Posted on 08/28/2008 4:59:40 AM PDT by kellynla
WASHINGTON -- When Democrats decided they wouldn't let the GOP be "God's Only Party," they weren't kidding. Thanks to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, none other than St. Augustine has been summoned to Denver.
He was resurrected as Pelosi was trying to respond to the question that refuses to die: When does human life begin? This time, it was Tom Brokaw asking on Sunday's "Meet the Press." Citing Barack Obama's recent pass on a similar question -- "At what point does a baby get human rights?" -- Brokaw asked Pelosi what she would say to Obama were he to ask her advice.
Pelosi didn't finesse her answer, as Obama did when he said the question was above his pay grade, but she may wish she had.
"I would say that as an ardent, practicing Catholic, this is an issue that I have studied for a long time," Pelosi began. "And what I know is, over the centuries, the doctrines of the church have not been able to make that definition. ... St. Augustine said at three months. We don't know. The point is, is that it shouldn't have an impact on a woman's right to choose. ... I don't think anybody can tell you when life begins, human life begins."
Few paragraphs have contained more falsehoods. The reaction was swift from Denver's archbishop, the Rev. Charles J. Chaput, among others, who condemned Pelosi's comments during Mass that same evening. Blogging on Monday, Chaput quoted Jesuit John Connery, author of "Abortion: The Development of the Roman Catholic Perspective," who concluded that "The Christian tradition from the earliest days reveals a firm anti-abortion attitude."
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“the point is, that is shouldn’t have an impact on a woman’s right to choose.”
what is the point? that ending the life of an innocent human being shouldn’t be a consideration in the face of inconvenience?
(depend on democrats to devalue humanity.)
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Anybody who took HS biology knows when life begins. Unless that is now above a biology teachers paygrade?
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In Nancy Pelosi’s case, Human Life did NOT start at her conception, but then neither has human life ever started in Pelosi’s case! Pelosi is a WITCH created by The DEVIL and elected by a mere, trivial 149,000 moonbat, Communist/Socialists from the HELL known as an Fran!
There's a crowd out their who would always come to the side of the small guy over the big guy. Just enough to create a relativistic doubt in their minds.
Putin Pelosi’s shuck and jive ping!
Pelosi’s idiotic statements on Catholic theology are just the tip the iceberg. She has made countless other dimwitted and ill informed statements on everything from oil drilling to gun control and to think that she is Speaker of the US House of Representative and 3rd in line to be President.
“Pelosi’s idiotic statements on Catholic theology are just the tip the iceberg. She has made countless other dimwitted and ill informed statements on everything from oil drilling to gun control and to think that she is Speaker of the US House of Representative and 3rd in line to be President.”
Which is why she will be replaced as Speaker during the next session of congress. I suspect even the ‘Rats can see what a lousy Speaker she has proven to be.
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