=hmc2ayxssemdyatoiqhi7g
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