Christian Right are no Friends of the Disabled and Oppressed

It has appeared that many reactionary Christian groups have come out in support of Robert Latimer. Groups such as the Catholic Church and the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. One not familiar with these groups and their history may regard these people as allies of the disabled community. But don't be fooled.

Have any of these right-wing Christian groups called for the shutting down of the Judge Rotenburg "Educational Center" in Massachusetts where people with disabilities are electrically shocked? No! Have they spoken out against "curing" the "disabled"? No! Have they spoken out against cop terror in the ghettos where the majority of people are disabled or mentally ill? No! How about when people in psychiatric wards in Canada got the vote in 1988, what was the stance of the Conservative party in Canada? It opposed giving these people suffrage! And this is before the religious yahoos left to create the Reform Party! Has the Christian right fought to defend universal health care or fought for a National Pharmacare program? No! How about defending public vocational services for the disabled and mentally ill? Not a thing! How about defending housing for the disabled and mentally ill? Nada! How about calling for the nationalizing all special needs schools which don't seek to "cure" the disabled? Absolutely nothing! There have been rumblings about reintroducing eugenics in "special circumstances". What's the the response of the Christian Right? Silence! How about forcing the "mentally ill" to go through electro-shock therapy? The Christian Right is nowhere to be found! What if a "mentally ill" or "disabled" women is raped? The Christian Right would oppose her right to abort the fetus! Oh, and the Christian right supports legalizing corporal punishment (spanking, flogging). Corporal punishment is regarded by pediatricians as being by definition child abuse. And guess which children get more than there fair share of child abuse? The "disabled" and "mentally ill"!

I think it is quite clear that the Christian right sneers at the oppression of the disabled. So why have the involved themselves in the lynching of Tracy Latimer? To cynically manipulate the genuine grievances of the disabled to pursue their twisted own right to life agenda!

As I stated before. I think that Revolutionary must mobilize the Proletariat (both disabled and non-disabled) to smash the fascistic Free Robert Latimer Movement. However, it is equally important for revolutionaries to express their uncompromising opposition to the Christian Right. If the working class is mobilized to smash the free Robert Latimer movement the Proletariat and its vanguard would then have the moral authority to push for a split between the radical youth, Plebeian masses and the Proletarians with disabilities and the venal Christian right and the more reactionary elements among the disabled community.

Comradely,
M.G.