Mayor Taylor Says Poverty is a Symptom of Atheism

[douglas9]

At an April 3 mayoral candidate forum, Mayor Ivy Taylor shared her surprising views on systemic poverty in San Antonio. To her, the "broken people" facing poverty just have a bad relationship with God.

Now, weeks after the forum, a video of her answer has gone viral. The video shows Taylor and fellow candidate Councilman Ron Nirenberg answering a question from Megan Legacy, the director of SA Christian Resource Center. She asks: "What do you see as the deepest, systemic causes of generational poverty in San Antonio?"

"I'll go ahead and put it out there," Taylor responds.

"To me, it's broken people...people not being in a relationship with their Creator, and therefore not being in a good relationship with their families and their communities....and not being productive members of society.

I think that's the ultimate answer."

http://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2017/04/24/mayor-taylor-says-poverty-is-a-symptom-of-atheism

[ExciteBike66]

1. Right, we need to get back to the 1950's

when no one was poor!

[MyOwnPeace]

2. Mayor Taylor...........

Is that as in "Andy Taylor" of Mayberry?

Sounds like something that would come from a fictionalized town from 50's TV..............

[Arkansas Granny]

3. Sure thing, Mayor. All we have to do is get those poor people to pray that poverty away.

[shenmue]

4. Idiot

[thucythucy]

5. Which is why some of the areas of deepest poverty in the nation

happened to be in areas where people are most religious: Mississippi and West Virginia come immediately to mind.

[BillyBobBrilliant]

6. Oh, and I am moving to

San Antonio next month (returning after 40 years to the city of my youth). I will not be able to vote against her in this year's election, but I will campaign for her opponent next time!

[TexasTowelie]

7. It looks like I will be moving to San Antonio or one of the suburbs

within the next couple of months. Having Ivy Taylor as mayor makes me want to live outside the city.

The only thing that appears to be missing from her response is to also blame the gays for poverty. It's really sad that San Antonio didn't elect Leticia van de Putte instead.

[LeftInTX]

8. Many poor in SA are devout Catholics