When California Is Right and Texas Is Wrong

The Stream ^ | 5/6/18 | John Zmirak

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California's Catholic bishops back pro-family groups. Texas's start a war with one.

America’s Catholic bishops have been rudderless for a lifetime. Unlucky for me. That lifetime was mine. Our bishops have mostly walked in lockstep with the Democratic party since. … The first Irishman got off the boat. Back in the 1940s, this wasn’t a problem. (Those bishops’ older brothers were Democratic ward captains. So it was probably inevitable.) But that party dumped the churchgoing working class for the New Left in 1968. Since then, this alliance has been a catastrophe.

Churchy progressivism serves as a Gospel replacement serum. It offers an option. Leave those icky, unpopular stands on sexual ethics in the closet. Instead echo the shiny opinions printed in The Washington Post. Just baptize them by sprinkling words like “Jesus,” “gospel,” and “solidarity.” At random. (Produce your own bishops conference statement at home. Use my Amazing Catholic B.S. Generator.)

California’s Bishops Defend the First Amendment

So when I see the words “Conference of Bishops” occur all together, I want to wrap my head in tinfoil and stick it in the microwave. For once, however, that impulse was out of place! Remember the new California law censoring speech on gay orientation? Well, the California bishops did the right thing. In the right way. In partnership with the best people.

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Bwahahah!.1968! The first thought that came through my mind was 1968, Reagan was Governor and Texas was the state of LBJ. Has nothing to do with the article, but I got a laugh out of it.