Catholic Bishops Continue to Meddle in Civil Law Policies

Not content with having supported the deprivation of CIVIL legal rights to gays in California and in some cases preaching that anyone voting for Barack Obama would go to Hell, the nasty, bitter old queens who comprise the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops now plan on trying to undermine the Obama administration. Specifically, the fetus worship bishops (who have no problem with the sexual molestation of minors unless the instances of abuse get picked up by the media) plan to oppose Obama on the issue of abortion rights, stem cell research and other policies the general public supports. Hopefully, the dioceses of the bishops preaching against Obama will be receiving a letter from the IRS and a visit from investigators addressing the issue of the dioceses' continued tax-exempt status. On other issues, I sincerely hope that the Obama administration finds ways to isolate the bishops and demonstrate that they are outside the mainstream of America. Here are highlights from the New York Times:

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The president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops told his fellow prelates Monday that while they should “rejoice” at the election of an African-American president, they should confront him over his support for abortion rights. . . . Cardinal George’s remarks were a repudiation of the “common good” approach to the abortion issue that President-elect Barack Obama and Democratic Party leaders, including some prominent Roman Catholics, honed in the recent election.

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Advocates of the “common good” approach say that, rather than outlawing abortion — which has polarized the American electorate for decades — they will try to reduce abortions by strengthening the social and economic safety net to enable more women to bring their pregnancies to term.

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After eight years of a Republican president who invoked Catholic language to cement his anti-abortion platform, the bishops are now confronting an incoming Democratic administration that has championed abortion rights. . . . In the closing months of the presidential race, several Catholic bishops skirted close to endorsing the Republican candidate for president, Senator John McCain, by proclaiming that Catholics could not in good conscience vote for a candidate who favored abortion rights.

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Nevertheless, after the election, exit polls found that 54 percent of Catholic voters had voted for the Obama-Biden ticket.