Hi all,
I live in Ireland and the vote to relax the abortion law in Portugal was, to be honest, very disappointing but not all that unexpected.
In the European Union the wave of secularism and open hostility to catholicism/christianity or any religion for that matter (eg, banning of public display of religous symbols in France) is one of the most dictatorial things I’ve ever witnessed.
How blatently undemocratic! They didn’t get enough votes to make it legal, so they are just going to do it anyway?
Typical European Union style!!
This is nothing new!
Ireland rejected the NIce referendum in a Nationwide poll about 5 years ago. We were one of a few countries to do so.
Guess what happened???
The EU rejected our decision, and asked the irish government to repeat the ballot.
To my amazement the Irish government did repeat the poll and the ballot passed…shame on Ireland.
In any case, a top ranking EU official said the outcome of the second ballot was not an issue, as the EU would press ahead with implementing the Nice Treaty regardless of the result of the irish poll!
Blatently Undemocratic…wonderfully well put.
Even Pope JPII greatly lamented the fact the the EU constitution made no mention of God.
In the light of all I’ve said above, i really fear for Ireland and malta, and portugal as far as abortion and religious freedom is concerned. The European Union is probably the biggest threat to religion of any kind in europe today.
Most of all, I fear the fact that millions of childen will be murdered by these new laws.
I pray for these babies every time I attend mass.
Oh, by the way, within hours of the result of the ballot in Portugal last weekend, a strong earthquake struck off the Portugese coast.
Food for thought…