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Sebelius on her bishop: "It was one of the most painful things I have ever experienced in my life"
Deacon's Bench ^ | September 16, 2009 | DEACON GREG KANDRA

Posted on 09/16/2009 4:17:40 PM PDT by NYer

The Washington Post the other day posted a lengthy interview with Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Catholic. A pertinent excerpt:

MS. ROMANO: You are also a pro-choice Catholic, and I was reading some stories out of your home state recently where one of the bishops took an action. Can you tell us a little bit about that?

SECRETARY SEBELIUS: Well, the Archbishop in the Kansas City area did not approve of my conduct as a public official and asked that I not present myself for communion.

MS. ROMANO: What did you think about that?

SECRETARY SEBELIUS: Well, it was one of the most painful things I have ever experienced in my life, and I am a firm believer in the separation of church and state, and I feel that my actions as a parishioner are different than my actions as a public official and that the people who elected me in Kansas had a right to expect me to uphold their rights and their beliefs even if they did not have the same religious beliefs that I had. And that's what I did: I took an oath of office and I have taken an oath of office in this job and will uphold the law.

MS. ROMANO: Do you continue to take communion?

SECRETARY SEBELIUS: I really would prefer not to discuss with you. That's really a personal--thank you.
There's more, and video, at the link.


TOPICS: Catholic; Ministry/Outreach; Moral Issues; Theology
KEYWORDS: bhohhs; catholic; catholicpoliticians; communion; sebelius
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1 posted on 09/16/2009 4:17:40 PM PDT by NYer
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To: Salvation; narses; SMEDLEYBUTLER; redhead; Notwithstanding; nickcarraway; Romulus; ...

Ping!


2 posted on 09/16/2009 4:18:13 PM PDT by NYer ( "One Who Prays Is Not Afraid; One Who Prays Is Never Alone"- Benedict XVI)
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To: NYer

Where’s that picture of the smallest violin in the world playing Hearts and Flowers (thumb and forefinger rubbing together)?


3 posted on 09/16/2009 4:20:02 PM PDT by livius
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To: NYer

Sure, a pro-choice Catholic that says she does it to serve the citizens. Hmmm...


4 posted on 09/16/2009 4:20:13 PM PDT by Dutchboy88
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To: NYer
"I took an oath of office"

Ironic isn't it that an oath she swore to God to uphold, to her, supersedes Gods law....

5 posted on 09/16/2009 4:20:45 PM PDT by Natural Law
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To: NYer

As she orders millions of people into gas chambers she will say that her actions as a government official are separate from her private civilian life.

right.

Leftists do NOT believe that, by the way. EVERYTHING is political to a leftist. literally everything.


6 posted on 09/16/2009 4:21:37 PM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com ............. http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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To: Natural Law
"Ironic isn't it that an oath she swore to God to uphold, to her, supersedes Gods law.... "

Says it all...not only for her, but for our "Christian" President Obortion as well.

7 posted on 09/16/2009 4:23:00 PM PDT by TheClintons-STILLAnti-American (u)
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To: Dutchboy88

Obviously Mrs. Sebelius’s trumps serving the state over serving the Lord!


8 posted on 09/16/2009 4:23:18 PM PDT by classified
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To: NYer
I am a firm believer in the separation of church and state, and I feel that my actions as a parishioner are different than my actions as a public official

Somehow I don't think that kind of answer is going to fly when you come face to face with your Creator.

9 posted on 09/16/2009 4:23:53 PM PDT by workerbee (If you vote for Democrats, you are engaging in UnAmerican Activity.)
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To: NYer

Kathy Sebelius -— just another “cafeteria Catholic”.

Tick...tick...tick


10 posted on 09/16/2009 4:26:21 PM PDT by Walrus (My congressman is toast in 2010 --- how about yours?)
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To: NYer

Well, darlin’ how do you think the baby feels when he’s murdered in his mother’s womb.


11 posted on 09/16/2009 4:27:51 PM PDT by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
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To: workerbee
Sebelius is such an ignorant person ~ guess it never occurred to her that she doesn't make rules for the Catholic church.

Look, she's an embarrassment to the whole country ~ this argument that the separation of church and state requires that she kill babies is the most ridiculous thing I've ever herd.

Now they've said that PA Senator's elevator doesn't go all the way to the top, this ol'gal doesn't have seals to keep her brains from leaking.

12 posted on 09/16/2009 4:36:29 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: NYer
In other words, "just following orders". Don't they call that the "Nuremberg defense"?

She feels pain because she can't take part in communion, but I didn't hear her say that the thought of abortion causes her pain.

You can't honestly seperate your core values from your actions, at least I don't see how.

13 posted on 09/16/2009 4:38:57 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: NYer

A cafeteria Catholic.


14 posted on 09/16/2009 4:45:45 PM PDT by IbJensen (If Catholic voters were true to their faith there would be no abortion and no President Obama.)
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To: GeronL

The very same analogy popped into my mind the minute I read her statement.


15 posted on 09/16/2009 4:49:21 PM PDT by IrishCatholic (No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
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To: Natural Law
That's the same thought I had. Not much of a christian is she?

Mark 8:36...."What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul?"

16 posted on 09/16/2009 4:50:18 PM PDT by annieokie (i)
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To: NYer

IMHO, any one that claims to be a Christian and is pro-choice/for abortion is not a Christian.


17 posted on 09/16/2009 4:50:31 PM PDT by cranked
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To: IbJensen

Was it part of her oath to the people to take MONEY from
George R. Tiller, the nation’s most prominent provider of controversial late-term abortions.

Perhaps she could use that cash to bribe a priest to give her communion!


18 posted on 09/16/2009 4:51:30 PM PDT by JohnD9207 (REGISTERED RIGHT WING THUG!)
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To: NYer

Why would it be “personal” if if the issue whether or not she takes her Church teaching seriously?

Where is the St (Sir) Thomas More in her? “The King’s good servant, but God’s first.”


19 posted on 09/16/2009 4:51:32 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: NYer

Hey Kathy....it’s going to be even more painful in eternity if you don’t change.


20 posted on 09/16/2009 4:51:35 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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