NYC Council member Margarita Lopez receives Scientology contributions

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_118/lopeztalksabout.html

Margarita Lopez is under fire for taking contributions from Scientology while giving funds to the group’s Downtown detox center, and is also at risk of losing public matching funds because of unresolved problems with her 2001 funds. Yet, the East Side councilmember, in a lengthy telephone interview on Monday, claimed she has done no wrong and expressed confidence in her campaign for borough president.

Lopez blasted back at the New York Post — which broke the story of her Scientology contributions and has editorialized against her about it — calling it a “destructive” newspaper out to get her because she is a progressive.

“I know there is a big effort not to allow me to run,” she said. “These articles the Post put out are just witch hunting, allegations, innuendos. My politics is progressive politics and the Post has the opposite position. Everything they publish is about destroying people’s lives. I care less about their opinion.”

In addition, while she said she didn’t know of Scientology having any antigay bias, as gay and lesbian groups contend, it can’t be worse than that of most traditional organized religions. “You need to ask that to the organization, not to me,” she said. “And you need to ask that to the Catholic Church, Pentecostal Church, Lutheran Church and all the churches that are antigay.”



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1. Scientology "detox" is a quack treatment

It involves giving dangerously high levels of some vitamins (enough to cause liver damage), drinking large quantities of oil, and spending several hours in a sauna. Hubbard claimed that fat tissues stored toxins, and this "treatment" would remove the toxins.

What it really removes is money from the wallet of the victim.

[ET Awful]

2. Not surprising, after all Scientology teaches as follows

"Somebody some day will say 'this is illegal'. By then be sure the orgs say what is legal or not."

-- L. Ron Hubbard HCOPL 4 January 1966

HCOPL = Hubbard Communications Office Policy Letter