Religious group attacks religion in U.S. healthcare

Reuters via Yahoo! ^ | 04/24/07 | By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

[FormerACLUmember]

Hate filled, bigotry from a phony abortion industry front group.

[A. Pole]

What about euthanasia? Is the termination of unfit next?

[redgolum]

What “religious leaders” could possibly be in favor of this barbaric practice?

Whatever name they claim, they are followers of Moloch.

[MinuteGal]

"A coalition of religious leaders........."

Okay, where does the author of this journalistic masterpiece list the names of these "leaders", i.e. what their professions are in the religious community, where are they from geographically, what denominations do they purport to represent, what churches or organizations are they affiliated with, what other non-religious organizations are they affiliated with, and so forth.

Most people reading this propaganda never ask these questions and just take at face value that these "leaders" represent anything of note or substance in the religious world.

They could be Wiccans, Wobblies or Mugwumps for all we know.

Leni

[tflabo]

"What we have tried to avoid is to be coercive ourselves," Greenfield said. "We have tried to allow for the freedom of conscience of every participant in the health care system."

Oh really...so if a nurse takes it upon him/herself to administer "mercy killings" with the justification of freedom from religious/moral tenets this is reasonable? Partial birth abortion was flat out MURDER and should never have been legal.

[Lion Den Dan]

I was under the impression that it has been determined for a number of years that murder was NOT moral and good.

Your comment on the immorality and evil along with others of a similar vein exemplify why I converted to the Roman Catholic faith. Now if we could get equal opposition from the Church on homosexuality.

[Dudoight]

“Perhaps we shouldn’t allow people who attend church to vote. after all that fits the true meaning of the separation of state from church.”

Scary thought...but that may be their ultimate goal!

[Dudoight]

“They said last week’s Supreme Court decision outlawing a certain type of abortion demonstrated that religious belief was interfering with personal rights and the U.S. health care system in general.”

Just how far are they willing to take this personal rights hokum? Murder is to be sanctioned...as a personal right? Why have any code of laws? We must have the personal right to do any thing we wish.

[massgopguy]

Abortion is not health care.

[antiRepublicrat]

I’m an atheist. I agree with the decision. Where does that leave their argument?

[Vanders9]

Well, yes, there is that behind it.

[Vanders9]

Exactly! Are not the doctors and nurses “participants” in the health care system? Supposing they don’t wish to carry out abortions and 2mercy killings”? Is their alternative to leave the profession?

All this talk of imposing moral standards and coercion of belief is all very well, but these people carefully ignore that is exactly what they are guilty of themselves.

[montag813]

The group includes ordained Protestant ministers, a Jewish activist, an expert on women's reproductive rights and several physicians.

The activist is not "Jewish". Jewish Law clearly defines abortion as murder.

[montag813]

"women and families facing difficult, personal choices in problem pregnancies,"

The this group, being pregnant itself IS the "problem".

[Beckwith]

Now if we could get equal opposition from the Church on homosexuality.

The Pope condemned homosexuality just last week.

[weegee]

the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

A suspicious name for a "religious" group.

Sounds like another front group for the Sex Positive (hedonist) Agenda. If it feels good do it. Abortion is a right. Everyone sexually active at every age. No moral judgements over any sexual pairings. Abstinence is unhealthy because it is a supression of sexual desires. Et al.

[weegee]

i.e., another phony religious group—liberal activists masquerading as believers to get the attention of the media.

It works for Fred Phelps (D) and his family's cult.

[Onelifetogive]

There are plenty of protestant Freepers who dump on Catholics every chance they get.

I would not say there are "plenty", but there are quite a few of us...

[goldstategop]

The ethics of preserving life mean nothing to religious leftists. Do they believe an infant has a soul? If they truly believed in God they would not support such unconscionable procedures in the name of "choice."

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[goldstategop]

Judaism allows abortion to save the life of the mother so it doesn't classify abortion as murder. If a choice has to be made, then one should save the life of the mother since she can have a child again. But Judaism doesn't approve of abortion on demand. A necessary evil can never be a positive good and Judaism's principle, after exalting God, is to affirm the holiness of human life.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus