GOOD GRIEF! Sometimes, Arthur, I really question your claims and intentions on this site.
Ping to my post #10. And while you are there, please consider signing the petition.
Workerbee, I know you’ve been a tireless worker for the pro-life cause. But in this case, I couldn’t agree more with Arthur McGowan.
The Catholic church has, for far too long, been allowed to go unreported for its blatant hypocrisy of complaining about abortion for one weekend a year, while cozying up to AND ACCEPTING MONEY FROM abortion-loving power holders the other 51 weeks of the year.
I have my own sins I need to take care of, so I’m in no way perfect. But at least that comes from an understanding of what sin is, and my acts with regards to God’s plan for me. The Catholic church, as it manifests itself, does NOTHING to teach those it is supposed to shepard about the evil nature of abortion. In fact, by honoring pro-abortion politicians, it does just the opposite.
By yelling as I do, I hope Catholicism will change, or if it won’t, quite properly, that it dies the death it deserves to die.
In April of 1973, the bishops’ conference issued a short statement, in which they state ACTUAL Catholic teaching on Roe and Doe: They said that it was the obligation of ALL PUBLIC OFFICIALS at EVERY LEVEL (i.e., federal, state, and local) to carry out their public duties as though the decisions had not been made. I.e., treat the Supreme Court decisions as nullities.
The logical result of this would be, for instance, that when pro-lifers started blocking abortion clinic doors, the police would refuse to arrest them, judges would refuse to convict them, governors would order all prosecutors not to prosecute.
The bishops would demand that all governors enforce all the abortion laws without regard to the Supreme Court.
In actual fact, the bishops ignored their own statement.
And today, only about 12 bishops are NOT walking around habitually in the state of mortal sin, because only about 12 of them deny Communion to pro-aborts.