[Alex Murphy]

....the three Catholic bishops leading the Church’s efforts on health care warned Congress that “we will have no choice but to oppose the bill” unless current bills are amended. The letter signed by Bishop William Murphy, Cardinal Justin Rigali and Bishop John Wester outlines three main areas of concern

- that no one should be forced to pay for or participate in abortion,

- that health care should be affordable and available to the poor and vulnerable, and

- that the needs of legal immigrants should be met.

[the invisib1e hand]

At least one Catholic bishop has stated that government intrustion into healthcare represents an unjust monopoly.

but I guess that's too many syllables for George Stephanopolous and his clones.

[massmike]

read later

[GOP_Lady]

Catholic Bishops, PING!

[Friendofgeorge]

Good for the Bishop`s that are trying to do right! But what`s this or else business?? Or else what?

The Catholic Church has had the opportunity for decades to say that the platform of the Democrat party is EVIL and Non Christian, but they refuse! Yes some have, and God Bless the ones that have!

But for the most part the Catholic Church is silent! Catholics with Clinton or Obama signs on their front lawns. Various Priests, Bishops etc standing with Democrats???

Give me a freaking break!! Or else what??? WHAT A JOKE!

Anything else short of... OUR MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH A PARTY THAT SUPPORTS ABORTION, HOMOSEXUALITY ETC ETC is to little.

Not to mention taking prayer out of schools, and now trying to remove crosses from veteran cemeteries.

What about the mass for 6 Catholics on the Supreme Court? We KNOW that a couple of them should have been refused Mass because of their positions on Christian issues.

[the invisib1e hand]

by way of reminder:

Third, in that category of prudential judgment, the Catholic Church does not teach that government should directly provide health care. Unlike a prudential concern like national defense, for which government monopolization is objectively good – it both limits violence overall and prevents the obvious abuses to which private armies are susceptible – health care should not be subject to federal monopolization. Preserving patient choice (through a flourishing private sector) is the only way to prevent a health care monopoly from denying care arbitrarily, as we learned from HMOs in the recent past. While a government monopoly would not be motivated by profit, it would be motivated by such bureaucratic standards as quotas and defined “best procedures,” which are equally beyond the influence of most citizens. The proper role of the government is to regulate the private sector, in order to foster healthy competition and to curtail abuses. Therefore any legislation that undermines the viability of the private sector is suspect. Private, religious hospitals and nursing homes, in particular, should be protected, because these are the ones most vigorously offering actual health care to the poorest of the poor.

[kellynla]

BTTT