Catholic Bishops send a message to the faithful - We oppose Obamacare

hotair ^ | 3-14-2010 | Ed Morrissey

[ncalburt]

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/03/14/catholic-bishops-send-message-to-faithful-we-oppose-obamacare/

[ncalburt]

Well the REAL Catholics have spoken . Unlike that phony Catholic group the AP was astroturfing yesterday !

[raybbr]

This is misleading. They WANT Obamacare - without the abortions. Give them that and they will fully endorse the rest.

[Natural Law]

Sadly, this will be ignored by the holier-than-thou-halleluju-amen crowd who have gleefully posted a half a dozen threads expounding on how the Catholic Church is in league with the communists and Satan.

[raybbr]

From the letter:

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ACTION: Contact your Representative and Senators today by e-mail, phone or FAX.

• To send a pre-written, instant e-mail to Congress go to www.usccb.org/action.

• Call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at: 202-224-3121, or call your Members’ local offices.

Contact info can be found on Members’ web sites at www.house.gov & www.senate.gov.

MESSAGE – HOUSE:

“I am pleased that the House health care bill maintains the longstanding policy against federal funding of abortion. On the other hand, the provisions on abortion funding in the current un-amended Senate health care bill are seriously deficient and unacceptable. I urge you to work to uphold essential provisions against abortion funding, to include full conscience protection and to ensure that health care is accessible and affordable for all. I urge you to oppose any bill unless and until these criteria are met.”

MESSAGE – SENATE:

“I am deeply disappointed that the current un-amended Senate health care bill fails to maintain the longstanding policy against federal funding of abortion and does not include adequate protection for conscience. I urge you to support essential provisions against abortion funding, similar to those in the House bill. Include full conscience protection and ensure that health care is accessible and affordable for all. I urge you to oppose any bill unless and until these criteria are met.”

WHEN: Votes in the House and Senate are expected at any time. Act today! Thank You!

[oldmomster]

The catholic church has no one to blame but themselves for this and the blood of the dead babies is on their hands. There was time for them to step up and tell the freakin catholic lawmakers that voting for ABORTION is a mortal sin and against church teachings - and publicly excommunicate them. But in their grand scheme of taking care of poor people by STEALING from the rest of us who go to work every day and pay more and more taxes, they cheered universal healthcare - not studying how this affected other countries around the world. Now they’re sorry - a little too late I’d say. Quite a few of them will spend eternity in hell for what they’ve done.....and they deserve it.

[GailA]

What are they going to tell granny and gramps when their Medicare and SS are cut?????????????

First they came for the Unborn, granny and gramps are next.
The Catholic church was silent as millions of Jews went to the gas chambers during hitler’s reign.

Defeat Obamacare call list: List now contains the new MAYBES culled from FR posts.

KEEP THE CALLS UP! DC OFFICE LOCAL OFFICE

Code Red” - House Target List on Health Care

The National Republican Congressional Committee has published a target list on health care. In addition to continuing to contact the five Tennessee Democrat Congressmen, you can go http://www.votervoice.net/link/clickthrough/ext/94697.aspx to contact some of these targets. Much of the talk following Obama’s announcement has focused on how to defeat this second bill through reconciliation, but that is misleading because the first step to defeating Obamacare is not by concentrating on defeating the “fixer” bill but by defeating the Senate bill in the House when it goes to the floor for an up-or-down vote on Thursday, March 18th.

Rep. Lincoln Davis 202-225-6831 Columbia office: 931-490-8699
Rep. Jim Cooper 202-225-4311 Nashville office: 615-736-5295
Rep. Bart Gordon 202-225-4231 Murfreesboro office: 615-896-1986
John Tanner (202) 225-4714, Union City, (731) 885-7070, Jackson Phone: (731) 423-4848, Millington (901) 873-5690 TN (MAYBE)
Rep. Steve Cohen 202-225-3265 Memphis office: 901-544-4131
Harry Mitchell (202) 225-2190 (480) 946-2411 AZ 5th District
Gabrielle Giffords (202) 225-2542 (520) 881-3588 AZ 8th District
Ann Kirkpatrick (202) 225-2315 (928) 226-6914 AZ 1st District
Jerry McNerney (202) 225-1947 925-833-0643 CA 11th District
John Salazar 202-225-4761 970-245-7107 CO 3rd District
Jim Himes (202) 225-5541 (866) 453-0028 CT 4th District
Alan Grayson (202) 225-2176 (407) 841-1757 FL 8th District
Bill Foster (202) 225-2976 630-406-1114 IL 14th District
Baron Hill 202 225 5315 812 288 3999 IN 9th District
Mark Schauer (202) 225-6276 (517) 780-9075 MI 7th District
Gary Peters (202) 225-5802 (248) 273-4227 MI 9th District
Dina Titus (202) 225-3252 702-256-DINA (3462) NV 3rd District
Carol Shea-Porter (202) 225-5456 (603) 743-4813 NH 1st District
Tim Bishop (202) 225-3826 (631) 696-6500 NY 1st District
John Hall (202) 225-5441 (845) 225-3641 x49371 NY 19th District
Bill Owens (202) 225-4611 (315) 782-3150 NY 23rd District
James Matheson Toll-Free Number 1 (877) 677-9743 (202) 225-3011Mike Arcuri (202)225-3665 (315)793-8146 NY 24th District
Dan Maffei (202) 225-3701 (315) 423-5657 NY 25th District
Earl Pomeroy (202) 225-2611 (701) 224-0355 ND At-Large District
Steven Driehaus (202) 225-2216 (513) 684-2723 OH 1st District
Mary Jo Kilroy (202) 225-2015 (614) 294-2196 OH 15th District
Zach Space (202) 225-6265 (330) 364-4300 OH 18th District
Kathy Dahlkemper (202) 225-5406 (814) 456-2038 PA 3rd District
Patrick Murphy (202) 225-4276 (215) 826-1963 PA 8th District
Christopher Carney (202) 225-3731 (570) 585-9988 PA 10th District
Paul Kanjorski (202) 225-6511 (570) 825-2200 PA 11th District
John Spratt (202) 225-5501 (803)327-1114 SC 5th District
Tom Perriello (202) 225-4711 (276) 656-2291 VA 5th District
Alan Mollohan (202) 225-4172 (304) 623-4422 WVA 1st District
Nick Rahall (202) 225-3452 (304) 252-5000 WVA 3rd District
Steve Kagen (202) 225-5665 (920) 437-1954 WI 8th District
Bart Stupak (202) 225 4735 MI (MAYBE)
Brian Baird (202) 225-3536, Vancouver, (360) 695-6292. Olympia, (360) 352-9768, (MAYBE)
senator mark begich (202) 224-3004 toll free. (877) 501 - 6275 just became a MAYBE
Jason Altmire 202-225-2565, Aliquippa, 724-378-0928,
Natrona Heights, 724-226-1304 (MAYBE)

On the Bubble (Major developments from the “yes” and “no” columns in the House)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2467046/posts

Congressional Dems on Twitter
http://www.arrghpaine.com/congressional-dems-on-twitter

And here are toll-free numbers we can use to call any Senators or Reps.

At the first number below you must wait through a tape recording urging you to tell your Rep or Senator to vote “yes” for the health care bill. Just hang on and when the recording is over, you will get the Capitol operator. Just ask for your Rep or Senator’s office. Then you will either talk to an aid or have the chance to leave a message for him/her to vote NO on the health care bill.

When you use the second number and the Capitol operator comes on, just ask for your Rep or Senator’s office. Every time I use this number I get the Rep or Senator’s answer machine, so it may be set up that way all the time...to go to their answer machine. Either way you can leave a message to vote NO on the health care bill!

We need to use these toll free numbers that have been set up for the health care/ BO supporters and illegals to use! After all they are FREE!
1-800-828-0498
1-866-220-0044

[GailA]

They didn’t stand up for the Jews when Hitler started slaughtering them.

[SumProVita]

The study of history would enlighten.

[schmootman]

The Catholic bishops did everything they could to elect Obama via their contributions to ACORN and the like. Now they make this big show of opposing his pro-death agenda. This is disgusting.

[Missouri gal]

Amen to THAT! I have written to Cardinal George taking him and the USCCB to task for their abysmal failure on health care “reform.” I reminded George that the primary responsibility of a Bishop is to the well being of his flock. Even without the abortion provisions, this measure is a huge attack on freedoms of their flock. “Health” “care” that will destroy our democratic government and replace it with a totalitarian regime is an enormous injustice. To ask future generations to pay for an inefficient system is stealing from the children. To ask us to pay health care for freeloading illegal aliens is allowing the government to steal from us. Furthermore, a government that determines whether you get health care will eventually decide social values, whether it intends to, or not. (George has not replied, although the diocese acknowledged receiving the letter.)

The Bishops’ statement is once again ineffectual. ANOTHER epic failure.

[GailA]

GENOCIDE: the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.

Applies to the UNBORN.

[patriot preacher]

I believe the Bishops — so now they will act to force the Catholic Health Group that supports the act to change their position, right? No threats of sanction? Forbidden to take communion? Maybe excommunication?

[SumProVita]

I agree. I suppose I should have asked WHO did not stand up for the Jews?

[Zionist Conspirator]

Sadly, this will be ignored by the holier-than-thou-halleluju-amen crowd

Good to know that at least on Free Republic one can surf without encountering the tired old liberal anti-religious slurs one finds ubiquitous elsewhere. [/sarcasm]

I don't suppose Catholics have ever been called "holier-than-thou" by anyone?

[GailA]

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