She suborned perjury for the undocumented Tyrant.
Was that before, or after, her journey to Damascus
as a lobbyist for what, exactly?
Posted on 12/08/2011 8:53:03 AM PST by massmike
Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says she respects her bishops’ opinions when they discuss scripture or morality, but when it comes to their efforts to protect the rights of Catholics to follow their church’s teachings in law she considers them simply “lobbyists” with whom she has her disagreements.
Pelosi, who describes herself as “a devout Catholic,” told a reporter from CNSNews.com at a press conference recently, “I have great respect for our bishops when they are my pastor. As lobbyists in Washington D.C., we have some areas of disagreement.”
She was responding to a question about a Department of Health and Human Services regulation that goes into effect on August 1, 2012, requiring every health insurance plan to cover sterilization and contraceptives (including abortifacients) free of charge. Such practices violate Roman Catholic teaching, yet millions of Catholics will have to pay for them or refuse to carry health insurance.
Pelosi’s depiction of the bishops as Beltway influence-peddlers has riled even some non-Catholics. Geoffrey Surtees of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), a legal organization dedicated to preserving religious freedom, wrote, “Religious leaders are not lobbyists when they petition the government to protect the dignity of marriage or the rights of the unborn. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was no lobbyist on account of his support for the Civil Rights Act of 1964.”
Pelosi’s characterization, Surtees wrote, is “quite simply, insulting. And not just to Catholics. It’s an insult to all citizens who believe that religious freedom, enshrined in the First Amendment, is a fundamental right and governing principle of our constitutional order.”
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FUNP!
She suborned perjury for the undocumented Tyrant.
Was that before, or after, her journey to Damascus
as a lobbyist for what, exactly?
...and Nancy Pelosi is a moron
I thought this was one of those “semi-satire” whatever articles. I guess not.
Warning, sexist language ahead.
Is there any way we can put this brainless, clueless, bimbo away in a home for the brainless?
Really, she is so demonstrably incompetent that she even makes the Cretin-in-Chief seem normal in comparison.
Nancy, we know how you got to where you are. And it wasn’t due to talent or intelligence.
Nancy might want to start “lobbying” for her final judgement.
Looks?
It’s a class skill. She needs more points in bluff though...
I'm not Catholic but I despise how she uses the Church, and by extension, desensitizes the entire Catholic body by being allowed to live as she does without consequences from the Church.
We do need to have a serious conversation about lobbying but Catholic Bishops are not the problem. The problem is the hundreds of former congressmen who are lobbyists and the fact that the majority of staffers on Capitol Hill are lobbyists.
Just one example I can think of off the top of my head is Jim McDermott. His chief of staff and every last staffer who works under her, came from the NEA. Care to guess who the single largest donor to Jim McDermott is?
JFK started this.
She should be publicly and loudly excommunicated by the Catholic Church . . . why they put up with this putty/spackle faced devil’s wife is beyond me.
Agreed, but JFK did not flaunt his transgressions. And even Teddy was largely supportive of the Church doctrine in public forums, though his personal actions were easily followed and known to be in conflict.
What I see as different with Pelosi is she repeatedly publicly challenges and marginalizes Church doctrine. Others just are seen as not walking the walk - she calls the Church WRONG.
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