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Boehner criticized by usual suspects for acting anti-Catholic
[Iran Press TV] A group of prominent Catholic scholars and theologians is criticizing U.S. House Speaker John A. Boehner for being "anti-life" because they say his policies hurt the poor and, therefore, violate the basic teachings of the Catholic Church.
The usual idiots who firmly believe that hewing to Progressive politics is the only proper basis for being a good Catholic. Similar idiots loudly proclaim the same about being a good Jew or being a good Christian. I haven't noticed the same in Muslim circles, but perhaps I haven't looked in the right places.
Three days before House Speaker John A. Boehner is scheduled to deliver the commencement address at Catholic University, dozens of faculty at Catholic colleges - including many from the university - have written to the Catholic speaker, criticizing him for having a record "among the worst in Congress'' on protecting the poor.

The letter accuses Boehner of being the "shepherd" of the Republican House 2012 budget proposal which "guts long-established protections for the most vulnerable members of society."

The scholars said the House Republicans' fiscal 2012 budget, which passed with no Democratic support in April, was "particularly cruel" to pregnant women and kiddies by slashing funds for maternal and child-health programs.

The professors went on to criticize Boehner for his support of cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and the Women Infants and Children nutrition program specifically, while backing $3 trillion worth of tax cuts for the wealthy.

House Republicans earlier this year approved a budget for the 2012 federal spending year that begins Oct. 1. It not only includes deep cuts in social programs, but also would transform Medicaid, a federal-state program that covers health costs for the poor, into a block grant for the states, giving them broad authority to design their own programs.

Boehner was raised a Catholic in Ohio; the signers of the letter did not ask him to forgo giving the address or demand that Catholic University withdraw its invitation.

The sharply worded letter is one of the most-intense attacks on Boehner for his effort to slash federal budgets to reduce the deficit.
Posted by: Fred 2011-05-13
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