Against the Deathocrats: A Catholic Manifesto
May 16th, 2007 by Dim BulbIn response to the Pope’s recent statement concerning Catholic politicians who support abortion 18 Deathocrats issued a repudiation of his words, saying in part that any punishment of Catholic politicians for pro-choice legislation “offends the very nature of the American experiment and does a great disservice to the centuries of good work the church has done.” In other words when Jochebed and Miriam, the mother and sister of Moses, hid him from Pharaoh’s murderous machinations intended to protect his own political interests, they were on the wrong side of “good work”. Ditto the Hebrew midwives. Ditto too, God, who blessed those midwives. And good St Joseph must have been truly unrighteous for his reprehensible actions, protecting the infant Jesus the way he did against the Herodian experiment in politically justifiable infanticide.
It’s very clear what these politico-abortionists are up to. They are trying to protect their status as pseudo-Catholics by hiding behind their political authority. In what they no doubt think is a brilliant ploy, they attempt to turn this into an Ecclesiastical usurpation of American politics. Here they show their deceit, or at least their stupidity; for one does not have to be a Catholic to be an American politician. To kick a Catholic politician out of the Church or deny him the Eucharist does not in any way hinder his actions as a politician.
I’ll try to make it real simple for these 18 dim-o-crats:
1) You DO NOT have to be a Catholic in good standing to be a politician.
2) You DO have to be a Catholic in good standing to validly receive the Eucharist.
3) Being denied the Eucharist or being excommunicated for not following the Church’s moral and sacramental teaching has no bearing on you as politicians and you’re being disingenuous for claiming otherwise. The very fact that you are already flouting the Church’s moral teaching shows that you have little if any real concern for the consequent disciplinary action of the Church.
4) By appealing to the “American experiment” and to your political positions you are attempting to thwart the Church’s mission and freedom. This attempt by you, members of the government, to hinder the Church’s mission and freedom is a direct violation of one of the founding ideals of this nation.
5) to repeat: you do not have to be Catholic to continue your support for baby-killers. You do have to be a good Catholic to receive communion.
Is this simple enough to sink into your heads or do you need funnels stuck into your ears and the information poured in?
Posted in Abortion/Pro Life |
May 16th, 2007 at 6:53 pm
I do believe that it would be hard for a practicing Roman Catholic to be elected to national office. How can anyone claim to be Catholic if they have chosen a Pro-Choice position? And that is just one of many non-negotiable topics that Catholic politicians have a moral duty to oppose. I know the “Catholic” politicians and those few in the conservative media like the sound bite of claiming to be Catholic. But their actions do not support that position.
Of course, a panel of Catholic bishops who studied what the Church’s response should be enables those “Catholic’s” in Washington, D.C. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington, DC, who says he would not be comfortable denying them the Eucharist, led this council.
Even John F. Kennedy stated, “I am not the Catholic candidate for president. I am the Democratic Party’s candidate who happens also to be Catholic. I do not speak for my church on public matters and the Church does not speak for me.”
All we can do is pray that the Holy Spirit descends upon them and brings them back to their faith. I will be praying for them all.
May 16th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
[...] Today Eighteen Catholic members of the U.S. House of Representatives have publicly criticized Pope Benedict XVI’s condemnation of politicians who support abortion rights. Please read, Against the Deathocrats: A Catholic Manifesto. [...]
May 16th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
Too many devout and faithful Catholics have served this country in too many capacities to conclude that being political and being Catholic are exclusive. However, many pseudo-Catholics have been in the vanguard of trying to convince people otherwise. Without the service of devout Catholics this country would have fallen a long time ago. Without us the freedom that allows the democrat party and the press to operate would have ceased a long time ago. The Catholic whores in that party and the press that pimps for them would do well to remember this. The liberal Catholics in conservative clothing currently running on the republican ticket would do well to remember it as well.
Thanks for the link Br. Michael.