Rhode Island parish priest puts out list of pro-abortion legislators, says they can't receive communion. Legislator named strikes out against him

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To be cynical? Agreed. From the interwebzs:
"The term “snowflake generation” was one of Collins English Dictionary’s 2016 words of the year. Collins defines the term as “the young adults of the 2010s, viewed as being less resilient and more prone to taking offence than previous generations”
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So, someone as old as a political representative who protests being outed as an unfaithful Catholic is what, a Senior Snowflake? Snowflake Emeritus?
 
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So, according to the HSE Crisis Pregnancy Programme, 3.6 is the rate if we take into account only the abortions performed in the UK to women with an Irish address. To that figure we have to add the number of abortions performed in Ireland in accordance to the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013, which was 26 in 2015, and also those performed in the Netherlands, 16 in 2014 (we have no figures for 2015). The rate is still 3.6. […] This is an underestimation as we need to take into consideration also the number of Irish women who might be buying the abortion pill online rather than going to the UK. […] [A]dd it to the numbers above we have about 5,500 abortions in 2015, which correspond to a generously estimated abortion rate of 5.7 . This means 5.7 abortions per 1,000 women in Ireland aged 19-44.
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No of course not. But by the same logic you should not pass innumerable laws designed merely to annoy, but not deter, thieves. And putting massive amounts of energy into anti-theft legislation might be unwise.
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Fine. Then homicides and drunk driving.
 
Thank you. Most interesting. Now You have helped me with those stats I’ll delve around and see if ‘with an Irish address’ is equivalent to ‘Irish women’. I don’t know but there might well be a practice of stating a UK address for such procedures.

The rate from these stats is certainly low in comparison.
 
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I don’t know but there might well be a practice of stating a UK address for such procedures.
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Why would they? The Irish state wouldn’t go after women for crossing the Irish Sea to have an abortion.
 
Except for one post, I think, this thread has settled into the familiar old debate about abortion and the law. Fine, but there is more to the OP.

May I redirect our attention toward the second part of the thread title? Legislator named strikes out against him. From the article:
The fliers were met with severe criticism from several state lawmakers, including Democratic state Rep. Carol McEntee who received a letter at her home. She called on Bucci to resign and she demanded that Bishop Thomas Tobin issue an apology.

“Both Father Bucci and Bishop Tobin need to be reminded that the U.S. Constitution requires the separation of church and state," said McEntee, who represents Narragansett and South Kingstown.
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I find it rather worrisome when government tries to shut down religion. Next thing you know, they’ll label it as hate speech and throw us in jail.

Rep. Carol McEntee also puts a self-serving twist on the principle of separation of church and state. It never meant that priests or other people of faith can’t demand justice for the unborn, or enforce consequences in the area of religion.
 
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I used the wrong name, it’s Rep Carol McEntee in the article who had the sister who accused the former priest. I can’t edit the post but the right name is in the news article.
Error on my part, sorry for any confusion.
 
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The Constitution requires the separation of church and state? News to me.

The establishment clause, contrary to popular opinion, does not mandate separation of church and state.

I believe the first use of that phrase when it comes to an elected US official would have been in a private letter of Thomas Jefferson to some concerned church leaders.

But “the Constitution?” I don’t think so. Certainly not in so many words, and not at all with regard to ‘outlawing’ religion. Not at all.

I know YOU didn’t say this, Beryllos, but whoever wrote that article seems to be a bit confused.
 
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Social Studies was not my strong subject. 😉
 
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Nor that of Rep. Carol McEntee in Rhode Island, elected official, apparently. How embarrassing.
 
Everyone gets mad at something petty at some point.
 
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No child (chronological of emotional) enjoys correction. In this case the politician is a sworn public servant who is intended to formulate the law. Clearly, such persons are affected far more by emotion than by cognition. Once their Catholic identity has been rightly challenged, their hope of using that to gain votes is seriously threatened.

The point is to call them back to a right relationship with God. I hope and pray that is the ultimate consequence.
 
Life is an ongoing challenge for us to master our passions. Each of us at different stages along the journey. However, to consciously plan a public outburst does seem to go beyond the pale.

Prayers ascending - that’s all I can do.
 
It seems to me that the pastor would have to show the law the person voted on, which directly supports or promotes abortion.

I remember Bishop Tobin from Providence RI on Hardball with Chris Matthews. The Bishop told Patrick Kennedy not to receive Holy Communion.

Matthews asked the Bishop if he had the druthers, would he write a law banning all abortions ? The Bishop said, yes he would. However, the Bishop got caught when trying to say what the penalty would be for those who break the law. He couldn’t and said he’d leave that to the experts. Matthews said, but your telling a member of Congress how they’re suppose to do it.
 
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