You probably do pray sometimes when you don’t recognize it as actual “prayer.” Even atheists pray.
Sometimes I come across something I think is a beautiful way to look at things. I found this on the Facebook posting of a friend and want to pass it on to you for today’s Thursday Thought.
Today is the 53rd anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It was a big step forward for all ethnic groups, not just the one it was intended to enfranchise, because it promoted the American ideal of equality. Read about it in this article from www.history.com and do all you can to preserve the rights and ideals of our country.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Voting Rights Act is considered one of the most far-reaching pieces of civil rights legislation in U.S. history.
A new office is being created to help crime victims–but only the victims of immigrants. It’s called Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement, or Voice. This is a smart move on the Administration’s part because it’s far less costly than helping all victims of crime. In fact, it will help the smallest group of victims. That’s because, according to the CATO Institute, citing many studies, “With few exceptions, immigrants are less crime prone than natives or have no effect on crime rates.”
I’m not sure how this office will work. I assume it would provide extra law enforcement to go after the immigrant perpetrators, then deport them. I guess this will give victims some sort of “closure.” Although it does help ICE, the agency it’s housed at–it should lead to discovery of more “Illegals” and their families so they can be deported. Their hotline might be helpful to victims, although it doesn’t seem to me any different from calling the police. It will provide jobs for 48 people (21 community-relations officers and 27 victim-assistance specialists).
They haven’t figured out a budget for it yet, but I’m confident that it will be cheap enough for all the good it will do.