Illegal immigrant hero from New Mexico, photo from AikenStandard.com

Last week, Antonio Diaz Chacon saved a 6-year-old girl from being abducted.  Chacon saw a Phillip Garcia snatch the girl and take off in a vehicle.  Chacon immediately jumped in his car and after a harrowing chase, caught up to Garcia. Garcia was immediately arrested by the police.

Apparently, the child was sent by her mother to get some tostadas at their neighbor’s house.  Garcia allegedly grabbed the girl’s arm and forced her into the van.  Chacon heard the struggle, ran outside, and saw what was happening and gave chase.

Governor Susana Martinez said that despite his background, “we should be proud when we see anyone doing the right thing in extending a helpful hand to others.”

Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry said, “To call Chacon a Good Samaritan is an understatement.”

Mr. Chacon’s heroics defy the usual stereotypes being played by some conservatives.

Chacon’s wife Martha, a U.S. citizen, said that people attack illegal immigrants all the time, assuming they are all criminals.  She said her husband thinks this all happened for a reason, to show that not all illegals are criminals.

After the ordeal, the young girl said she was worried that the tostadas were still in the van.

Not because of any logical reason, but because he was approached by ANOTHER religious group who was offended. The Council on American-Islamic Relations approached the mayor and shortly afterward, said to a gathering of local Sikhs, Hindus, and Muslims, that he is sorry about his comment, and that what he meant is that Lancaster should be a Christian community in the sense that it should be good to its neighbors.

Why didn’t he say that in the first place? Probably because it’s not what he meant in the first place.

In an aggressive stance against the Founding Fathers of the United States, Lancastor’s Mayor Rex Parris is prepared to breach the separation of church and state by uttering Christian-only prayers at city council meetings.

According to the Antelope Valley Press, Parris said to a crowd of mainly clergymen and their spouses, “We’re growing a Christian community, and don’t let anybody shy away from that”.

Parris is also promoting a ballot measure that supports prayer at public meetings with reference to a specific deity such as Jesus.

In response, secular and Muslim groups are protesting this and with good reason. How can a government openly endorses ANY religion be expected to uphold the rights of those who follow a different sky daddy, or none at all?

But seriously, how is this any different then someone saying, “Lancaster endorses Poseidon as its god of choice”? And does this actually give Lancaster credibility? I don’t think so. Because in the eyes of a world illuminated by science, Lancaster politics has become a joke.