That didn’t take long…Vatican responds to lifting of Mexico City policy
H/T, Fr. Z. Thank you to our faithful Vatican for responding so quickly to Obama’s first act of evil as President:
Monsignor Rino Fisichella, who heads the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life, urged Obama to listen to all voices in America without “the arrogance of those who, being in power, believe they can decide of life and death.”
“This deals a harsh blow not only to us Catholics but to all the people across the world who fight against the slaughter of innocents that is carried out with the abortion,” another top official with the Academy for Life, Monsignor Elio Sgreccia, told the ANSA news agency.
“Among the many good things that he could have done, Barack Obama instead chose the worst,” he was quoted as saying Saturday.
That about sums it up. If you are Catholic and you voted Obama in spite of knowledge of his plans, here’s your first example of how that vote was indeed cooperation with abortion at least at some level. How many days did that take? If you voted Obama out of ignorance, please don’t vote again, because this was so blatantly obvious that if you missed it you aren’t qualified to vote. Either way, it seems maybe it’d be a good idea to clear your conscience about this…
Oh, and Doug Kmiec, I think there’s something in the Bible about millstones. How many did you lead astray?
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February 1st, 2009 at 2:28 pm
If you liken an Obama vote to cooperation with abortion, that same rationalization likens a Bush or McCain vote to being in cooperation murder, since their war policies have led to the slaughter of innocent Iraqi civilians, especially by Blackwater personnel, which was awarded a greed-driven contract to “patrol” Baghdad.
And, I guess, a McCain/Palin vote would be in cooperation to knowing sin, since Palin condones premarital sex for her children.
Right?
Remember, the great thing about our union is the separation of church and state. Let’s not let one poison the practice of the other.
As always, I’m impressed by your work. Take care.
February 1st, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Clearly you don’t get the concept of proportionality. If we halted all abortions today, do you have any idea how many years the current level of violence would have to continue in Iraq to finally “catch up” with the number of babies killed in this country alone by abortion? As Catholics we are certainly called to vote for the candidate who is the least of any available evil – Obama promised us a minimum of a million more babies a year would be killed (via FOCA) if he was elected (in addition to the ones that were going to be killed anyway). That means, for it to even be a break-even, McCain would’ve had to guarantee a million more innocent Iraqis would die each year.
To say Palin condones pre-marital sex is downright idiotic. Obviously, you’ve got no children, because you equate Palin’s child doing something wrong with Palin’s condoning it. By your logic, I condone one of my children knocking down my other children because it happens.
Separation of church and state is a concept cooked up by a liberal SCOTUS. And, in any event, abortion is not a church/state issue, it’s an issue of life. Even if the Catholic Church didn’t exist, abortion would still be objectively evil, because it would still be the destruction of innocent human life, just as murder is.
February 4th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
The concept of proportionality is irrelevant because, as you say, it’s still the destruction of innocent human life. One person’s way of killing, if it results in less lives taken than another’s way, does not make it OK.
I don’t buy the least-available-evil argument; I think the Vatican tells folks to vote only for the pro-life candidate because, obviously, Obama was the least-evil candidate, for our country’s sake, and I don’t think he got the bulk of the RC vote. Years ago the president of my Jesuit university told me, point-blank, that even something as grave as abortion cannot be the ONLY issue you look at. And I think as Americans we have that responsibility to take into account all issues when voting.
I, like millions of other Americans, voted for Obama out of INTELLIGENCE, so you can look forward to us re-electing him in 2012.
When it comes down to it, the Bible tells us two things: God is benevolent; love your neighbor as yourself. Pretty simple rules to follow.
February 4th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
You tell us a great deal when you mention your university was Jesuit. There’s a reason why as an order, the Jesuits tend to take a beating in the faithful Catholic blogosphere, though there are notable exceptions to what seems to be an unfortunate rule – Fr. Fessio and Fr. Pacwa come to mind.
It’s interesting to me that you say you don’t buy the “least available evil” argument and then use it as justification for voting for Obama, at least that’s what it looks like, when you say that Obama was the least evil candidate. Then again, it’s normal for a different set of rules to apply for democrats than republicans, so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.
I agree he didn’t get the bulk of the RC vote; it is disturbing that he got any of the RC vote.
Based on everything I have seen, votes for Obama were based on class envy (”he’s gonna take money from the evil rich and give it to me”) and naivete (”Obama is really the most pro-life candidate because he wants to reduce abortion”)rather than intelligence. And it follows, because liberal facism has convinced many many people that the don’t have to worry about a thing, including thinking on their own…
To say that the Bible teaches those two things is a gross oversimplification. Almost makes you sound like either a new-ager or a fundametalist or an unholy combination of the two.
In any event, it was a good attempt at a non-response to my points, comrade.
February 16th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
First of all I must agree with Chris on the whole Jesuit thing… Second of all, if you want to play the fundamentalist game, and say that those two things are the only things that we are called to do (which is a gross misinterpretation of the Sacred Text, good thing we have a Magisterium to interpret that part of our Tradition for us), wouldn’t loving your neighbor include not killing a baby, or if its just a mass of cells, not destroying that mass of cells that your husband has agreed to raise?
Do you know what your name means? It comes from the ancient Greek “Timotheos” timo-fear, theos-God. Your name means fear of the Lord. Its quite a beautiful name.
Tim, I pray for you that you may have a conversion of heart and that our Lord may give you the grace to see Him truly and in an untainted manner.
Omnes ad Jesum per Mariam,
Tim the Seminarian, not to be confused with the above Tim.