Posted on 04/24/2017 4:19:51 PM PDT by ebb tide
The 28 percent of Democrats who oppose abortion have no place in the Democratic party, according to two of the party’s leading figures.
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin echoed party chair Tom Perez Sunday in saying that there is no room in the party for dissent on the abortion issue.
“I am committed to women’s rights under the law, reproductive rights certainly, and our party is [committed],” Durbin said in an appearance on CNN. “We’ve made that part of our platform and position for a long, long time. I know within the ranks of the Democratic Party there are those who see that differently on a personal basis, but when it comes to the policy position, I think we need to be clear and unequivocal.”
Durbin has already come under fire from his bishop. From 2014:
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is “not permitted to receive Holy Communion” under the law of the Catholic Church, according to Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki, who heads the diocese of Springfield, Ill., which is Durbin’s home city.
…The bishop, in a recent letter to an Illinois pro-life activist, said, “Senator Durbin was informed several years ago by his Pastor at Blessed Sacrament Parish here in Springfield that he was not permitted to receive Holy Communion per canon 915 of the Code of Canon Law. My predecessor upheld that decision and it remains in effect. It is my understanding that the Senator is complying with that decision here in the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois.”
The pastor of Blessed Sacrament Parish at the time Durbin was told not to present himself for Communion was Rev. Kevin Vann, now the bishop for the diocese of Orange, Calif.
In a 2004 article, Rev. Vann said, “I respect Senator Durbin. I’ve known him for many years. I know he works hard in many fields. But his pro-choice position puts him really outside of communion or unity with the church’s teaching on life. And that’s why I would be reticent to give him Holy Communion.”
Canon 915 states:
Those who have been excommunicated or interdicted after the imposition or declaration of the penalty and others obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to holy communion.
Good. Switch parties.
It is only going to get worse. We are less than five months out, so hold fast to what you were taught when you first believed!!
Pardon me,but 5 months out from what?What did I miss?
I thought Diversity Was Our Strength!!!???
God’s way or man’s way, Dick.
Hey Dick,
Did you get your hands on any of that lamborghini money?
Nice score on the body parts.
I am looking out for you.
Satan
Still waiting for the Catholic bishops to come out against these democrat baby killers instead of wasting their time on immigration sanctuary for illegals.
All indications are that Hebrew year 5778 is the start of the Time of Jacob’s Trouble. It starts on September 21, 2017.
Must not be a good Catholic if you believe in abortion...in fact, you cannot be a good Christian and believe in abortion...
If you’re following things, there is a vocal group doing everything in its power to oust Francis.
If you’re not following, i’m too lazy to go into detail :)
ebb tide seems to be an expert on all things bad wen it comes to Catholicism.
Maybe he/she can tell you who the good ones are :)
Put this in your pipe and smoke it:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3547013/posts
P.S. I haven’t seen you post one article, good or bad.
More shells falling from the peanut gallery.
Unless that women is not yet born, then its "sorry, we're gonna stick a scalpel in your head."
Il Cattolico Duce di stato New York, Cuomo, who never lets a day-go-by without saying something intolerable, said what the Illinois Catholic said but first and more comprehensively in the Nazi/Fascist mode.
“Their problem is not me and the Democrats; their problem is themselves,” he said. “Who are they? Are they these extreme conservatives who are right-to-life, pro-assault-weapon, anti-gay? Is that who they are? Because if that’s who they are and they’re the extreme conservatives, they have no place in the state of New York, because that’s not who New Yorkers are.” January 2014 and then he throws in some sanctuary cities in for good measure.
Obviously, il Duce di stato New York thinks he superior to the United States Constitution.
I still say if anyone says I’m a Christian and supports abortion is a liar. “1 John 3:15 Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.”
What can be more hateful than killing an innocent baby?
The 28 percent of Democrats who oppose abortion have no place in the Democratic party, according to two of the party’s leading figures.
"Well, bye."
I had a particular customer a few years ago (before she lost an election, and we lost that customer). From the crap around her office I could tell she was both a Roman Catholic, and a fervent Democrat. In fact, a huge fan of the Blessed Barak. (We're in Illinois, and State Senator B. Hussein Seotoro did make a campaign stop here during that pivotal election. The Democrat flocking behavious watching that was interesting.)
No, I don't know how she resolved the dissonance.
#New born babies lives matter!
Durbin sounds Irish Catholic.
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