Posted on 07/26/2010 11:05:44 AM PDT by topher
Friday July 23, 2010Catholics United to Bail Out Key Dems that Supported Pro-Abort Health Care Reform
By Peter J. Smith Catholics United, which has many times conflicted with the U.S. Catholic Bishops over the primacy of pro-life teachings, intends to help defend the seats of Democrat Reps. John Boccieri (OH-16), Kathy Dahlkemper (PA-03), Steve Driehaus (OH-01), and Tom Perriello (VA-05). The lawmakers face an all-out pro-life assault in the November elections, a contest which analysts predict may sweep Republicans into control of the House of Representatives and possibly the Senate. However, Chris Korzen, executive director of Catholics United and a former organizer for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), is framing his Set the Record Straight campaign to bail out these four targeted Democrats as a religious struggle. We are sick and tired of partisan front groups using religion for political gain, added Catholics United member Beverly Mirmelstein in the CU press release. Catholics United is an affiliate of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, an organization funded by atheist billionaire George Soros. Both organizations have been condemned by Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput as front groups for the Democrat party that have done a disservice to the Church. Though Korzen may scream all day long about pro-life groups misusing the language of faith to score cheap political points, every honest person knows he is a master of expedient politics, said Donohue. His latest gambit, funneling George Soros money to Pelosi shills, is just the latest example of his duplicity. One of the major forces against the health care bill in the lead-up to its passage was the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), which chiefly opposed the measure on the grounds of both short-term and long-term threats to the lives of unborn children. The USCCB emphasized that no legitimate social justice could be achieved while opening the floodgates of federal dollars to the abortion industry. Catholic Doctors, More Bishops Insist: Catholic Teaching Incompatible with ObamaCare Rep. Chris Smith to Introduce No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act Maryland Plan Indicates HHS Approved High Risk Pools With No Abortion Requirements FactCheck.org Confirms: Obamacare Dollars Were Set to Fund Abortions before Controversy NARAL Enraged, USCCB Cautiously Pleased with HHS 'Clarification' on High-Risk Pool Abortion Funding |
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they say anything to get elected, then volunteer or are coerced into voting the evil Democrat line. Democrats are evil because they support the killing of the unborn.
Mary Landrieu of Louisiana is one such Catholic democrat.
And what are the bishops going to do about this? Nothing.
Even the so-called “conservative” bishops are cowards.
I pray that Mary Landrieu repents. How can good come from an evil party that supports the culture of death?
The difference between a liberal Catholic group and a liberal protestant group is that the liberal Catholic group can get kicked out of the church - if anyone had the balls to do it.
Thank you for your thoughtful post - it is very helpful in comprehending what appears - again to an outsider - a confused and confusing agitation of oil and water concepts and propositions. This is particularly helpful to understanding the discordant image of lay Catholics so visibly and effectively defending life, while some allegedly Catholic politicians are relentless in fomenting what Pope John Paul II identified as the “Culture of Death”. Pelosi and Kennedy notoriously come to mind, but like the possession of the Gadarene swine, their name is legion.
Happily, we know that in the end the wheat is gathered in and the tares are burned.
Again, thank you for your kind clarification.
Thank you for intelligent questions and a gracious response. I ask your prayers for and with the Church.
You have them. You make me mindful of them. My own walk is an uneven, lurching stagger, but one does try to keep moving forward.
I pray that this “catholics united” (sic) group fails in all the politicians that they support in this year’s elections. It sounds like a genuine Pelosi/Kerry “catholic” group.
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