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Official
Statement: Sons of Italy Reaction to "Scalito" Tag
Press
Contact: Kylie Cafiero, (202) 547-2900 kcafiero@osia.org
WASHINGTON,
D.C. - October 31, 2005
A person's racial, religious
or ethnic heritage should never
be an issue in a Supreme Court
nomination process. Calling
attention to Judge Samuel Alito's
Italian heritage is, therefore,
highly inappropriate and trivializes
the significant national, legalistic
and historical matter at hand.
The
facts are that President Bush
has nominated a jurist of impeccable
credentials to the highest
court in the land, who happens
to be of Italian descent. Judge
Alito's ethnic heritage should
be treated with respect rather
than be used to further various
political agendas.
ATTRIBUTE TO:
Vincent
Sarno, National President, Order Sons of Italy in
America
The
Order Sons of Italy in America (OSIA) is the largest
and oldest national organization for men and women of
Italian descent in the United States. Established in
1905 OSIA has more than 600,000 members and supporters
and a network of more than 700 chapters coast to coast.
OSIA
is a non-partisan organization that works at the community,
national and international levels to promote the heritage
and culture of an estimated 26 million Italian Americans,
the nation's fifth largest ethnic group, according to
the U.S. Census Bureau. To learn more, visit OSIA on
the Web at www.osia.org.
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