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Rockford, Illinois Bishop Says Dem’s “a clear and present danger” to US survival as a nation”
LifeSiteNews ^ | 8/16/06 | Hilary White

Posted on 08/16/2006 5:00:49 PM PDT by wagglebee

ROCKFORD, August 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Abortion, buggery, contraception, divorce, euthanasia, radical feminism, genetic experimentation and mutilation, are the seven “sacraments” of “one” US political party says the Bishop of the Catholic diocese of Rockford Illinois. 

While stopping short of telling his flock how to vote, and without naming the Democrats by name, Bishop Thomas George Doran wrote in a column in the local diocesan newspaper that these “unholy sacraments of our secular culture are the seeds of the destruction of our nation.” He said that the continuance in office of those espousing them represent a “clear and present danger” to the survival of the US as a nation. 

Bishop Doran, leader of the Rockford diocese's 418,891 Catholics exhorts voters to “think for yourself” and ask, “what nation that kills its young, perverts marriage, prevents new life, and destroys the family, kills those deemed useless, makes the war of the sexes into a real war, and manipulates the genetic basis of human nature, can long endure?”

He writes that while looking “askance” at the German people for their historical role in the deaths of 50 million people during the Nazi period, we in North America have blinded ourselves to the deaths of 40 million of unborn citizens since 1973. “No doubt,” he says, “we shall soon outstrip the Nazis in doing human beings to death.” 

He describes a slippery slope that begins with toleration of the killing of “the tiniest innocents among us,” and leads to habituation to violence in other forms. “we have allowed these barbaric practices to corrupt our laws, our medical practice, and even our ordinary lives.” 

He lists toleration for sexual perversions, “widespread contraception, easy access to “no fault” divorce, the killing of the elderly, radical feminism, embryonic stem cell research” as things that “defile and debase our human nature and our human destiny.”

Read Bishop Doran’s column:

http://www.rockforddiocese.org/observer/observer.asp

To contact Bishop Doran:
555 Colman Center Drive
P.O. Box 7044
Rockford, IL 61125
Telephone: (815) 399-4300
FAX: (815) 399-5266



TOPICS: Catholic; Moral Issues
KEYWORDS: abortion; catholic; democrats; embryonicstemcells; euthanasia; godless; homosexualagenda; homosexuality; moralabsolutes; secularism; thomasgeorgedoran
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To: Mr. Silverback
Name one thing that they've done to discourage it.

Can't answer the question can you? Contraception is widely available in a variety of forms, is even advertised on prime-time TV. Treatments for herpes and what have you are casually discussed on the tube by people hopping from one bed to the other. Divorce has no stigma and marriage is as disposable for Republicans as it is for Democrats and millions of kids suffer as a result. It's even subsidized by the current income tax system. And the GOP has done not a single thing to discourage either. Not one. They dredge up bullshit legislation against same sex marriage and call it "Defense of Marriage Acts" when the real danger to marriage is in the Divorce court and not because two people want to marry. Marriage is a joke, not a commitment. Something to be tossed aside at will, thanks to laws supported by both parties. So you tell me, smart ass, if the Democrats are worthy of condemnation for their embrace of both divorce and contraception then why aren't the Republicans? Can you answer that? Of course not. Not without choaking on your hypocrisy.

81 posted on 08/17/2006 4:05:21 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: wagglebee
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82 posted on 08/17/2006 4:06:52 AM PDT by notpc4me (Liberalism - Emotional thinking fueled by ignorance.)
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To: wagglebee

Brave man, but suspect that the governor of Illinois will soon try to remove the diocese's tax exempt status.


83 posted on 08/17/2006 5:02:52 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: gidget7; Aliska; Mr. Silverback
True enough, however, just as your other comments, none of it is part of the Republican party platform, unlike Dems.

Not yet, but some of the "moderates" are working hard to make it so. Things will only get worse as more and more people reach retirement age in this country.

And yes the GOP is the lesser of the two evils, but if a pro abort Republican is running against a pro abort dem, I will not vote for the Republican just because they are one. I can not in good conscience vote for any pro death candidate.

84 posted on 08/17/2006 5:10:33 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: Notwithstanding
Today marriage is on par with the relationship between a pet and its owner.

You get in more trouble abandoning your dog than your wife.

85 posted on 08/17/2006 5:12:54 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: wagglebee
"Abortion, buggery, contraception, divorce, euthanasia, radical feminism, genetic experimentation and mutilation, are the seven “sacraments” of “one” US political party says the Bishop of the Catholic diocese of Rockford Illinois. "


86 posted on 08/17/2006 5:29:04 AM PDT by Convert from ECUSA (Olmert - Israel's Laval; Peretz - Israel's Darlan; Peres - Israel's Petain)
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To: wagglebee
>> Perfect!

It IS an appealing list, but I am not quite persuaded that it exhausts the supply of liberal horrors and infamies. One way to check is to review God's Commandments and see how -- not whether -- the liberals break each of them. Another way is to look at the Seven Deadly Sins and see if they liberals have failed to commit any of them (hint: no).

87 posted on 08/17/2006 5:42:59 AM PDT by T'wit (It is not possible to "go too far" criticizing liberals. No matter what you say, they're worse.)
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To: T'wit
One way to check is to review God's Commandments and see how -- not whether -- the liberals break each of them.

Well the 'Rats could hold their heads up high and insist that they had never coveted their neighbor's manservant -- then John sKerry showed up with his butler on the campaign trail and blew that deal for them.

88 posted on 08/17/2006 5:48:57 AM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: Mr. Silverback
>"He writes that while looking “askance” at the German people for their historical role in the deaths of 50 million people during the Nazi period, we in North America have blinded ourselves to the deaths of 40 million of unborn citizens since 1973. “No doubt,” he says, “we shall soon outstrip the Nazis in doing human beings to death”"

Rockford citizens
will probably petition
the Pope to recall

this guy for being
"divisive" or some such thing.
How dare he speak truth?!

89 posted on 08/17/2006 7:30:56 AM PDT by theFIRMbss
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To: wagglebee; american colleen; Lady In Blue; Salvation; narses; SMEDLEYBUTLER; redhead; ...


90 posted on 08/17/2006 8:07:47 AM PDT by NYer
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To: wagglebee

The man's a Prophet!


91 posted on 08/17/2006 8:16:04 AM PDT by desherwood7
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To: Alouette

I didn't think to ping you to this last night, but you may enjoy it.


92 posted on 08/17/2006 8:23:07 AM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: desherwood7
The man's a Prophet!

I think he just looked at reality and put down in words what a lot of us have seen and either overlooked or not connected for some time.

93 posted on 08/17/2006 8:24:27 AM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: wagglebee

That could be true as well. But God bless him none the less!


94 posted on 08/17/2006 8:27:12 AM PDT by desherwood7
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To: tomzz

We don't really have a problem with evolution.


95 posted on 08/17/2006 8:33:50 AM PDT by ichabod1 (Peace In Our Time®)
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To: conservatative strategery

He didn't leave out the homosexual agenda, he specifically referred to buggery.


96 posted on 08/17/2006 8:37:08 AM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: NYer

Holy moley, some people are starting to do some plain speaking on Islamic nazism, now this. Many thanks for the ping.


97 posted on 08/17/2006 8:40:16 AM PDT by Bahbah (Goldwasser, Regev and Shalit, we are praying for you...and now Steve and Olaf.)
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To: wagglebee

I have no disagreement with this fine gentleman as I find his analysis to be accurate in all respects.

After years of continuous statements from the House of Bishops that are clearly liberal, it is refreshing to see the conservative Bishops beginning to find their voices.


98 posted on 08/17/2006 8:45:00 AM PDT by TexanToTheCore (This space for hire...)
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To: ichabod1

I think the Catholic Church wisely came to the conclusion that when you started debating evolution, all that happened was that people became overly emotional and nothing was really accomplished.


99 posted on 08/17/2006 8:49:57 AM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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To: TexanToTheCore

If he wasn't a bishop, I would suggest he run for office!


100 posted on 08/17/2006 8:50:36 AM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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