Posted on 06/05/2006 6:26:26 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
“A vote for this amendment is a vote for bigotry, pure and simple.” Thus spoke Sen. Ted Kennedy in reference to the Marriage Protection Amendment being debated in the Senate today.
One cannot help but wonder what His Eminence Sean Patrick Cardinal O’Malley of Boston thinks of Sen. Kennedy’s thunderous pontificating. Cardinal O’Malley, along with all seven other U.S. Catholic cardinals, signed a statement on behalf of the Religious Coalition for Marriage supporting the amendment and urging the Senate to pass the measure along to the states for ratification.
Presumably, by Sen. Kennedy’s lights, Cardinal O’Malley and the three score other religious leaders who signed the Coalition statement all are bigots. This would include Cardinals Roger Mahony of Los Angeles and Theodore McCarrick of Washington, D.C., two liberal-leaning prelates not known for their right-wing zealotry. And doubtlessly Cardinal Adam Maida of Detroit, too, would be chagrined to find himself relegated to the company of the bigoted.
Among other notable bigots signing the Religious Coalition for Marriage’s pro-amendment statement are included Cardinals Egan of New York, Keeler of Baltimore, and George of Chicago; His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in America; Bishop Charles E. Blake, First Assistant Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ, a predominantly African-American denomination; the Most Reverend Jose H. Gomez, the Catholic bishop of San Antonio; Elder Russell M. Nelson, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; and Dr. Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention, with its associated 43,000 churches comprising the largest Protestant denomination—bigots all, according to the Sage of Hyannis.
Sen. Kennedy’s humbuggery is part of the narrative the mainstream media has adopted on the marriage amendment. Either it’s simply an expression of raw bigotry toward gay people, or it’s another example of the Republicans’ pandering to their conservative base to advance the party’s chances going into the November elections. This week’s vote on the amendment is all about Majority Leader Bill Frist’s presidential aspirations, and President Bush’s pro-amendment radio address Saturday and Monday’s marriage event in the White House are motivated solely by politics and meant to energize the social conservatives.
Again, it would probably come as a shock to Cardinals Mahony and McCarrick to discover that they have now been declared to be part of the Republican Party’s conservative voter base.
That there might be broad support for marriage that cuts across partisan and ideological lines is not part of the media’s narrative. Hence in the reporting on the run-up to the Senate vote the mainstream media largely have ignored the Religious Coalition for Marriage, an unprecedented coalition of the nation’s denominational leaders. Having notably left-leaning cardinals such as Mahony and McCarrick supporting the marriage amendment just cannot be made to fit into the media’s party line. So, the media simply ignore inconvenient facts that tend to undermine the approved version of events.
The elite media and windbag politicians like the aforementioned senator from Massachusetts cannot conceive of reasons why defending marriage against activist courts could be motivated by anything other that bigotry or cynical political pandering. It is inconceivable that the leaders of many of America’s largest churches representing perhaps 100 million people might actually believe marriage as the union of one man and one woman is the foundational institution of society and the best means for the bearing and rearing of children.
The Religious Coalition for Marriage, which brings together leaders from across the ideological and political spectrum, puts the lie to both Sen. Kennedy’s scurrilous remarks and the mainstream media’s approved narrative that this week’s debate is all about partisan politics—and nothing more. Therefore, it has to be ignored, or dismissed as bigotry.
"Cardinals to Kennedy: You're a Moron!"
Sink? Nah..after all, shi'ite floats..
Seriously, what is wrong with being intolerant?
Absolutely nothing.
"America, it is said, is suffering from intolerance. It is not. It is suffering from tolerance: tolerance of right and wrong, truth and error, virtue and evil, Christ and chaos . . .. The man who can make up his mind in an orderly way, as a man might make up his bed, is called a bigot; but a man who cannot make up his mind, any more than he can make up for lost time, is called tolerant and broad minded." Bishop Fulton Sheen
"Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions." GK Chesterton
Cotton Mather would've weighted him down with stones, but that would be considered barbaric by modern standards. Maybe we could just handicap him with an Oldsmobile.
I would love to see Cardinal O'Malley speak out regarding Kennedy's behaviour. Excommunication. Is it possible?
Billy Joel said it best.
"Only the Good die young"
This clown will be around forever.
A kind of modern day Henry the 8th. He can't have those pesky 'rules' encroaching on his lifestyle, and he won't abide by them, so create his own belief system. And his sheeple follow his lead.
LOL, too true. But he does have access to the finest everything else, things his lowly servants constituents don't always have access to. Doctors, medicines, healthy foods (wholesome, not 'health' foods), spas, vacations, and, of course, the ladies dished up to him - his excesses in these areas seem to keep him going.
Why should I lose weight and quit drinking? This guy will live forever, and vote ten years after his death.
"What amazes me is the apparent life span of an obese alcoholic."
I believe he made a deal with the Devil a while back. All the other Kennady males have met untimely ends, while teddy lives on. The fact that Patches did not die in his recent car crash may mean that teddy's card didn't get renued again and he will be leaving us soon.
Would that be enough weight to counteract all the hot gases Sen. Orca produces?
A more accurate headline would be "Kennedy to Catholics - You're all biggots".
By being a member of the church you implicitly accept the Bishop's teachings.
Dingdingding, best comment so far!
Kennedy and the rest of them have a lot to answer for. By fooling the general population into thinking that these issues and beliefs are held by real Catholics, is a disgrace. Also, by leading weak Catholics astray is imo, a very mortal sin.
Give him enough scotch and who knows what'll come out of his piehole!
Hey Ted You are a Murdering thief, there How do you like it.
God Rest Mary Jo Kopechnes' Soul.
Ops4
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