So Egregiously Out of Control

You think I'm paranoid.

Not so much...

Red State's Francis Cianfrocca's piece: The Stakes in the Catholic Church Abortion Debate are Higher than You Might Think.

In this case, the Obama Administration has ruled unilaterally that health insurance programs provided by the Catholic Church must pay for abortions. Forget about the welter of discussion about whether the Federal mandate extends beyond those of many states. That’s not the core issue here.

For the government to say, as it has, that its goals are prior to the Catholic Church’s core beliefs, is precisely to say that government power is unambiguously senior to all other claims.

This is radically counter to the doctrines of the American founding. It’s more radical than anything that even FDR said during the New Deal. It quite simply elevates government to the level of a religion.

Democrats should beware. Imperial Government is bad for everyone; even them, eventually.

The Gunslinger

Killing Christ

You think I'm....

Never mind. You get the idea:

"When the attacks on freedom of speech and religious liberty are coupled with the dangerously imprecise National Defense Authorization Law, the nation is faced with a poisonous mix that could well prove fatal to liberty.

If American Christians and others of faith, including those in the military, don't rise up against the tyrannous conduct of this administration, they shouldn't be surprised when their local priests, pastors, or chaplains are hauled away to prison for teaching what the Church believes."

Read the whole thing.

This foulness isn't defeated in November, we are totally screwed. And unless we get a real conservative to immediately start rolling back the worst of the asshole's offenses and outrages, we're screwed anyway.

The Left WILL NOT STOP. But we have not been vigilant.

And this is what happens.

Evil does not rest....so neither can righteousness.

The Gunslinger

Where DID I put that Crucifix?

We're all Catholics now.   At least, we'd better be.

Alas, it's not a question of the administration being tragically "tone deaf," as one American Jesuit claimed, to specifically Catholic concerns. Nor is the bedrock of President Obama's position, in the end, a commitment to "women's health." Outside the ghoulish world of Planned Parenthood, pregnancy does not qualify as a disease. A fertile womb is no threat to human life.

No, this is all about the absolutization of choice for the sake of choice. It's also about creating a society in which any discussion of the actual ends we choose is considered unacceptable in public debates about law and morality.

The Gunslinger
EOTIS

Catholic Church Funds ACORN

Progressive Catholic. That sounds like a contradiction in terms. But unfortunately, it's not.

There is an ongoing effort by some to conflate Catholic Doctrine and Liberation Theology...as well as Radical anti-Global Warming , anti-Death Penalty positions.

Sad day for what was once a great moral guardian.

AIM (Accuracy in Media) has the story.

Alinskyian training sessions in the religious context are designed not to develop or cultivate a personal relationship with Christ and promote traditional values and cultural institutions but to engage in Marxist political activity and radical change. Stephanie Block puts it this way: "Their worldview is marred by visions of class struggle and perpetual revolution. They are systematically trained to renounce moral truth in favor of consensus-based 'values.'"

What has happened over the course of years, some of these experts say, is that Catholics trained in Alinskyian thought have become confused about moral issues and problems. They think, for example, that opposition to the death penalty is on the same moral plane as opposition to abortion, even though Catholic moral teaching has never precluded capital punishment. They believe that fighting "global warming" is as important as saving the lives of unborn children or preventing the killing of the elderly. They are trained to fight for abortion and homosexual "rights" in violation of traditional Catholic Church teaching.

I think it's time for Conservative Catholics to "Take Back The Church!"

The Gunslinger

O-bami vs The Church

The Catholics are taking a hard line. I wish they would have done so before the election. But, I suppose, better late than never.

They're prepared, apparently, to close down all their hospitals if the Freedom of Choice Act is passed by Congress.

As I understand it, the bill would prevent any doctor from refusing to do an abortion, and would instantly undo any state laws that have been passed, by the legislators or the people, that have limited abortion in any way, including late term and partial birth.

The closing down of over 500 hospitals and countless clinics is a big deal. Let's see how the O-bami crowd handles this one.

The Caltholic Church is not willing to even sell the buildings, knowing they would be used to perform abortions. Apparently they are willing to just close them down...and leave them vacant.

Now, that's a stand I would admire. Costly. Difficult. Brave.

The Gunslinger