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Deacon Tom McDonnell pointed out that Democrat Rep. Brian Higgins, in attendance with his family, had voted in favour of legislation allowing federal funding for embryonic stem cell research and suggested that parishioners could talk to him about his vote. The Congressman and his family walked out of the church.

God bless the Deacon!

Rep. Brian Higgins was endorsed in 2006 by the National Abortion Rights Action League and Planned Parenthood for his support of abortion and related legislation. He complained that the homily was a “cheap shot” and designed to “drive a wedge” between him and the Church and implied that the Church, after the clergy sex abuse scandals, ought to remain silent on any political issue.

“The lesson here is that the Catholic Church has enough problems and should take greater care before allowing nonpriests [sic] to use the church as a forum to advance what clearly was a political agenda," Higgins said.

what a jackass.

The pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rev. Art Smith, competed with the bishop of Buffalo, Edward U. Kmiec, in the haste and abjectness of the apologies. Fr. Smith said he felt “horrible” that Higgins, with whom he is on a first-name basis, was moved to walk out of the church with his family. He complained that he had been turned away from a reception at Higgins’ house over the incident.

Rev. Smith said, “I'm hoping the deacon will somehow express his regret. He could have done the whole [homily] without publicly embarrassing Brian." Fr. Smith did not say whether, as Higgins’ pastor, he had in the past or planned in the future to speak to the Congressman about his moral obligations in voting.

Smith is a true embarrassment.

The Catholic church has a history of turning a blind eye toward pro-abortion, pro-homosexual Catholic politicians. Has one EVER been held account?