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US bishop warns faithful to ‘be awake’ to ‘anti-Catholic’ Kamala Harris
LifeSite News ^ | August 13, 2020 | Doug Mainwaring

Posted on 08/14/2020 1:29:32 PM PDT by ebb tide

US bishop warns faithful to ‘be awake’ to ‘anti-Catholic’ Kamala Harris

Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas compared Harris to Hillary Clinton, who called conservatives 'deplorables' during her 2016 presidential run.

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 13, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Joseph Stirckland sent out a tweet suggesting that Joe Biden’s running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, reminds him of former Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who famously called conservatives “deplorables,” at the height of her 2016 campaign. 

“Catholics take note....reminds me of another candidate calling us ‘the deplorables’....we need to be awake to this.....Kamala’s Anti-Catholic Assault Previews Her Potential Administration,” wrote Bishop Strickland. 

The Tyler, Texas bishop, a stalwart defender of human life and protector of the Catholic faith, was calling attention to an article published in the The Federalist titled, “Kamala Harris’s Anti-Catholic Assault Previews What Would Happen in Her Administration.”  

“Vice President Joe Biden has just picked as his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), a woman who believes Catholicism is an extreme set of views that should disqualify someone from public office,” wrote Paulina Enck, who went on to substantiate her well founded claim. 

Harris “demonstrated shocking anti-Catholic bigotry in the confirmation hearings of Judge Brian Buescher,” recounted Enck. Harris cited his membership in the “all-male society” the Knights of Columbus and its stances against abortion and same-sex “marriage” as grounds for rejecting Buescher for a federal district court in Nebraska. 

“Ms. Harris’s embrace of religious intolerance is especially significant because in two years she could be the next U.S. President,” wrote the Wall Street Journal’s Editorial Board at the time. “What does it say about today’s Democrats that no one in the party of Al Smith and JFK sees fit to rebuke her?”

Since the announcement of Harris as Biden’s V.P. pick earlier this week, pro-life leaders have sounded the alarm about her extreme position on abortion.

David Daleiden, head of the pro-life investigative group Center for Medical Progress, wrote that from his firsthand experience, he considers Harris the “greatest threat to First Amendment civil rights our country has ever seen.”

During her time as attorney general of California, Harris played a key role in defending Planned Parenthood over its sale of aborted baby parts (which violated multiple federal laws, according to undercover video of abortion industry personnel).

Last year, Harris unveiled a plan to essentially force pro-life states to seek permission from the federal government before pro-life laws can take effect. 

The announcement of her proposal, titled the “Reproductive Rights Act,” said “Harris will require, for the first time, that states and localities with a history of violating Roe v. Wade obtain approval from her Department of Justice before any abortion law or practice can take effect.”

The Susan B. Anthony List has noted Harris’s troubling Senate voting record, displaying her radical views on abortion and her determination to protect it, saying she twice “blocked Senate vote to protect babies born alive during abortion; Unveiled a plan to prevent pro-life states from passing pro-life laws; and voted to force taxpayers to pay for abortions.”

“A vote for Biden/Harris is a vote for child abuse (cross-sex puberty blockers, mutilation surgery), mandatory Drag Queen Story Hour and ‘transgender’ speech rules, and abortion,” wrote Houston Baptist University theology professor Robert A.J. Gagnon in a Facebook post.  “In short, an all-out assault on the youngest in our society and the marginalization and persecution of parents and other adults who come to their defense. Don’t be foolish.”

“It is not just anti-Catholic bigotry. She believes that no one should be allowed to be appointed to the court or any administrative government post who ever belonged to a religious institution, organization, club, school, or denomination that views abortion, homosexual practice, or transgenderism as sin,” said Gagnon in a separate Facebook post. “How can any Christian vote for such a person or even fail to cast an effective vote to stop her election?”

On Monday, Bishop Strickland also commented on the high stakes of the upcoming election:

“85 PRAYING DAYS...until the election. Please pray for hearts to turn to God & choose candidates who promote....the sanctity of life, the Christian moral code, the sanctity of marriage & family, parental choice for educating their children & uphold basic freedoms for every person.”


TOPICS: Apologetics; Catholic; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: 85prayingdays; biden; harris; realbishop; strickland
Please pray for hearts to turn to God & choose candidates who promote....the sanctity of life, the Christian moral code, the sanctity of marriage & family, parental choice for educating their children & uphold basic freedoms for every person.”
1 posted on 08/14/2020 1:29:32 PM PDT by ebb tide
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2 posted on 08/14/2020 1:30:07 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: ebb tide

The strident lawyer Kamala Harris is not just anti-Catholic, but anti-Christian, through and through!!!!

And she wants to use the government to push her anti-Christian and life-denying ways in a tyrannical manner!! That is just plain EVIL!!!!

A vote for Biden-Harris is a vote for tyranny and evil! PERIOD!!!!


3 posted on 08/14/2020 1:37:23 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: ebb tide

I am afraid that even with Harris views on Catholicism, many Catholics will still vote for Democrats. I am a non practicing Catholic and I abhor the church, from the pope on down.

Jesus is my savior, even without the Catholic Church. And yes, I have donated to my former Catholic grade school because the church does keep the word of God alive.


4 posted on 08/14/2020 1:49:14 PM PDT by Psycho_Runner (Have a good day, unless you have other plans.)
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To: ebb tide

Anti-Catholic Harris and pro-abortion Biden form a demonic pair that Christians vote for at the peril of their eternal souls. Vote RAT and it is a vote for Satan. All you Oil&Gas workers better get ready for a long unemployment period. All military rolling and flying stock will come to stand still. Might as well invite China to invade.


5 posted on 08/14/2020 1:49:58 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: ebb tide

+Strickland and +Cordileone are two of the good ones. Let’s face it. A not insignificant number of the U.S. bishops (and probably >80% of the Francis appointees) are voting Biden-Harris.


6 posted on 08/14/2020 1:53:08 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: ebb tide

He is my Bishop and I couldn’t be more proud of him.


7 posted on 08/14/2020 1:54:46 PM PDT by Doche2X2
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To: ebb tide

Finally, a Prelate to be proud of.


8 posted on 08/14/2020 1:56:59 PM PDT by Trump_Triumphant
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To: ebb tide

The faithful probably already are.

I’m afraid he’s just preaching to the choir.

He needs to focus on those who ignore Catholic teaching on abortion and homosexuality and vote democrat.

THEY are the ones who need to change their vote.


9 posted on 08/14/2020 1:58:12 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: ebb tide
Trumps just gotta win..... they'll becoming for the guns first...then they'll be coming for the 501c's next !!!....

Ebb- get back to me on your Latin Mass post- I can help...
10 posted on 08/14/2020 2:03:53 PM PDT by MurphsLaw (“In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti...Amen.”)
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To: Psycho_Runner

If you are a Christian, it is not right to abhor the Church!

Find a historic Church that you can love! Have you looked into the Orthodox Church? Please do so, even though it is harder to do so with all the pandemic restrictions.

May God send us vaccines and treatments that allow “social distancing” to end, and also send us election results that will save us from tyranny. Then the Churches can open up, and you can experience the Holy Orthodox Church in all her glory!!!!


11 posted on 08/14/2020 2:21:55 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: ebb tide

We have enough to worry about with anti-Catholics like Biden.


12 posted on 08/14/2020 2:22:35 PM PDT by G Larry (There is no merit in compromising with the Devil.)
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To: 353FMG

She is of the devil. It’s in the eyes.
Lord have mercy on us!


13 posted on 08/14/2020 2:36:17 PM PDT by DeplorableGirl
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To: ebb tide

If every catholic voted for President Trump, he would win in a landslide. But that will never happen.


14 posted on 08/14/2020 2:51:38 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (In time of peace, prepare for war.)
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To: ebb tide
Bishop Joseph Stirckland is a good man. It takes conviction of faith in God to make bold statements such as these. If we voted for the pope, he'd get my mine. Without priests of his caliber the Catholic Church will loose many adherents to the faith. Remember, first they came for the Catholics, but I wasn't a Catholic...
15 posted on 08/14/2020 2:53:31 PM PDT by scottiemom (As a retired Texas public school teacher, I highly reccomend private school.)
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To: ebb tide

Harris has amply demonstrated her anti-Catholic bias in grilling Catholic nominees. Her questioning was out of line. She did what she shouldn’t have done. At the same time, she didn’t do what she should have—she failed to prosecute cases of priestly sexual abuse of minors.


16 posted on 08/14/2020 3:17:19 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

Bump to top!

Kamala Harris is an anti-Catholic bigot.


17 posted on 08/14/2020 6:58:43 PM PDT by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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To: 353FMG

Agree.

I believe that voting for the Biden-Harris ticket would be a mortal sin.


18 posted on 08/15/2020 2:50:40 AM PDT by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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To: miserare

How in hell did this country get to this point? Dear God, we can’t do it without your direct intervention. Have mercy and do it for a second time.


19 posted on 08/15/2020 12:35:10 PM PDT by 353FMG
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