On another front, Obama has given the 'middle finger' to the Catholic Church with his praise of abortion rights and Roe v. Wade in particular. This pro-death President said, “And as we remember this historic anniversary, we must also continue our efforts to ensure that our daughters have the same rights, freedoms, and opportunities as our sons to fulfill their dreams.” This is as nonsensical a statement that you will ever hear uttered by this banal person and it equates infanticide with (I guess) the pursuit of happiness as written in the Declaration of Independence. Our Lord said, "you will know them by their fruits".....I hope the voters realize what kind of moral reptilian this president is...........he makes the GOP presidential field, for all their bizarre positions, look like the communion of saints.....except Romney who believes in Joseph Smith, the polygamist prophet and a god somewhere in the cosmos.
Not content with just one middle finger at the church, Obama gave a two middle finger salute to Church by demanding that religious institutions to provide contraception and sterilization services as part of their health plans. As a result, Archbishop Dolan, the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is urging Catholics to “let your elected leaders know that you want religious liberty and rights of conscience restored and that you want the administration’s contraceptive mandate rescinded.”
Criticizing the Obama administration’s “incredibly narrow interpretation” of religious liberty, Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York said in a web video that “never before has the federal government forced individuals and organizations to go out into the marketplace and buy a product that violates their conscience. This shouldn’t happen in a land where free exercise of religion ranks first in the Bill of Rights.”
Archbishop Dolan Video
You would think by these actions that Obama has written off the Catholic vote. Unfortunately there is no such thing as the Catholic vote anymore. We are as fragmented as any other religious group except the Jews and Blacks who vote 90% democratic no matter the candidate. Frankly, you have the blame the Church for this state of affairs due to the American hierarchy emphasizing social justice issues over moral issues in the past 50 years. Some of these social issues such as illegal immigration and civil rights divided the Catholic population. Further divisions were fostered by the clerical abuse scandal, the weakening of Catholic identity at colleges and universities and the neglect of proper religious education and instruction.
Unsurprisingly, the traditional party of the working man, the Democrats, is as corrupt and morally bankrupt (probably more so) than the GOP but the bishops and their bureaucracies have been marching at the hip with democratic politicians for over a hundred years due to the perception of having a common cause. The party of the working man is now the party that supports a pro-death agenda not only abroad but also at home with its promotion of abortion, euthanasia as well as morally destructive policies such as homosexual marriage, extreme feminism, etc.
Obama obviously feels that he can solidify his left flank by taking positions against the Catholic Church which is the greatest opponent of the pro death and gay agendas. With his collection of special interest groups, the media and various other freaky types like extreme environmentalists he can cruise to reelection by jiving the middle class and blue collar voters that he really is one of them and has their best interests at heart.
Obama's laughing now..........who will have the last laugh?
3 comments:
Jives and slaps his foes? Sort of an offensive way of saying it.
How about "Obama respects the wishes of Catholic bishops as much as he respects the wishes of pedophile protectors"
PatO.....sorry you took offense but none was intended. Jive means deceptive, exaggerated, or meaningless talk. I think this is the essence of Obama......and many other politicians black or white. He gives good campaign speeches but that is about it. I used the phrase many times growing up in NYC. I could have called him a deceiver or liar but decided to be nicer even though he is the chief enabler of abortion in this country. Many people voted for him last time because he said he would close Guantanamo and end the war in Afghanistan. I was even tempted on those issues but refrained because I knew he was promising everything to everybody.
As far as your second comment, it frankly makes no sense to connect the two issues. The attack upon religious liberty is not aimed at Catholic bishops but rather the Catholic community as a whole including myself whom I assure you is not a pedophile. If you haven't observed but you appear to have a closed mind on the issue of the Catholic Church, the Church does many good works for society all of which are in jeopardy due to the ideological secularism and political correctness of Obama in refusing the respect religious conscience.
p.s if your read my post I was also critical of the bishops.
Spot on about Obama and to our sorrow the Catholic bishops who have helped create the
mess we are in. Good analysis
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