Satan Responsible For Illegal Immigration

[dgridley]

"Utah Republican Don Larsen believes that illegal immigration to the US is a Satanic plot and has submitted an anti-Satan resolution to be discussed at this weekend's Utah County Republican Convention."
"In order for Satan to establish his 'New World Order' and destroy the freedom of all people as predicted in the Scriptures, he must first destroy the U.S.," his resolution states. "The mostly quiet and unspectacular invasion of illegal immigrants does not focus the attention of the nations the way open warfare does, but is all the more insidious for its stealth and innocuousness."
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Satan has popped up in Utah County politics before. Last year, failed congressional candidate John Jacob of Eagle Mountain blamed the devil for his flagging campaign.

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/04/27/satan_responsible_fo.html

Man, that Satan is a busy guy!

 

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Wait a minute, did his great great uncle find stone tablets in his back yard, that only he could read?!?!

 

[lpstong]

In the links provided at the bottom of the article gives a bit more info on the story to how other politicians think of Larsons plan. One link was to the Salt Lake Tribune Not all of the Utah politicians agree with Larsen.

Senate Majority Leader Curt Bramble, R-Provo, says he hasn't yet read Larsen's resolution, but he, too, expects it to fizzle.
"The majority of Republicans believe that illegal immigration is probably the most critical issue facing Utah today," said Bramble, who will chair Saturday's convention. "I don't think there is going to be a great deal of people attributing the problem to Satan."

It also quotes:

Provo Mayor Lewis Billings, a prominent Utah County Republican, says he understands Larsen's frustration with the federal government's slow response to immigration issues, but he doubts "there will be a lot of support for the resolution in its current form."

And

Members of Utah's Latino community searched for diplomatic words to respond to the measure.
"It sounds like someone who is way out in left field, living in some fantasy world," said Tony Yapias, director of Proyecto Latino de Utah and former head of the state's Office of Hispanic Affairs. "He is just an extremist, radical right-winger."

 

[CrazyTech]

I don't see anything here any worse than the "gay gene" resolution that was put foward in one state legislature.