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Posted on 11/20/2008 3:37:04 PM PST by NYer
Beaufort County Councilwoman Laura Von Harten blasted the Catholic Church yesterday for its strictures regarding the priesthood and its teachings on abortion. She took the occasion to vent at a scheduled hearing regarding a zoning request by a local Catholic church, St. Gregory the Great in Bluffton, South Carolina, that would allow it to expand. She was quickly denounced by several area residents for her comments; when the vote was taken, she recused herself.
Von Harten ripped the Catholic Church for not allowing women priests and for its position on what she called “uterus rights,” saying they were “an affront to my dignity and all womankind.”
Here is what Catholic League president Bill Donohue had to say:
“Without the slightest provocation, Laura Von Harten decided to bash Catholicism. This suggests an animus so deep as to call into question her fitness for public service. She should do more than recuse herself on matters Catholic—she should resign from her post as councilwoman. There is no legitimate role for bigots in public life.”
Contact Von Harten: lvonharten@bcgov.net
I’m sure Donohue will make Von Harten look like a hero.
How the heck can an elected official get away with that?
So much for their so called “Seperation of Church and State”. They seem to use it when it suits them.
I don't view abortion on a par with women priests, but am not particularly in favor of the latter.
The Vatican excommunicated that priest who ordained a woman right quick and publicly. Why they can't do the same for abortion pols I don't understand. I suppose the argument could be mad that illegitimately-ordained priests can be fatal to souls for invalid sacraments, but abortion almost seems worse, fatal to both body and souls, but I'm not talking about the aborted baby's soul but the ones who do it or are enablers.
Also by making abortion legal, it causes more sin, not just the mother, but the doctor and other people involved in it, but that's from a religious viewpoint. In the secular world we inhabit today, my argument would be considered ridiculous, irrelevant and separation between church and state. To those I would say we do not have separation of church and state for other sins such as murder, do we?
This woman should look for female priests and abortion rights in Islam, a cancer that grows in our country under the mistaken protection of our Constitution.
The appropriate response for the chair would have been “Ah..........this is a zoning meeting”.
I just sent her an email....
;-)
“How the heck can an elected official get away with that?”
Well, as long as it’s an attack on Christianity, it’s ok, right?
A Better Headline: “S.C. Councilwoman makes a HUGE ASS of herself.”
Uterus rights????
Just when you think you’ve heard it all.
Really! Why don’t they ever “rip Islam”? Islamic countries practice female genital mutilation, stone adulteresses, don’t prosecute “honor killings” and don’t allow women to drive cars!!
I did two days ago.
“A Better Headline: “S.C. Councilwoman makes a HUGE ASS of herself.””
Agreed!
And Islam has been one of the major traders of slaves for thousands of years (and still are) and not a word is said about this . . . nothing . . . I’m sure nothing will be different with the Great and Grand Most Merciful Kenyan-born, illegal alien who never applied for a Selective Service Number Obama.
Good for you!! I just read about this breach of civil conduct.
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Obama Says A Baby Is A Punishment
Obama: “If they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”
No ... this is not a religious viewpoint. For every act, there is a ripple effect. In the case of abortion, the act not only impacts the woman, it also effects the doctor, nurse, receptionist, the driver, the biological father, both families and, ultimately, us. For who know what gifts that child might have brought to this world that will never be known. The loss of that child also impacts the tax base and your future social security benefits.
Excellent!
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