Maybe because they need to pander for votes to hold office? George Wallace was never the segregationist his rhetoric would suggest.How is it that whenever there are politicians advocating prolife and are outspoken they usually politicians who are from the Protestant religion. Yet we have the Kennedy’s/Pelosi’s, who advocate a woman’s right to choose and then state they are devout Catholics. Is this an oxymoron?
So, is your point these types of Catholic pols really do not believe what they say? They sacrifice their beliefs for votes?Maybe because they need to pander for votes to hold office? George Wallace was never the segregationist his rhetoric would suggest.
It shouldn’t baffle us. When Catholics fall, they fall much further than Protestants can:What I am trying to figure out is we as Catholics in our parishes petition our government to not allow Obama to sign into law FOCA. Yet, our Catholic Politicians are pushing to have this bill signed into law. This baffles me.
As for why there aren’t more faithful Catholics in office:1 Corinthians 11
27Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. 28A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. 29For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself.
John 15
18"If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you." (NIV)
They are? My understanding is that FOCA has no momentum, and that the only people talking about it are those who consider themselves pro-life.Yet, our Catholic Politicians are pushing to have this bill signed into law.
You my friend are misinformed. We just had another request this time from our Bishop to encourage our State Senators, who by the way are pro-choice, to please change their vote and not support the FOCA that President-Elect Obama said he will sign as soon as he becomes president. With a Democratic Majority Congress, and the House Speaker, who already stated that she is prochoice. This bill will not be pushed aside it will be up front and center to be inked by Obama.They are? My understanding is that FOCA has no momentum, and that the only people talking about it are those who consider themselves pro-life.
Yes, I know of Obama’s infamous quote from 2007, but is there any evidence that Congress is going to push FOCA this session? It seems to me that FOCA would be a low priority given all the other pressing issues the US needs to address.
I don’t mean to be annoying, and admit I may be misinformed, so I am asking for information. What is your evidence for believing that FOCA will be pushed during this legislative session?You my friend are misinformed. …This bill will not be pushed aside it will be up front and center to be inked by Obama.
Look at this man’s record, he voted against legislation that would save the lives of innocent babies who were born alive in botched abortions THREE TIMES.I don’t mean to be annoying, and admit I may be misinformed, so I am asking for information. What is your evidence for believing that FOCA will be pushed during this legislative session?
i heard part of a talk on al kresta recently by a woman who wrote a book about how the kennedy clan helped to make abortion rights “respectable”.How is it that whenever there are politicians advocating prolife and are outspoken they usually politicians who are from the Protestant religion. Yet we have the Kennedy’s/Pelosi’s, who advocate a woman’s right to choose and then state they are devout Catholics. Is this an oxymoron?
Anne Hendershott’s WSJ article
Obama has promised this will be one of the first things he signs into law. So it is by his promise that we worry about it.I don’t mean to be annoying, and admit I may be misinformed, so I am asking for information. What is your evidence for believing that FOCA will be pushed during this legislative session?
His new executive order and the tons of money that Congress is sending to Planned Parenthood is evidence of how things will go. FOCA may not go through the miles as a single entity, but pieces of it may be attached to other legislation. This so as not to give the pro-life bishops a cause celebre that will force the other bishops to make a stand.Obama has promised this will be one of the first things he signs into law. So it is by his promise that we worry about it.