Posted on 07/06/2004 8:48:21 PM PDT by dano1
OPINION -- On Saturday, pro-abortion senator and presidential candidate John Kerry incredibly recited the John 3:16 of the pro-life movement, “I believe life does begin at conception.”
Kerry, under increasing pressure by Catholics to either denounce abortion or excommunicate himself, was explaining to the Dubuque Telegraph Herald how he could vote pro-abortion as a U.S. senator and still receive communion on Sundays. Kerry’s first action causes his second to be in direct violation of Catholic teaching.
“I oppose abortion, personally. I don’t like abortion. I believe life does begin at conception,” said Kerry. “But I can’t take my Catholic belief, my article of faith, and legislate it on a Protestant or a Jew or an atheist… who doesn’t share it. We have separation of church and state in the United States of America.”
Wait, John. If you believe life begins at conception, there can be no “but.” If your first statement is true, killing innocent human life after conception can only be called murder.
And then, would it matter to you what the law states? In 1857, the Supreme Court said blacks weren’t human. Would you have sided with the Supreme Court then, because it was the law?
Kerry’s admission brought new meaning to the term, "political animal."
Kerry tried to squirm out of the mess by saying his belief was one of religion, not morality.
But killing innocent humans isn’t a religious issue. Otherwise, Kerry would have to stand by as satanists committed child sacrifice, or cultists gave poisoned Kool-Aid to unsuspecting friends.
Perhaps Kerry would stand by if those satanists and cultists were registered Democrats.
In actuality, hand-wringing Kerry has voted 79 times in support of abortion during his tenure in the Senate, according to the National Right to Life Committee.
In all, angst-filled Kerry voted six times against the Partial Birth Abortion Ban.
Poor Kerry was recently forced to vote against the Unborn Victims of Violence Act. Kerry missed 118 of 132 Senate votes in the last year, according to the Associated Press. But his commitment to uphold abortion law in opposition to his personal beliefs compelled him to fly in for that one.
To do so Kerry had to ignore the pleas of Laci Peterson’s mother and Connor Peterson’s grandmother, Sharon Rocha, who reminded him, "two bodies... washed up in San Francisco Bay.”
It must have torn Kerry apart on the inside, unlike aborted babies who are torn apart on the outside, when this past spring he was the first ever presidential candidate endorsed by the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. Receiving their money must be painful.
When Kerry attended a feminist dinner this spring, he must have intended a double entendre when in his speech he said, "More than 30 years after Roe v. Wade became the law of the land, it has never been more at risk than it is today." Feminists apparently had no clue he secretly dreams for that day.
I do wonder why Kerry told the Associated Press earlier this year, "I am proud that I am the only presidential candidate to pledge that I will support only pro-choice judges to the Supreme Court."
And why did he say his first executive order as President would be to reverse the Mexico City policy, which requires organizations receiving U.S. funds to neither commit nor promote abortion in other nations?
These actions don’t sound like those of someone forced to support abortion against his will.
On Sunday, John Kerry received communion at the Church of the Resurrection, a Catholic parish in Dubuque.
Reverend Joseph Hauer introduced Kerry and pro-abortion Catholic Governor Tom Vilsack, using Scripture as his guide: “When it said Jesus sent out his disciples two by two to visit towns, we find the biblical purpose for political advancement," Hauer said, according to the Telegraph Herald.
After Mass, with the Holy Eucharist still in his stomach, Kerry marched in an Independence Day parade, handing out candy to children he voted to potentially allow killed when they were younger.
Then Kerry played baseball with other children he voted to potentially allow killed on the spot where the movie, Field of Dreams, was filmed.
Later that night, Kerry joked with supporters about the premature prediction of his Iowa Caucus demise earlier this year. The Washington Post said he teased, “I was being mentioned on the obituary pages here,” before staging a comeback victory.
At least Kerry will someday get an obituary, unlike millions of aborted children whose deaths he is partially responsible for.
I hope Kerry has a change of heart before that obit is written. Oh, wait. He says his heart is in the right place; he just can't help how he acts.
Laura Ingraham calls people like Kerry "but monkeys."
That's like running as anti-war and saying you would go to war if it was voted for.
Great article. Kerry really does believe he can have it both
ways.
never hurts to congratulate the author
and the editor/owner
"What are your thoughts concerning the issues raised in this story? Write a letter to the editor at letters@illinoisleader.com"
STANEK: Get off your "but," John Kerry
Tuesday, July 06, 2004
By Jill Stanek (Jill@illinoisleader.com)
Why not? You could legislate tax increases. You could legislate for war in Iraq before you legislate against it. You could do a lot of legislating; are you never supposed to believe in what you legislate? What you say doesn't add up.
Perhaps Kerry just doesn't care about children. After all, he got an "annulment" from his first marriage, didn't he? But wait....there were two children in that marriage, so how could he get an annulment? Or does that just make the children expendable, illegitimate, or do they somehow just "disappear" as aborted children do?
This should be HUGE news, but of course, it will not be, will it.
Very depressing isn't it?!
It's just hard to believe that Kerry could say he believes life begins at conception, and then promise to appoint only pro-abortion judges to the Supreme Court.
got a nice reply from her
" Am hoping column is hyperlinked in World Net Daily soon."
Devastating. Great find and post.
Ping
Reverend Joseph Hauer introduced Kerry and pro-abortion Catholic Governor Tom Vilsack, using Scripture as his guide: “When it said Jesus sent out his disciples two by two to visit towns, we find the biblical purpose for political advancement," Hauer said, according to the Telegraph Herald.
Anyone belong to Fr. Hauer's parish?
ARCHDIOCESAN OFFICIALS
ARCHBISHOP OF DUBUQUE — Most Rev. Jerome Hanus, O.S.B., S.T.L., FirstClass-DBQCAB
VICAR GENERAL — Rev. Msgr. James O. Barta, Ph.D., FirstClass-DBQCVGD
JUDICIAL VICAR — Rev. Thomas R. Zinkula, J.D., J.C.L., FirstClass-DBQCJV
Annulment does NOT make children of a lawful marriage that has ended in divorce illegitimate!! He may be a scumbag for supporting abortion, he may even be a scumbag for leaving his first wife, but he has NOT made his children illegitimate!
I wish the reporters would question him for the truth. Dream on.
Cardinal Ratzinger said, "The minister of Holy Communion must refuse to distribute it."
Kerry cited in Catholic heresy case
MEDIA SUING TO OPEN KERRY'S SEALED DIVORCE PAPERS
Teresa on the Stump, Teresa Heinz Kerry, from Mozambique, PRO-ABORTION Catholic, UN Employee, etc.
Teresa Heinz Kerry, Drummond Pike and the Communist TIDES FOUNDATION
The Bible and homosexuality [Kerry thinks the bible is for homosexuality]
Kerry’s Dirty Deeds (How, pray tell, do they comport with religious belief
Catholic Pro-Abortion, Pro-Homosexual
Catholic and 100% Pro Abortion
CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH
DOCTRINAL NOTE
on some questions regarding
The Participation of Catholics in Political Life
Living the Gospel of Life:
A Challenge to American Catholics
A Statement by the Catholic Bishops of the United States
Faithful Citizenship:
Civic Responsibility for a New Millennium
Canon Law and Abortion
Sign Petition: To Excommunicate Pro-Abortion Catholic Politicians
The Gospel of Life--Evangelium Vitae
Herod's Heroes, Sign Petition
Kerry, Candidate and Catholic, Creates Uneasiness for Church
A Primer on Canon 915 Can. 915 Those upon whom the penalty of excommunication or interdict has been imposed or declared, and others who obstinately persist in manifest grave sin, are not to be admitted to holy communion
Catholics Against Kerry
1400 Ecclesial communities derived from the Reformation and separated from the Catholic Church, "have not preserved the proper reality of the Eucharistic mystery in its fullness, especially because of the absence of the sacrament of Holy Orders."236 It is for this reason that Eucharistic intercommunion with these communities is not possible for the Catholic Church. However these ecclesial communities, "when they commemorate the Lord's death and resurrection in the Holy Supper . . . profess that it signifies life in communion with Christ and await his coming in glory."237
Can. 844 §1. Catholic ministers administer the sacraments licitly to Catholic members of the Christian faithful alone, who likewise receive them licitly from Catholic ministers alone, without prejudice to the prescripts of §§2, 3, and 4 of this canon, and ⇒ can. 861, §2.
Sin to vote for pro-abortion politicians?
By Father Matthew Habiger, OSB
Kerry Will Hold Pro-Abortion Rally Prior to Sunday's Abortion March
The Deadly Dozen CALIFORNIA’S DEADLY DOZEN Crusade for the Defense of our Church
God help him. God help us. God save the children.
Determining Grounds of NullityOr does that just make the children expendable, illegitimate, or do they somehow just "disappear" as aborted children do?Insufficient use of reason (Canon 1095, 10)
You or your spouse did not know what was happening during the marriage ceremony because of insanity, mental illness, or a lack of consciousness.
Grave lack of discretionary judgment concerning essential matrimonial rights and duties (Canon 1095, 20)
You or your spouse was affected by some serious circumstances or factors that made you unable to judge or evaluate either the decision to marry or the ability to create a true marital relationship.
Psychic-natured incapacity to assume marital obligations (Canon 1095, 30)
You or your spouse, at the time of consent, was unable to fulfill the obligations of marriage because of a serious psychological disorder or other condition.
Ignorance about the nature of marriage (Canon 1096, sec. 1)
You or your spouse did not know that marriage is a permanent relationship between a man and a woman ordered toward the procreation of offspring by means of some sexual cooperation.
Error of person (Canon 1097, sec. 1)
You or your spouse intended to marry a specific individual who was not the individual with whom marriage was celebrated. (For example, mail order brides; otherwise, this rarely occurs in the United States.)
Error about a quality of a person (Canon 1097, sec. 2)
You or your spouse intended to marry someone who either possessed or did not possess a certain quality, e.g., social status, marital status, education, religious conviction, freedom from disease, or arrest record. That quality must have been directly and principally intended.
Fraud (Canon 1098)
You or your spouse was intentionally deceived about the presence or absence of a quality in the other. The reason for this deception was to obtain consent to marriage.
Total willful exclusion of marriage (Canon 1101, sec. 2)
You or your spouse did not intend to contract marriage as the law of the Catholic Church understands marriage. Rather, the ceremony was observed solely as a means of obtaining something other than marriage itself, e.g., to obtain legal status in the country or to legitimize a child.
Willful exclusion of children (Canon 1101, sec. 2)
You or your spouse married intending, either explicitly or implicitly, to deny the other's right to sexual acts open to procreation.
Willful exclusion of marital fidelity (Canon 1101, 12)
You or your spouse married intending, either explicitly or implicitly, not to remain faithful.
Willful exclusion of marital permanence (Canon 1101, sec. 2)
You or your spouse married intending, either explicitly or implicitly, not to create a permanent relationship, retaining an option to divorce.
Future condition (Canon 1102, sec. 2)
You or your spouse attached a future condition to your decision to marry, e.g., you will complete your education, your income will be at a certain level, you will remain in this area.
Past condition (Canon 1102, sec. 2)
You or your spouse attached a past condition so your decision to marry and that condition did not exist; e.g., I will marry you provided that you have never been married before, I will marry you provided that you have graduated from college.
Present condition (Canon 1102, sec. 2)
You or your spouse attached a present condition to your decision to marry and that condition did not exist, e.g., I will marry you provided you don't have any debt.
Force (Canon 1103)
You or your spouse married because of an external physical or moral force that you could not resist.
Fear (1103)
You or your spouse chose to marry because of fear that was grave and inescapable and was caused by an outside source.
Error regarding marital unity that determined the will (1099)
You or your spouse married believing that marriage was not necessarily an exclusive relationship.
Error regarding marital indissolubility that determined the will (Canon 1099)
You or your spouse married believing that civil law had the power to dissolve marriage and that remarriage was acceptable after civil divorce.
Error regarding marital sacramental dignity that determined the will (Canon 1099)
You and your spouse married believing that marriage is not a religious or sacred relationship but merely a civil contract or arrangement.
Lack of new consent during convalidation (Canons 1157,1160)
After your civil marriage, you and your spouse participated in a Catholic ceremony and you or your spouse believed that (1) you were already married, (2) the Catholic ceremony was merely a blessing, and (3) the consent given during. the Catholic ceremony had no real effect
In the eyes of Christ and His Church, no child is expendable or illegitimate.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.