There is a big controversy against Notre Dame University honoring President Obama with an honorary degree.
Undoubtedly you have read the Notre Dame talking points, which are all over the news.
These talking point insist: Only rabid right wing evil conservative bigoted Republicans oppose this honor, and most good pro abortion Democratic Catholics support the university.
Of course, the name calling and polls are not relevant to the issue.
This is a Catholic matter, and the real problem is a university president who deliberately goes against church policy to honor someone who is pro abortion.
The key word here is “honor”: we are not talking about giving a speech or a debate, but honoring the president for what he has done.
Seventy US bishops are on record at saying this is a bad idea, since it implies approval of the President’s pro abortion
Huh? Isn’t the President a “moderate” on abortion?
Well, since he has become president, Obama has mandated using US taxpayer money to promote abortion overseas, removed civil rights protection from Catholic and Muslim health care providers who refuse to do abortions, and (just for good measure) decided it’s okay to use embryos to make stem cells.
About the only thing he hasn’t passed is the FOCA, which would remove all restrictions at state level (e.g. partial birth abortion) and in some proposed versions of the bill would mandate all hospitals to perform abortions, including Catholic facilities.
So why does the NYTimes think the President is a moderate?–here’s why, straight from the pages of the New York Times.
As president, Mr. Obama…has tried to straddle the abortion divide….
He has done so partly by reaching out to religious conservatives, partly by avoiding the most contentious legislative battles and partly by reversing the policies of his predecessor, George W. Bush, a faithful ally of abortion opponents, in piecemeal fashion — all while the nation has been consumed by the economic crisis.
Translation: he only promotes his abortion agenda by releasing the information a little at a time (and mainly on Friday evening) so that no one notices.
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Nancy Reyes is a retired physician living in the rural Philippines.
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5 users commented in " Promote abortion without publicity, and you are a moderate "
Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackPretty sure respecting the office of President of the United States is more complicated than simply what the President’s views on one Catholic issue are. But that’s ok, I understand nuance probably isn’t your forte.
when the catholic priests molested our kids, where were all the people who protest the president today? Did they say or do anything?
I think NOT. Everyone, included bishops, priests, and most students who protest, now is a critic. It is the honor to have a such status person comes to school regardless what he/she believes. The School has to be objective even if it goes against its believes. Why? because it is a high learning institution and it is a democratic way, the American’s way.
both comments ignore the real issue: it’s not Obama’s opinions that are the problem, it’s his actions.
Since he “hid” his actions by quietly releasing the regulation changes on weekends, I am pointing out that most people are unaware of what he has done.
Praising a person who singlehandedly (i.e. not via congress) changed regulations so that Catholic health care providers will lose their civil rights is the sign of submission to power, not a sign of a healthy democracy.
As if an apologist for a totalitarian monarchic theocracy would know democracy. LOL!
God bless President Obama!
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