Infuriating!

[cathgal]

http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=11555

[m134e5]

Please give some kind of summary when you post links to articles.

It was during the second day of questioning that Sam Alito's wife broke down, wept and left the room after hearing Sen. Kennedy imply that her husband was a bigot.

…Kennedy's evidence?

In 1985, Sam Alito belonged to Concerned Alumni of Princeton. He had joined to protest the ouster of ROTC from campus. Alito was neither an officer nor active, but like future Sen. Bill Bradley, he joined.

What were CAP's sins? Headed by National Review publisher William Rusher, CAP had a magazine called Prospect that carried an essay opposing affirmative action and regretting that Princeton had ever gone co-ed.

Yet support for single-sex education, as practiced at Smith and dozens of women's colleges, is hardly a mark of bigotry. And opposition to affirmative action and quotas is core conservative dogma.

So, what is going on here? Answer: a smear. Because Judge Alito belonged to an alumni group that had a magazine which had an offensive article, he must share those views. Therefore, he is a bigot and the Senate must reject him as morally unqualified to sit on the Supreme Court.

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Why are the Democrats disgracing themselves and disgusting decent people with such tactics? Why are they desperate to kill the nomination of Sam Alito?

The answer…is abortion. By the end of the third day of hearings, analysts had toted up the questions. The subject that had been brought up in more questions than any other was abortion. Why? Because, as Sen. Chuck Schumer fears, Judge Alito may just vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. For Alito has said that while he respects precedents and has an "open mind," Roe v. Wade is not some "super-duper precedent" or "inexorable command." And Sam's mom, in her 90s, when asked where her son stands on abortion, replied, "Of course, he's against it." Why has the Democratic Party become a party of fanatics on abortion? Because the feminists of NARAL and NOW regard abortion as a sacrament and will cut dead any Democrat who fails to protect a woman's "right to choose" to kill her unborn baby. Which brings us to the unspoken issue here. Judge Alito is Catholic. If confirmed, he will join three other Catholics on the bench: Chief Justice John Roberts, and Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, who have already voted to overturn Roe.…Query: Why is the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops so deathly silent in this war of Catholics to decide if abortion on demand is to remain the law of the land forever in God's Country?...Where is Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington, who was designated to address the moral obligations of Catholic politicians? When John Kerry ran as the Democratic nominee, McCarrick's task force refused to tell priests to deny him Communion. Suddenly, pro-abortion Kerry was seen at the altar rail and won half the Catholic vote. …What should bishops do when Catholic politicians fight to uphold a decision that has caused the slaughter of thousands of times as many Holy Innocents as were massacred by King Herod? Cardinal McCarrick urged "new efforts to teach clearly, advocate effectively, organize and mobilize Catholic laity, and to engage, persuade and challenge Catholic politicians to act on the moral teaching of our church." Fair enough, Your Eminence….What is asked of you, Cardinal McCarrick, and your fellow bishops is less heroic. Just issue a statement before the 32nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade on Jan. 22, 2006, declaring: "We pray to God that Roe v. Wade is overturned. We commend all Catholics and fellow citizens working toward that goal. We condemn any Catholic politician who would deny a seat on the Supreme Court to a fellow Catholic -- on the grounds that he might vote to overturn this abomination." That too much to ask, Your Eminence? As Dante said, there is a special place in hell for those who, in times of moral crisis, fail to take a stand. By the way, Dante put a lot of bishops in there.

Well said!

[Maureen Fiore]

I read that entire article and I am in full agreement with it. What is the problem with our American Bishops???? How does this happen? What is Bishop McCarrick afraid of

[Fitz]

Originally Posted by Maureen Fiore

I read that entire article and I am in full agreement with it. What is the problem with our American Bishops???? How does this happen? What is Bishop McCarrick afraid of

The bishops are weak, very weak. Satan is working overtime and the Bishops just aren't in agreement. Many are Democrats and they are buying the garbage that the politicians are selling. Sorry, but this is my opinion.

[Brain]

You can't put all the blame on the Bishops, but for the onus that is theirs they need to speak up!

[m134e5]

Many of the US bishops today have scary similarities with the English bishops just before the Anglican Church split off. They were rebellious- insisted on doing things their own way (as much as they were able, in that cultural climate), and put their country before God (like they did in their case against St. Joan of Arc).

[Fitz]

Originally Posted by m134e5

Many of the US bishops today have scary similarities with the English bishops just before the Anglican Church split off. They were rebellious- insisted on doing things their own way (as much as they were able, in that cultural climate), and put their country before God (like they did in their case against St. Joan of Arc).

This is a very good point. I hope that we don't have more bishops being willful and breaking off. That would be very unfortunate.

[ThomasMore1535]

Originally Posted by m134e5

Many of the US bishops today have scary similarities with the English bishops just before the Anglican Church split off. They were rebellious- insisted on doing things their own way (as much as they were able, in that cultural climate), and put their country before God (like they did in their case against St. Joan of Arc).

Absolutely. There is, in my opinion, an EXACT parallel between the Bishops of this country right now and the Bishops in England during the reformation. In both cases, you have men who seem more concenred with human respect than with obeying Christ.

And here's another parallel: in England, only one Bishop stood up to Henry VIII and told him he was wrong: St. John Fisher. And today, in the United States, only one Bishop, as far as I know, has stood up and told all those pro-abortion Senators that they are wrong: Archbishop Burke of St. Louis. St. John Fisher was marytered for his actions. And we have seen what has happened with Archbishop Burke: his name has been dragged through the mud, and he has been slandered numerous times in the media.

As one of the Wisdom books says: "There is nothing new under the sun."

[Holly3278]

Originally Posted by m134e5

Many of the US bishops today have scary similarities with the English bishops just before the Anglican Church split off. They were rebellious- insisted on doing things their own way (as much as they were able, in that cultural climate), and put their country before God (like they did in their case against St. Joan of Arc).

Well hopefully Pope Benedict XVI will crack down on them.

[Maureen Fiore]

Originally Posted by Fitz

The bishops are weak, very weak. Satan is working overtime and the Bishops just aren't in agreement. Many are Democrats and they are buying the garbage that the politicians are selling. Sorry, but this is my opinion.

Agreed they are weak, but most of the US bishops are democratic and shy away from any politician who is a democrat. This party is known for their outspokeness on pro-choice views. Most democratic politicians believe in the separation of church and state. But, Catholic politicians who are democratic have a moral obligation to uphold life. There is no separation from this problem. Allowing women to abort there child is murder and that should be grounds to overthrow this RvW. Our bishops who approve of this by saying and doing nothing will have to answer to God.