So here’s the story.
Catholic churches across the fruited plains are sparking rallies and such to fight back against Obamacare and its attack on private religions.
My church sponsored a huge rally on the matter and, of course, I attended. So many things happened to me that night that I’m still overwhelmed.
Let us begin by saying we were to meet at the church at 6pm. At that time we would stand at the periphy of Route 1, right through the mighty beach traffic and the tourists. I suspect that many of the tourists didn’t know what the hey our issues were but they beeped and waved and stuck entire torsos out passing auto windows. Hell I loved it.
We had about 300 show up for this thing and, heh, of course, and totally unbeknownst to me, every politician running for something showed up. Well every conservative politico but that’s mostly what we have in mighty Sussex county Delaware, paradise on earth.
I had no idea and I am campaign treasurer for TWO of those same candidates.
First thing, one of my guys walks up to me just as I am exiting my car and says Hi. I jump and get all confused as I live two lives here in Sussex county, my political life and affiliation with the Republican county, and my church life, in which I am very active.
So I shake my head and determine I am in the right place.
Every person I knew in the local Republican party was there and a few of them were ALSO parishioners in my church. Some I knew about, many I didn’t.
The politicians, seeing that I was somewhat known by the church folks (I’m in the choir, on the Finance council, on the Fundraiser committee and now am on some committee or another to do voter registration ), asked me to introduce them around.
Yon ladies and gems I got so disoriented because it was like my two worlds collided. Adding to this somewhat enjoyable state of confusion, a few of my choir members came up to me and....heh....ASKED ME TO INTRODUCE THEM TO THE POLITICIANS!
It got so I totally forgot who was who but I did it, indeed, I introduced everyone I could.
Including my church’s managing priest.....more, shocking more, on this later.
So a priest very involved in this sort of activism gave a talk at the church’s Parish Life Center and once again, to add to my confusion, HE’S MARRIED!
I noted the ring on his finger and wondered why a priest would be wearing a wedding band. At some point he informs us that he was once a Lutheran minister and that he is married. As if, to my confused mind, being a Lutheran minister once allows priests to get married.
Right out the door is that old bromide that no Catholic can receive all 7 sacriments as nobody can receive Holy Orders and Matrimony except....well this guy.
My church is sponsoring another rally on 8/13 and guess who our speaker will be then? Michael Novak!
When they said that I sat up straight as a rail. Yes, the National Review’s Michael Novak!
Anyway, at one point I introduced my priest to some politician or another and that’s when my personal story begins.
Now I know there are some on this thread who know this priest, who know me. But I’ll risk it. For my priest never should have done what he did and I’m not sure I will forgive him.
Well I’ll probably forgive him because he did apologize profusely. I want him to stop apologizing and stop treating me bad, that’s what I want.
More, maybe, later.
Re - religious freedom issue
Thngs are pretty hot around central Illinois —including the weather. We had a new pastor come in about a month ago. His first Homily after the first week he basically introduced himself was on the topic of religious freedom and all that’s been going on lately. His final punchline was — “Anybody who votes in this next election without educating themselves on the issues is an idiot”.
The bishop here has made the national news because he’s minced no words in his opposition to the mandates in Obamacare. He’s on the board at Notre Dame, and several of their communist faculty have demanded his removal.
The best part of all this is the letters to the editor in the newspaper. Every morning I can’t wait to read the comments from the morons who live around here - including some of them Catholics. You just can’t make this stuff up.
Unfortunately, 99 of 102 Counties will vote to get rid of this loser, but the Chicago area and Metro St. Louis will put him over the top in Illinois by a wide margin. Afterall - they can’t give up their freebees.