The Bishops do speak out.
That’s a charitable way of putting it.
Excellent point.
Here is the problem. The left and the media are constantly calling the mandate CONTRACEPTIVES. They say Santorum is against contraceptives. They leave off the abortion and sterilization part. They leave off the Constitutionality of the mandate.
Even if it were only contraceptives, it’s still the case that government is sticking its nose in on the issue. The HHS mandate is exactly that: a mandate. We can quibble about what it’s mandating but that is the nature of government, it mandates.
Yes we’ve said this over and over on this Forum. The LEFT puts it as “denying women’s healthcare” so we have to respond and call them out. Aside from that it’s not about healthcare at all it’s about the Constitution. We need to keep the focus on the real issue which any American, whether or not they agree with a specific religious belief, can support.Here is the problem. The left and the media are constantly calling the mandate CONTRACEPTIVES. They say Santorum is against contraceptives. They leave off the abortion and sterilization part. They leave off the Constitutionality of the mandate.
I heard something today, and I can’t remember where. I know it couldn’t have been on NPR, which is the only radio station I listened to today. It said the Obama administration is trying to pit women against the Catholic Church.
Don’t get me started on that. “Where are the Women?” lie.responding to all my **Facebook friends **who keep promoting that “it’s men telling women what to do with their bodies,” responding to people at work and even in church who seem to be in a fog about what the LEFT Is doing with this and other issues.
We just have to keep speaking up and speaking the truth. The enemy is powerful and has the MSM but we serve a higher power
Lisa
Oh, without a doubt. Their strategy is to pretend that opposition to the HHS mandate is equal to banning contraceptives which, of course, is a “women’s issue” that all right-thinking women will oppose.
This is 100% correct. Its straight out of the community organizer playbook and has been for a long time.
The plan that our administration and its supporters are currently following is straight out of the socialist playbook. The radical Left in Mexico, Europe, Asia. . .all of them have targeted the Church for a variety of reasons. The big one being that the Church stands in the way of the socialist agenda they are pushing.
It’s not working. I see Catholics and their separated brethren uniting behind the bishops. It’s already back-firing.
I see similar things but it remains to be seen whether it is: A) true (polling shows little in the way of change among Catholics on issues of abortion and contraception, and; B) lasting. We have short memories and are not good about sustaining long term change on these sorts of things. As a culture, America does not do this well.
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Democrats—fall in line with whatever their presidents or party heads advocate. I see it again and again, and it never ceases to amaze me. Sure, Republicans will do this, too. But it really does seem worse among Democrats—or at least that’s my longtime observation.
America Magazine opines that the bishops need to be more pastoral and not so political.
That’s worse than rubbish, it’s ignorant rubbish.
Thank you for posting this. It is inspiring and thank heavens for courageous priests and bishops.
Wow, can’t believe this priest is so bold. I was puzzled why “reproductive services” were targeted. This priest tells it all.