Posted on 08/30/2010 5:56:34 PM PDT by NoLibZone
I spent a lifetime puzzling over that, but in the last few years I have done enough research to find out why we aren't.
"Pedophiles?" No, the majority of the victims of the priests were post-pubescent aged males. The importance of that fact is this: the offenders were NOT pedophiles (which is what the gay rights agenda wants us to believe). They were predatory homosexuals who used their status of authority and respect within the Church to lure young males (post-pubescent means the secondary sex characteristics of adulthood are present, i.e. pubic hair, genital growth, etc.)
The MSM and gay rights people want to "market" the guilty priests as PEDOPHILES because it takes the pressure off gay priests in the Church. Their stand is, "Homosexuals were not guilty; these were sick, perverted pedophiles!" Once the public understands the majority of victims were not "children," but young teens, that claim is exposed for what it is: A LIE.
People do not realize that Catholics are not a Republican constituency, they are predominantly Democrat and pro-abortion voters.Catholics are at the forefront of the pro-life movement. I'm not sure how you can state they are predominantly pro-abortion voters. I am talking active Mass attending, Sacrament receiving Catholics. You won't find any (well, maybe a small handful) of daily Mass Catholics that voted for Obama. It was abortion that brought the Democrat-voting Catholics over to the Republican party, *when* they've had a pro-life candidate to vote for.
What the hell, literally, is wrong with the Catholic archdioceses under which these apostate schools fall? Are there that many grievous wolves running the show that none of these schools are being sanctioned?
I guess one could question even if Xavier is a Catholic school period. Here’s a statement from their website:
http://www.xula.edu/mediarelations/quickfacts.php
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From its founding Xavier has embraced a special mission to serve the African American Catholic community; however its doors have always been open to qualified students of every race and creed. Today nearly 30 percent of Xavier students are not African American and 74 percent are not Catholic. ...
The University’s unrestricted operating revenue is more than $100 million, as is its endowment market value. Unlike some denominations, the Catholic Church does not provide funds for Xavier or other Catholic colleges and universities in the United States (Catholic University in Washington, DC is the one exception).
About 86 percent of Xavier’s undergraduates qualify for need based as well as other forms of financial aid. Because many students have limited financial resources, the University maintains a policy of low tuition ($15,300 undergraduate in 2009).
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Because when given a choice between the pro-life republican party and the pro-abortion democrat party, they usually choose the pro-abortion party.
Polling also shows that Catholics are soft on abortion which supports their voting.
The image and the public relations, and the high profile publicity, the public displays of outrage at Catholic colleges inviting pro-abortion speakers, all conceals a falsehood, the truth is that the majority of Catholics vote Democrat and pro-abortion.
Perhaps in somones sick mind there is a difference between pedophiles and those who would molest pre or post pubescent kids, but in mine they are one and the same.
Good question, after a lifetime of watching this stuff, I am starting to ask if there is more going on here than we can see. Why is a lot of posturing done for decade after decade, but liberalism, immigration, Catholic Democrat political leaders, and Catholic voters continue to thrive within the Catholic church.
Isn’t there any influence, any power, any change in sermons that be used to actually do something, rather than forever acting like each new outrage is a shock and then forget about it.
He said what he liked was that he was going to die someday.
My mother was right; never, ever trust a Jesuit.
Jesuits are not Catholic.
Catholic second.
You don't understand what I am trying to explain. The PC folks DO see a difference. If the abuse can be "explained away" as the result of a mental illness, i.e. pedophilia, then homosexuals are not to blame.
Seriously, do you not get it?
You are talking about toe-tag Catholics. Find me ONE Catholic who believes in the CC doctrine and dogmas fully, while participating in the Sacraments frequently, that voted for Obama ... they are not out there ...
The Catholic vote counts voters that are Catholic, they are more strict than Vatican standards when announcing the number of Catholics, but religious purity tests are not done before they measure voters from the different religious categories.
Like any organization, the Church has a heirarchy and like the Reppublican Party, some of the heirarchy has drifted to the left and does not represent the rank and file nor the Vatican. I can not speak for all Catholics but I am a Republican and an anti-aborition voter and activist. Oour parish, indeed our diocese (Bismark) is strongly anti abortion and probably a majority Republican.
Catholic voters would be the rank and file, and after many generations we have to recognize that it isn’t just a temporary situation, or something that the leadership wants to end (the voting liberal).
Loyola of New Orleans really isn’t catholic either. No Jesuit-run university even pretends to be obedient to the Pope.
Sure I get it , but I am not some raving liberal. To me any homosexuality is a mental illness.
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