News Scrapbook 1984
October 25 , 1984-THE VISTA-Page 5
Reagan Addresses S.D.Voters By Laura McCabe Sta ff Writer
chanting "Four more years!" The President continued, explaining why he felt Mondale is not qualified. "My opponent, Mr. Mondale, offers a govern- ment of permission, fear, and limits com- pared to our's of hope, confidence and growth. He sees government as an end in itself and we see government as something belonging to the people and only a Junior partner in our lives." Since a large number of San Diego's eighteen to twenty year old voting popula- tion i Republican, Reagan directed some of hi· speech toward them. He "warned" the youth of the Democrats that were commg to California to try and steer them away from the President and his idea . "My opponent and hts allie, ltvc in the past, cclebt acing the old and failed policies of an <.'fa that has passed them by, as 1f history has skipped over rho,e Carter- Mondale years." The president's speed1 ended with a firework display and the launching thousands of red, white and presidential blue balloons. There were street vendors selling Reagan-Bush buttons, sunglasses, posters and "Fritzbustcrs" T-shirts. Reagan left soon after his speech for Med- ford, Oregon, where he was to deliver hts n"~h
President Reagan attacked Democratic opponenr Walter Mondale for advocating a government of "permission, fear, and limits," Monday, when giving a campaign speech to thousands of cheering San Diegans. He satd that Mondale's political promises will be paid for by higher taxes. The President aimed part of his speech at the young voter , reminding them that they are America\ future and explained how this opponent is "livmg m the past." The San Diego sun shone on what was the president's fir,t speech that kicked off his campaign' final stretch after Sunday's debate in Kan as City. A crowd of over a thousand greeted Reagan along with spec- tators from the cruise sh1r ''i m • Princess. The County Admm1srrat1on Building, draped with a four-,rorv flag, looked over the sea of tiny flag, that were waving the President on. Reagan began his speech greeting the San Diegan and asking for their support. "I've come to San Diego asking for your support in every campaign I've been in," he said. "And I'm here today to ask this one last time." The crowd assured him of their support by frequently interrupting his speech
Pre ident Reagan shows a favorable response to cheering San Diegans during his addre s at the Harborside Monday. Photo by John Pentelei-Molnar
Steve Pentelei-Molnar and Mary Hoehn joined USD students at San Diego's County Administration Center Monday to prepare the area for President Reagan's visit. Photo by John Pente lei-Molnar
,,,_ o v #1 e , .--i fl- I - ,?3/ USD professors enter election-year church-state debate By Veronica Garcia LA JOLLA - A forum on -, wptt "hid1 ma~ liaw " In the U1111ed Statl's wt· tolerate many ridiculo us hclicls," '\,lacy said. '· But to tolerate An unhealth proposition? become the top issue this election )Car. religion m politiLs, attracted more than 150 people Oct 24 tn All Hallows parish center. The forum was sponsored bv tht· Cmn·rsity of San Diq1;0 . fhnT LJSD prok,.-ors, Gary !\lacy, Joseph Colombo and Fath,·, :'\orbert Rigali, gan· l>rtd presc111c1tions on th,· subJt'tl Father Ronald Padwnn·. head of CSI)', Rd1g1ou, Studii:s d1:partme111, was forum <. h<1inn.tn. ADDRESS I G T HE issue of separatum of, bun h .ind slate, '.\lacy ,aid many pt·opk mistakenly lwlie,·,• a ( 0111plelc separation of tl'hgion and go\"ernn1c111 i pus,ihk . But, beutuse n:lit;ion 1s "a way of life ' ' and .J .. \\'orlcJ ,·ic.·\\. ·· it i"i not pos ...1hk to separate relit;inn lnnn politics. ht· ,aid. ··\\hate\"l'r group is 111 g-o,ernn1ent ,,111 hav< ,t pani(t11ar wodd \It"\\·· 01 a particular relig-1ous Yic,\. \Ian· ,aid '.\1,,m n·lil{iuus bd1<·ls a!'l' tol,·rated 111 till' Cnited States. · he ,aid, but to!, ra11on should nm 111ea11 all rdit.:ious bdids should fit· embodied in the coun1r,., 's ,·durauonal and politiral 1n,tlllttions RELIGION CANNOT be a pri,alt' mattt'r, '.\fa,y ~aid ~ro sa\" '"\'OU t \11 belie\"(,' whate,·er but vou cannot bnng it into i)Ustness and politi< s i, practttally and ,mwtally irrd,·,·ant," he acldPd. Religion and politics are not mutuallv exclusive Father Rigali _said. Christians must ·'play th~ legislativ~ game accordrng to secular rules," and remember politics i the art of the possible, he added . TO HONOR the pluralism of the political proce s, "we should use persuasion not coercion" to change another's ,iew on an issue, he said. At times public v..ell-being may clash with personal mo~ality but, "Chnstians may not adopt a do-nothing posmon because others say an issue is a matter of personal rights,•' the priest said. Citing abortion as an example, he said, despite the fact that some call it a matter of reproductive rights, Christians must not do nothing because human life is at stake. tt'athings. h should expose itsdl to critic tsm and dd),lll', Sincerity of rdigious bdtds ts not enough," hl' said THE GREAT religions of the world share manv beltt'!s, !\lat) said. For instann·, many rl'ligiuns hclil',e humans do not stand al the center of the unl\eisc. "The «'tllral pi,·ot of the uniH·rst' in Christianity is God," he adckd. Chnstiani1y, Islam , Ju,L,isnr and Hinduism share the belief in "rompassion lw uthl'r bumans and all ol !tk," !\lacv said. Colombo explained th,· dilkrt'nces between bourg,·ois and 111t•ss1anK C:hristtanit:. "BOURGEOIS CHR IST IAN ITY pr,·sumcs ,1 ,q,arauon between th<' publi, an~ pri,atc ,plwn·." It lwlie,cs "Christtanil~ "an .1ffair of the heart, private," C'olo111bo i.;a1d Christianit,· is also an ,,flair of the larrnlv to bourgeois Clu is1ic1n., h~ said. Till' family becomes the place where nm· ma: just be. A si:nse of identity is fostered withm the famih makinl{ it "a prirnte island of Christian existence.·' Colomho added. "Hourgeois Christiamty is the lubricating oil for the status quo," he said. satrament of nnnpassion" for bourgeois Christians because it allows them to ••a1knowledgc suffering without ha,·ing to sec, hear or touch it,'" Colombo said. Ih conslrasl, messianic Chnstiantlv, whid1 is found mainlv todav in Third \ \lorld co~ntries, indicat.-s discipieship, ·he said. Thts type of Christ ian suffers as ' Christ did on tht· cross, he added . A messianic Christi an rnnfi, rms to C hrist and makes the message of Chnst pan of 1heir internal and exte rn al ,·;,;istencc, Colombo said. " ECONOMIC AND polit ical justice is part of Christian dist ipleship," he said. Those who f Photo by Susan Nowak THE CHURCH AND POLITICS - The church-state debate continues in this issue of S o ut hern Cross as the November elections near. University of San Diego professors enter the dialogue (this page) and a priest examines the ballot propositions on page four. USO professors:Total church-state separation impossible Continued from page 1 rather R1gal1 addressed the topic of the Christian in a plural1suc society like the United tates. . "CHR~STIANS ARE located along a spectrum going from triumphal understanding to ecumenical understanding," Father Rigali said. Triumphal understanding 1s based on the "melting pot nH:taphor" of the United tares where Protestants Catholics and Jews an• blended together to yield th~ Judeo-Christian ethic. he said Et umer:ical undecstanding sees the nation as an open- endt·d socwt~, "a floral arrangement (of faiths) which is ne,er complete," he aid. This type of Christian is tolerant ol' "other Christians, religions and no re ligion at all," th.- priest added. "CHRISTIANS ARE called to make the world a but tr place through tht Gospel," Fc•ther Rigali said • Chnsuans ar.- callt'd to hear witness to Christ but thev ,m· not calll'd to
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