Mark Steyn: Obama goes Henry VIII on the church

The Orange County Register ^ | 2/10/2012 | Mark Steyn

[mojito]

Announcing his support for Commissar Sebelius' edicts on contraception, sterilization, and pharmacological abortion, that noted theologian the Most Reverend Al Sharpton explained: "If we are going to have a separation of church and state, we're going to have a separation of church and state."

Thanks for clarifying that. The church model the young American state wished to separate from was that of the British monarch, who remains to this day Supreme Governor of the Church of England. This convenient arrangement dates from the 1534 Act of Supremacy. The title of the law gives you the general upshot, but, just in case you're a bit slow on the uptake, the text proclaims "the King's Majesty justly and rightfully is and ought to be the supreme head of the Church of England." That's to say, the sovereign is "the only supreme head on earth of the Church" and he shall enjoy "all honors, dignities, pre-eminences, jurisdictions, privileges, authorities, immunities, profits and commodities to the said dignity," not to mention His Majesty "shall have full power and authority from time to time to visit, repress, redress, record, order, correct, restrain and amend all such errors, heresies, abuses, offenses, contempts and enormities, whatsoever they be."

Welcome to Obamacare.

The president of the United States has decided to go Henry VIII on the Church's medieval ass.

[nascarnation]

Well said, but you’d never know which group is which based on what so many of the bishops and clergy say (or refuse to say).

Thanks for the booster shot though!

[hopespringseternal]

One thing Catholics have that none of the rest of the religious world does is the ability to excommunicate these heretics.

If Catholicism weren't so busy working out which of king barry's boots to lick first.

I am finding out real quick there are a lot of so-called Americans I have absolutely no desire to share a nation with.

[diamond6]

Catholics in name only.

[RedMDer]

All contributions are for the Current Quarter Expenses.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Example,”... Sebelius’ edicts...”

I would have rendered it "Sebelius's edicts." But that's just me.

[Venturer]

Did Al Sharpton ever graduate from High School?

[nascarnation]

Sharpton graduated from Samuel J. Tilden High School in Brooklyn, and attended Brooklyn College, dropping out after two years in 1975.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

How may electorial votes does the Vatican have? (Stalin: “How many divisions does the Pope have?”)

[nascarnation]

as a guy said on CNBC

we’ve got a Pope from Germany and an Italian as the head of the European Central Bank - that’s not gonna work

[zot]

Thanks for the ping. Mark Steyn nails it, as usual.

[Venturer]

Thanks.

[TigersEye]

"The Secretary shall develop oral healthcare components that shall include tooth-level surveillance."

Before Obama's Act of Supremacy did the English language ever have need for such a phrase? "Tooth-level surveillance": From the Declaration of Independence to dentured servitude in a mere quarter-millennium.

I hope it's starting to get through to more people. 0bamaCare is not about health care it's about destruction of the Republic.

Whose right is health care? Do you think it's yours?

[KansasGirl]

Both way are considered correct, but ‘s after a name ending in s is preferred.

[JohnBovenmyer]

I thought Muslims were supposed to be against what he’s mandating, too. But I haven’t heard any complaints from them. Maybe Obama won’t announce their waivers until after he’s re-elected.

[ELS]

I don’t know about the Italian head of the ECB, but the German Pope is working out just fine.

[Alamo-Girl]

Indeed. Thanks for the ping!

[GeronL]

Lord King, his Highness Barack Obama I, of the Holy Socialist Empire

[JLS]

Mark Steyn ping.

Freepmail me, if you want on or off the Mark Steyn ping list.

Thanks for the ping slings and arrows.

[lentulusgracchus]

To steal a line from Jethro Tull: "He's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays."

To quote Rev. Rick James,

She's not the kind of girl
That you take home to your muth-aaaa ...!

lol

[Tax-chick]

The bigger the Big Government, the smaller everything else: First, other pillars of civil society are crowded out of the public space; then, the individual gets crowded out, even in his most private, tooth-level space.

Sigh. Why does anyone else (except Thomas Sowell) even bother to write ...