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| Catholic bishops plan to forcefully confront Obama |
| 2008-11-13 |
| In a direct challenge to President-elect Barack Obama, America's Roman Catholic bishops vowed on Tuesday to accept no compromise for the sake of national unity until there is legal protection for the unborn. About 300 bishops, gathered in Baltimore for their national meeting, adopted a formal blessing for a child in the womb and advised Chicago's Cardinal Francis George, president of the conference, as he began drafting a statement from the bishops to the incoming Obama administration. That document will call on the administration and Catholics who supported Obama to work to outlaw abortion. "This is not a matter of political compromise or a matter of finding some way of common ground," said Bishop Daniel Conlon of Steubenville, Ohio. "It's a matter of absolutes." |
| Posted by:mrp |
| #8 So what happened to your flock in New Mexico Bishops? The lure of the gimme's was too strong! Selfish self interest wins out every time. |
| Posted by: Thailet Wittlesbach5041 2008-11-13 20:22 |
| #7 Damn, just when things were going so well. A "rubber meets the road" pic would be appropriate. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-11-13 17:15 |
| #6 Are they going to "GET IN HIS FACE"? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-11-13 13:47 |
| #5 " she said the Faithful Citizenship document made it clear that while the rights of an unborn child are a priority voters should consider a whole range of issues regarding the preservation and quality of life." COMPLETELY incorrect. Cardinal Francis George "too many Americans have no recognition of the fact that children continue to be killed [by abortion], and we live therefore, in a country drenched in blood. This can't be something you start playing off pragmatically against other issues." Archbishop Chaput: The truth is that for some Catholics, the abortion issue has never been a comfortable cause. It's embarrassing. It's not the kind of social justice they like to talk about. It interferes with their natural political alliances. And because the homicides involved in abortion are ''little murders'' - the kind of private, legally protected murders that kill conveniently unseen lives - it's easy to look the other way. The blood is on YOUR hands Sister. |
| Posted by: Lagom 2008-11-13 11:48 |
| #4 ...Interesting to compare the attitude of these bishops to the ones 37 years ago, who claimed that because I was working with nuclear weapons in SAC, I was committing a mortal sin - and furthermore, that I should ignore any orders to defend my country with such weapons. Glad to see they found at least a couple of vertebrae. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2008-11-13 07:58 |
| #3 So what happened to your flock in New Mexico Bishops? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-11-13 07:26 |
| #2 Good luck Bishops. Here is an example of a true maverick among your competition: Conservative Jewish actor, writer, economist, and lawyer Benjamin Stein (of "Win Ben Stein's Money" on the Comedy Channel), strongly anti-abortion, said recently: ...I had to feel some respect for those who -- like John Brown -- will go to any lengths to stop abortion. Murder, never. But picketing, demonstrating -- I am not part of their group but I respect them. [The American Spectator, July 1998, p. 56] |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-11-13 05:27 |
| #1 Either way, by pleasing his leftist base or by pleasing his conservative non-base, Obama will be up to his ass in alligators. |
| Posted by: badanov 2008-11-13 00:12 |