Catholics Open Can-O-Whoopass On Nancy Pelosi’s Abortion Of Catholicism
Author: Michael Eden
About the Author: The Party of Kennedy is NOT the Party of Pelosi. The Democratic Party has radically degenerated into a socialistic and postmodern perversion of its former place in American political thought. In place of Judeo-Christian values they embrace secular humanism; in place of a strong national defense they embrace a reliance upon internationalism; in place of a strong family they embrace a radical abortion agenda that increasingly includes outright infanticide.
I can't sit idly by and watch the culture war pass me by. It is time to choose sides. As Joshua 24:15 puts it, "choose this day whom you will serve."
Polls have shown that the more committed one is to (any) religious belief, the more conservative one tends to be politically. One’s views toward religion profoundly affect one’s commitment to political, social, and moral issues. In my articles, I seek to argue in favor of a religion-friendly view of culture, morality, and politics. Read more from this authorThanks for helping Catholics understand how hateful Democrats actually are against religion, Nancy! Kick start the DNC with a statement of foolishness and hate.
Pelosi - after making sure she was represented as speaking as a Catholic - was so unrelentingly stupid, and so full of blatant lies, on a crucial issue to the Catholic Christian worldview that you knew a response was coming.
Edward Cardinal Egan, Archbishop of New York, was one of the Catholic leaders to refute Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s incredibly stupid view of Catholic thought on abortion:
Statement on Remarks by Speaker Pelosi
August 26, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 26, 2008
STATEMENT OF HIS EMINENCE, EDWARD CARDINAL EGAN CONCERNING REMARKS MADE BY THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Like many other citizens of this nation, I was shocked to learn that the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States of America would make the kind of statements that were made to Mr. Tom Brokaw of NBC-TV on Sunday, August 24, 2008. What the Speaker had to say about theologians and their positions regarding abortion was not only misinformed; it was also, and especially, utterly incredible in this day and age.
We are blessed in the 21st century with crystal-clear photographs and action films of the living realities within their pregnant mothers. No one with the slightest measure of integrity or honor could fail to know what these marvelous beings manifestly, clearly, and obviously are, as they smile and wave into the world outside the womb. In simplest terms, they are human beings with an inalienable right to live, a right that the Speaker of the House of Representatives is bound to defend at all costs for the most basic of ethical reasons. They are not parts of their mothers, and what they are depends not at all upon the opinions of theologians of any faith. Anyone who dares to defend that they may be legitimately killed because another human being “chooses” to do so or for any other equally ridiculous reason should not be providing leadership in a civilized democracy worthy of the name.
Edward Cardinal Egan
Archbishop of New York
Nancy Pelosi “should not be providing leadership in a civilized democracy worthy of the name.”
That’s why devout evangelical Protestants like myself love devout evangelical Catholics.
See my piece, “Pope Pelosi Issues New Papal Decree Re: Catholic Stance On Abortion” for Pelosi’s blatant misrepresentation of her own professed religion for despicable political purposes.
It’s whoop-ass day for Nancy Pelosi. The Catholic League weighed in over her terrible lies as well:
On yesterday’s NBC-TV show, “Meet the Press,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked to comment on when life begins. Here is what she said: “I would say that as an ardent, practicing Catholic, this is an issue that I have studied for a long time. And what I know is, over the centuries, the doctors of the Church have not been able to make that definition.”
When Tom Brokaw told her that the Catholic Church “feels very strongly” that life begins at conception, Pelosi said, “I understand. And this is like maybe 50 years or something like that. So again, over the history of the Church, this is an issue of controversy.”
Catholic League president Bill Donohue responded as follows:
“Here is what the Catechism of the Catholic Church says: ‘Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception.’ It also says, ‘Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable.’ Looks like Pelosi didn’t study the subject long enough. But not to worry: We are sending her a copy of Catholicism for Dummies today (the Catechism is like maybe a bit advanced).
“Whether Joe Biden is as ignorant of what his religion teaches remains to be seen. What is not in doubt is the enthusiasm which NARAL showed when he was selected to join the ticket. The radical pro-abortion group was delighted, as were the radical pro-abortion delegates to the Democratic convention: as reported in today’s New York Times, 64 percent of Americans reject abortion-on-demand, yet only 23 percent of the delegates do. It is only fitting, then, that NARAL’s president will speak today at the Convention and Planned Parenthood’s president will speak tomorrow.
“So there we have it: the man running for president on the Democratic ticket supports selective infanticide, his running mate is a pro-abortion Catholic, the delegates are wildly out of step with Americans on abortion and the Speaker of the House hasn’t a clue what her religion teaches on the subject.”
The Pope has already spoken on the subject. A Reuters article titled, “Pope warns Catholic Politicians Who Back Abortion” says:
Under Church law, someone who knowingly does or backs something which the Church considers a grave sin, such as abortion, inflicts what is known as “automatic excommunication” on themselves.
The Pope said parliamentarians who vote in favor of abortion have “doubts about the value of life and the beauty of life and even a doubt about the future”.
“Selfishness and fear are at the root of (pro-abortion) legislation,” he said. “We in the Church have a great struggle to defend life…life is a gift not a threat.”
“ALWAYS A GIFT”
The Pope’s comments appear to raise the stakes in the debate over whether Catholic politicians can support abortion or gay marriage and still consider themselves proper Catholics.
In recent months, the Vatican has been accused of interference in Italy for telling Catholic lawmakers to oppose a draft law that would grant some rights to unwed and gay couples.
During the 2004 presidential election, the U.S. Catholic community was split over whether to support Democratic candidate John Kerry, himself a Catholic who backed abortion rights.
Some Catholics say they personally would not have an abortion but feel obliged to support a woman’s right to choose.
But the Church, which teaches that life begins at the moment of conception and that abortion is murder, says Catholics cannot have it both ways.
“The Church says life is beautiful, it is not something to doubt but it is a gift even when it is lived in difficult circumstances. It is always a gift,” the Pope said.
Catholics, please be true to your religion: vote out the Party of Death. Vote out the Demagogic Party. Get rid of these blatant blasphemers and cast your vote for life.
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I am grateful that the Catholic Church stepped up to the plate on this issue. In direct and tangible ways, murdering the unborn cheapens the life of those who are born.Hopefully, the crassness of Obama’s support for abortion will awaken people to what is behind the fuzzy Madison Avenue phrase “pro choice”.
If unborn babies don’t merit human rights, no one does.
The Nazis had a phrase: Lebensunwertes Leben (Life unworthy of life). And they systematically murdered millions of human beings after dehumanizing them.
All over the world, human beings have murdered other human beings after saying they didn’t qualify to be deemed human.
From an Article I wrote called, “In Defense of Life.”
http://startthinkingright.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/in-defense-of-life/
“Take a moment and consider the taxonomic system by which every living thing is rigorously categorized and classified. By that system a human embryo is of the kingdom Anamalia, of the phylum Chordata, of the class Mammalia, of the order Primate, of the family Pongidae, of the genus Homo, and of the species Sapiens - same as any other human being. Put even more simply, that embryo is a human by virtue of its parents, and a being by the fact that it is a living thing: it is a human being.”
Pro-abortionists don’t really give a damn about the fact that they are killing the most innocent of human lives. All they care about is “choice.” The same people who want to tax, regulate, and control damn near everything.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH—finally the catholics are SPEAKING UP—AGAIN the MSM is not giving this story attention because it would hurt the democrats—DISGRACEFUL—people like pelosi bank on the average person that is listening being UNINFORMED–even what she said about Roe vs Wade was wrong—yes various people in the church over its long history disagree even doctors–but no one doctor of the church establishes what the church preaches and not every single word the doctor says is doctorine–no one doctor represents the church–the CHURCH and SCIENCE are abundantly clear—before the moment of conception you don’t exist and at the moment of conception the color of your eyes and your fingerprint exist and everything else exist—she is a real idiot and the thought that her and obama and reid could be running the country soon should mobilize people
Republican’s have given lip-service to ending abortions for 35 yrs. When did McCain decide life started at conception? Not until after he lost the primary to Bush in 2000.
In 1999, McCain did not care about murdering babies
GovWatch 1999: Don’t force women to have illegal operations Top McCain Flip Flops: #4. Roe vs Wade:
Aug 1999, McCain told the San Francisco Chronicle that he would “not support repeal of Roe vs Wade” because it would force women to undergo illegal operations
JOHN McCAIN PRO LIFE WHAT A JOKE
http://www.newswithviews.com/baldwin/baldwin465.htm
Dr. Chuck Baldwin 8/22/08
Once again, “pro-life” Christians are doing back flips to try and justify their compromise of the life issue by trying to convince everyone (including themselves) that McCain is truly pro-life. However, these same people know in their hearts that McCain shares no fidelity to the life issue in any significant or meaningful way. Like many in the Republican Party, McCain’s commitment to life is about as deep as a mud puddle
the “pro-life” GOP controlled the entire federal government from 2000 to 2006 and nothing was done to overturn Roe v. Wade or end legal abortion-on-demand? When Bush took the oath of office in January of 2001, over one million innocent unborn babies were being murdered in the wombs of their mothers every year via legal abortions in this country. When Bush leaves office in January of 2009, over one million innocent unborn babies would still be murdered in the wombs of their mothers every year via legal abortions in this country
Had McCain & his fellow Republicans truly wanted to end legal abortion, they could have passed Congressman Ron Paul’s Sanctity of Life Act.
How can McCain, & his fellow Republicans in D.C., look pro-life Christians and conservatives in the eye in 2008 and expect that we take them seriously when they say that they are “pro-life”?
The reason they did not do it is because they did not want to do it. They merely want to use “pro-life” rhetoric as a campaign tool to dupe gullible Christian voters every election year. The disgusting thing about it is–it works
Jim,
I read the article you provided. It did not mention the fact that the Supreme Court took the power of Congress to legislate against Roe v. Wade. Sick and disgusting as it is, it is up to our black robed masters to overturn what they created. Any legislation that Congress passed would almost certainly have been ruled “unconstitutional” by a Court that holds that the Constitution is pretty much whatever the hell they say it is.
McCain voted for the judge the article mentions at a time when Republicans naively believed that if they were fair with Democrats, Democrats would be fair with them. So they voted to confirm judges that passed the basic muster of competence. And the Democrats responded by “Borking” Robert Bork (destroying him without cause) and nearly doing the same to Clarence Thomas. Don’t give Democrats a break, because rest assured, they will never give you one.
John McCain has a 0% rating by NARAL, so he must be doing something right. While I am personally opposed to embryonic stem cell research, I can understand why some politicians say that embryos that are already going to be destroyed might as well be used for research. It is trying to make the best of two terrible alternatives.
I’m a “Christian voter,” but I don’t consider myself anybody’s dupe. I would like Republicans to be more courageous on abortion. That goes without saying. But I also know that bad as they are, they are a hell of a lot better on the subject than liberals.
This article seems to come from the perspective of someone who says, “If I can’t have absolutely everything I want, I will give up everything and cut off my nose to spite my face.” I’m just not one of those people. In politics, I fight for the best I can get, and then hold my nose and vote accordingly…
Oops.
I forgot to mention. Regardless of John McCain’s abortion position, I don’t think he’s the one that called himself an “ardent, practicing Catholic” and then go on to so horribly butcher Catholic history and theology that you’d have to say she’s completely insane. Nancy Pelosi, btw, has a 100% NARAL rating.
So it’s just not that hard for me to pick who’s worse on abortion. I’m sorry Jim is having such a tough time figuring it out.
I’m starting to support McCain (which is a surprise to me). But what I really want most is that woman and everyone like her gone.
Actually, Michael, I don’t think that it’s that Nancy Pelosi is against religioin. It’s that she doesn’t think there’s room for God and His opinions/laws/precepts in her life. Or that, simply, since she’s elevated herself up to His, or draggred Him down to her level, there’s simply too little room for Him and her in the same reality.
What she’s done, for sure, is show her evilness about and hatred for life.
You wonder: What was the probability of her showing her tuchas about abortion at a time when Obama — or Soetoro, or Dunham, or whatever his real name might be — needed it least?
Was this calculated?
If so, is there no one around her to counsel her on what a apostate and biblical fool she really is?
The amazing thing is that after legions of Catholic historians and theologians refuted her claims, Pelosi issued a statement that she was sticking to her position.
Facts don’t matter. The truth doesn’t matter. Reality doesn’t matter. Morality doesn’t matter.
The Democratic Party has become incredibly dangerous because it has been hijacked by radical leftist moral fools like the Speaker of the House.