....."This is an effort by a small cabal of ultra-conservative partisans to separate Catholicism from its calling for social and economic justice and peace. A Republican operative who has simultaneous roles at other Right-Wing groups founded the group attacking Notre Dame.
There are similar efforts housed in Right-wing institutes and non- profits that seek to influence protestant churches and Judaism. Their goal is to undermine religious social thought that might tilt things towards progressive policies rather than the now-failed conservative policies. And this isn't about abortion. For the funders of these groups this is about the giant fights in Washington right now over the economy, health care and the future of our planet. These Obama and Notre Dame critics are not speaking for a serious number of the tens of millions of American Catholics who voted for Barack Obama--nor even probably most of those who voted for John McCain. As an alumnus of Notre Dame (Class of 1997 and one-time class president) who has gone on to a career in Democratic and progressive politics I am proud that my alma mater is welcoming our president. There is no doubt that Notre Dame, as a Catholic institution, will disagree with the president on specific issues like abortion. But there is a great and large swath of Catholic teaching that addresses policies for people who are poor, sick, aged, immigrants, those with disabilities, war enemies and those in prison. These attacks on Notre Dame are an attack on Catholic social teachings." Tom Mattzie On Mar 30, 8:27 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > It will be interesting to see if Notre Dame shucks Obama as a > Commencement speaker/ recipient of an an honorary law degree in the > face of rising opposition. We know Obama's "buck" is continuous- where > does the moral position of a faith turn into loose change? > > On Mar 30, 7:38 pm, Jim Willis <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > The straw dog put forth by the leftist sadist loons is that, “abiding > > solely within their ranks” is compassion for minorities, the oppressed > > and disenfranchised. Though; this beguiles their absolute mission to > > simply prostitute these groups in a quest to abolish the religious > > underpinnings this country was founded upon. Karl Marx once said, > > “Religion is the opiate of the masses”. It has been the ardent > > ambition of liberal progressives to detoxify America of all religious, > > “opiates” and to remove the moral handrails of the huddled masses. > > > Prior to the Roe V. Wade decision of 1973 progressives denied a > > religious or political perspective postulation on the subject of > > abortion. Their claim, “at that time” was that abortion was a > > constitutional issue, not a social conundrum to be left to the sway of > > the electorate over its properly elected representatives. And; thanks > > to a legislative Supreme Court, a finding of a general right to > > privacy in the constitution, “where ones does not exist”, emanations > > of penumbras along with a complete adulteration of our binding > > document; the right to an abortion became the law of the land, “though > > not one citizen voted for it”. > > > Then; before the ink had dried on the courts opinion, lying leftists > > leapt into action, “belying their true aspiration” by reversing > > previous posits on post conception as a legal argument and > > diametrically bemused that the slaughter of the un-born, “AK.A. > > Choice” is Social-Political speech. Expanding that vein the Neo- > > Leftists concluded that religious organizations espousing anti- > > abortion sentiments need lose their tax exempt tax status for > > exhibiting political preference. This tact being akin to Jeffrey > > Dahmer first saying, “I only killed them to eat them” and then saying, > > “I only ate them because they were dead”. > > > To this very day, lawsuits are worming their way throughout our courts > > as the ACLU, “the tip of the lefts spear” challenges the tax exempt > > status of the Catholic church because of their anti-abortion stance. > > It was never about abortion to these heathen hedonists. It was always > > an attack on religion. > > > This isn’t a new phenomenon. The Nazi Socialists that encompass our > > enemies on the left have been on the attack against religion for at > > least a hundred years; whether it is their pursuit of Darwinism, > > removing the bible from our classrooms, public squares and courtrooms > > to nativity scenes, crosses and a devilish zeal to belittle religious > > moorings in our pop culture. > > > Latest in the Lilliputian Leftists quiver is the rear attack; “pardon > > the pun” for the establishment of gay marriage. Their quest to > > legitimize gay marriage has little to do with gay rights, gay marriage > > or ass-less chaps. Their intent, their desire, their holy grail is to > > standardize gay marriage as the norm, the law of the land and to > > regard those that might oppose it on a societal or religious > > foundation as fringe, bigoted homophobic rubes. > > > Then they will proffer that those groups, “and religions” that might > > oppose a duly constructed right, under the law, ought not to be > > granted a tax exempt status as, “their opines… opinions” are now > > beyond the law and violate the separation of church and state. By the > > way; there is no separation of church and state abiding within the > > text of our constitution…I’m just saying. > > > Conservative Springfield Staff Writer > > 31MAR09 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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