"No person may presume to judge the soul of Henry Morgentaler," wrote Archbishop Collins, "but it cannot be denied that the effect of his life's work has been a deadly assault upon the most helpless among us."
He said that with this appointment, Canada honors "a medical man who has brought not healing, but the destruction of the defenseless and immeasurable grief. This award must not stand."
Archbishop Collins asked all people of good will to protest of "this act of dishonor," and "ask that this action be revoked." ....
Archbishop: Honoring Canadian Abortionist is Debased
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USING HIS PASSIVE, forked-tongue style, in which run-of-the-mill political cowardice masquerades as pained honesty, Obama writes in The Audacity of Hope that restricting his support to gay civil unions might appear unenlightened in time: "in years hence I may be seen as someone who was on the wrong side of history."
Perhaps an even better example of wimpy signaling is this passage: "I was reminded that it is my obligation not only as an elected official in a pluralistic society, but also as a Christian, to remain open to the possibility that my unwillingness to support gay marriage is misguided."
He seems very eager to be wrong. Perhaps he will acknowledge his hanging back on gay marriage as a serious failing in a future debate, next to his insufficient enthusiasm for Terri Schiavo's dehydration and his untidy desk, failings disclosed in previous debates with Hillary Clinton.......
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