{"id":1213,"date":"2016-06-10T21:46:16","date_gmt":"2016-06-11T01:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=1213"},"modified":"2016-06-10T21:46:16","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T01:46:16","slug":"catholic-cardinal-in-spain-facing-hate-crime-charges-for-criticizing-the-homosexual-empire-and-europes-open-door-immigration-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=1213","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Cardinal in Spain facing hate crime charges for criticizing the homosexual empire and Europe’s open door immigration policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Catholic Cardinal in Spain facing hate crime charges for criticizing the homosexual empire and Europe’s open door immigration policy<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n
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After Cardinal Antonio Ca\u00f1izares of Valencia said \u201cwe have legislation contrary to the family, the action of political and social forces, with added movements and actions of the gay empire,\u201d a coalition of militant homosexual (\u201cLGBT\u201d) groups charged him with hate crimes under Spanish law.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
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Crux \u2022<\/i>\u00a0June 9, 2016<\/span><\/div>\n
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C<\/b>riminal proceedings under hate speech laws have been initiated against a Spanish cardinal for his commentary on theories styling gender as a personal preference, in which he termed\u00a0them \u201cthe most insidious ideology in the history of humanity,\u201d and for his warnings against \u00a0a \u201cgay empire.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>The Spanish Network of Help to Refugees has filed a complaint against Cardinal Antonio Ca\u00f1izares of Valencia for his remarks, made on May 13. Under Spanish law, such a charge is required to be investigated.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe family is haunted today, in our culture, by an endless threat of serious difficulties, and this is not hidden from anyone,\u201d Ca\u00f1izares said in his May homily. \u201cWe have legislation contrary to the family, the action of political and social forces, with added movements and actions of the gay empire, of ideas such as radical feminism, or the most insidious of all, gender theory,\u201d he said. \u00a0In Catholic circles, the term \u201cgender theory\u201d is used to describe the ideas of some scientists and cultural critics who argue that sexual differences between men and women are socially constructed rather than given in nature.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Soon after Ca\u00f1izares spoke, a coalition of 55 pro-LGBT associations accused him of being homophobic, saying that his words \u201cgo beyond freedom of expression and can be considered hate crimes.\u201d \u00a0One of these associations is Lambda, which unites Valencia\u2019s LGBT community. They presented a formal complaint against Ca\u00f1izares, a former prefect of the Vatican\u2019s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Fani Boronat, coordinator of Lambda, said that what they expect from the prelate now is for him, in a different homily, to make a \u201cstrong\u201d declaration in favor of the LGBT community, supporting diversity, equality, and feminism.\u00a0On Monday<\/span><\/span>, the pro-migrant network initiated criminal proceedings, saying Ca\u00f1izares\u2019s words against gender theory constitute hate crimes, as do, in their eyes, statements he made about migrants last October.\u00a0\u00a0At that time, Ca\u00f1izares asked if all the migrants arriving to Europe from the Middle East and Africa were \u201cclean wheat,\u201d asking if it\u2019d be possible that some of those arriving are in reality \u201cTrojan horses.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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In a statement, the pro-migrant network said that Ca\u00f1izares \u201cis an ultra-conservative trying to subvert the constitutional order,\u201d accusing him of nostalgia for \u201ctimes when immigrants, gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transsexuals and women were subjected to the dictates of a society governed by the powers of the Catholic Church.\u201d \u00a0They also say that in his opposition to open borders, the prelate was \u201caligning himself with neo-Fascist organizations\u201d that \u201cconsider persons of other ethnicities or religious beliefs as dangerous and potentially criminal.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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The network is a lobbying organization that advocates on behalf of migrants amid what is considered Europe\u2019s worst refugee crisis since the Second World War. Critics, however, point out that it does not operate any refugee assistance center, while the diocese of Valencia under Ca\u00f1izares\u2019 command helped an estimated 40,000 migrants in 2015.\u00a0Valencia is an autonomous community, currently the only Spanish region governed by Podemos, a left-wing populist party, through\u00a0a coalition forged with Comprom\u00eds, a leftist association, and IU-Valencia, a\u00a0communist party.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Last week, the region\u2019s government decided that students who receive a scholarship with public funding can\u2019t use it in a private university, most of which are Catholic. They also ruled that medical students who attend private universities can\u2019t perform their mandatory internships in public hospitals. Some legal experts believe the two decisions violate a concordat between Spain and the Vatican, which stipulates that students of Catholic institutions should be treated the same way as those of other universities.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The governor of Valencia, Ximo Puig, has denounced Ca\u00f1izares\u2019 statements, accusing him of \u201cfomenting hatred\u201d and claiming that \u201cthe whole world understands that each person can love whom he wants.\u201d\u00a0Puig\u2019s vice-president, Monica Oltra, likewise accused the cardinal of being a \u201cmisogynist,\u201d and sided with those who accused him of inciting hatred.<\/span><\/div>\n
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For his part, the cardinal hasn\u2019t relented, issuing an open letter asking for \u201cobjective\u201d lawyers and jurists to read the full homily in which he delivered the controversial remarks, and to point out what part of his text broke the law.\u00a0Ca\u00f1izares also has called for Christians in Valencia to refuse to comply with a bill that would allow minors to have a gender reorientation surgery, financed by the state, even without their parents\u2019 consent (which under the law they would still need, for instance, to get a tattoo).\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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In what was supposed to be a private letter to Puig and Oltra, but which was leaked and appeared in the Spanish press, Ca\u00f1izares told the regional leaders that they reminded him of the regime of Spanish dictators Francisco Franco.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Despite recognizing Catholicism as the official religion, Franco also prohibited \u201cseditious\u201d sermons and other actions deemed offensive to the government or the military, or damaging to the unity of Spain. Manolo Mata, the spokesman of Valencia\u2019s socialist government, saidWednesday<\/span><\/span> the party considered the issue \u201cresolved\u201d after they failed to get the needed support to make the Corts Valencianes, the autonomous region\u2019s main legislative body, condemn Ca\u00f1izares. The criminal proceedings, however, are on-going.<\/span><\/div>\n
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