Posted on 08/19/2008 6:07:26 AM PDT by NYer
Democrats have invited more than two dozen religious leaders to pray or speak at their upcoming conventioin with a notable exception: Denver Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, a policy wonk and the leader of Colorado's largest religious denomination.
Several Catholics, including former Colorado state Sen. Polly Baca, "Dead Man Walking" author Sister Helen Prejean, social justice lobbyist Sister Catherine Pinkerton and Pepperdine University professor Douglas W. Kmiec, are on the program.
Organizers are also flying in Greek Orthodox Archbishop Demetrios from New York to give the opening prayer Wednesday.
But Archbishop Chaput's only contact with the convention has been a meeting with Leah Daughtry, chief executive officer of the convention and a Pentecostal pastor, and an invitation to attend the event as an observer.
Raymond Flynn, the Democratic mayor of Boston for 10 years before being named ambassador to the Vatican during the Clinton administration, said not inviting the archbishop to pray or speak was "a serious oversight" that Democratic leaders should correct.
"Chaput is one of the most respected leaders of the Catholic Church in America," he said. "His record is a strong commitment to social and economic justice and the principles of the Catholic faith. He's also a strong patriot.
"Pro-life Democrats who are proud Catholics like myself feel this is an insult to our values."
"The party," he added, "should be aware there are strong pro-life people who are politically successful."
Archbishop Chaput, the leader of 385,000 Catholics in the Denver area, said he was not taking the omission personally.
"I'm happy to see they are having prayer at their sessions," Archbishop Chaput said Monday, "and they have a right to choose whom they want to do that."
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Chaput isn’t very familiar with and doesn’t have much of an interest in Canon Law.
Yeah, but once I own the country, I can: 1) tax the people to death to fund my army; and 2) as my taxes ruin the local economy, I can apply to the IMF and World Bank for aid because my country is such a hellhole.
As for drug dealers, heck, if I've already sold my soul, I just tell ‘em, hey, as long as I get my cut, we're copasetic.
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Too bad! I like the image of the good Archbishop in a gillie suit with a couple of priests for spotters . . . .
Just give me a cabin in the N. GA mountains with a stream, a pond, and enough pasture land to work my dogs.
You just have no sense of adventure.
;-)
“You just have no sense of adventure.”
Bring lawyers, guns and money...
ping!
You obviously have never met my dogs.
How about that ... on TV ... in Middle Eastern attire ... worshiping Obama ...
Nice!
Good points from both of you. On further thought, I probably did Abp. Chaput an injustice, based on his record, by thinking that he would not directly confront the Death Eaters if invited to attend.
Isn’t this the same group that scared the hell out of some Boy Scouts? If they can boo little kids off the stage think what they would do to this Bishop.
Obama is afraid he’ll get sprinkled with Holy Water and it will burn him.
I’ll put it this way, Chaput is no Raymond Burke.
The Democrats only invited liberal “religious” people. They refuse to invite religious people or any conservatives.
I'll get back to you when I think of something.
The highest representative of the Catholic church in Denver doesn’t get invited, but a Muslim on the terror watch list connected to a trial as an unindicted coconspiritor is invited?
Nobama certainly has a weird list of aquaintances....
I’d like to point out that Greek clerical dress is not “Middle Eastern attire!” Aside from that, though, I’m disappointed that Abp Demetrios would do this. Maybe he doesn’t quite understand the ethical problem involved in this; I think the Orthodox, as a church, are quite opposed to abortion.
I also think McCain should respond to the "he cheated at the Saddleback debate" claims by challenging Obama to a second debate where McCain will go first.
Obama is weak and we need to call his bluff at every opportunity. Continue to make Obama the main issue of the election.
There are Pro-Life Democrats? What do they look like?
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