Category Archives: government, law, and politics

To Amend or Not to Amend?

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I heard a caller on the Marty Minto Show today say something on the line of, “If we leave homosexual marriage to the states, the liberal state governments will screw it up.”This, to me, seems to miss the whole point of the question. It would be an abuse of the U.S. Constitution and contrary to the desires of the framers to amend marriage specifications into law. Homosexuality is mainly a Judeo-Christian sin. Everyone in this country is free to hold whatever religious beliefs they wish, if they wish. If a state wishes to defend Judeo-Christian beliefs, that is an appropriate recognitionof the balance between federal and state powers. The residents of such a state can try to fight such a law and/or leave the state if they disagreed.

Just because the state governments might screw things up, doesn’t mean the Constitution should be altered willy-nilly. It could set a bad precedent for federal invasion of privacy and curtailing of freedoms. The very people who support such an amendment could one day find themselves and their beliefs suppressed by its progeny.

Protecting the Faith

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Life and the Eucharist are under attack. I think devotion to the latter would help
the former.

New
Ad Campaign Questions Cardinal’s Coddling of Pro-Abortion Catholic Politicians
Thu May 6,10:16 AM ET

To: National Desk
Contact: Joseph R. Giganti of the American Life League, 703-928-9695 or jgiganti@all.org;
Web: http://www.all.org

“WASHINGTON, May 6 /U.S. Newswire/ — Today, American Life League’s Crusade for the
Defense of our Catholic Church launched the first in a new multi-ad campaign that
will engage members of the Catholic Church’s hierarchy who have said they will not
take steps to ensure that pro-abortion Catholic politicians are barred from receiving
Holy Communion. The first ad comes in response to Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s
recent disclosure that despite clear indications from the Vatican that pro-abortion Catholic politicians should be denied Communion, he had ‘not
gotten to the stage where I’m comfortable in denying the Eucharist.'”

Abortion Critic’s Ads Target Cardinal

Fri May 7, 1:18 PM ET
By RICHARD N. OSTLING, AP Religion Writer

“American Life League, an outspoken opponent of abortion, has started an advertising
campaign targeting Cardinal Theodore McCarrick over his reluctance to deny Communion
to Roman Catholic politicians who support abortion rights.”

“A
Time for Honesty”
A Pastoral Statement by The Most Reverend John J. Myers,
Archbishop of Newark
May 5, 2004

“Our times demand honesty. It is possible to value sincerely one�s Catholic heritage
and to revere one�s Catholic forebears and yet not to have Catholic faith.”

Kerry-Communion
debate reaches Australia

“Melbourne, May. 03 (CWNews.com) – An Australian prelate has said that ‘public
and notorious’ opposition to Church teachings would be grounds for denying
the Eucharist.”

Not in My Backyard

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Bishop Wuerl had better do something about this.

Kerry Takes Communion on Mother’s Day
May 9, 4:59 PM (ET)
By MIKE GLOVER

"PITTSBURGH (AP) – Democrat John Kerry attended Mother’s Day Mass on Sunday and took communion although some Roman Catholic leaders say he should not receive it because his abortion-rights stance violates church teachings."

Uncivil Unions

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Repeat after me: “Natural Law is a good thing.”

George
Pell: The case against gay marriage
May 04, 2004

“THE institution of marriage, the union of a man and a woman, brings immense benefits
to them, their children and society across the generations. It has the support of
most Australians and, I believe, most parliamentarians.”

Hat Trick

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Here are three nice articles from the Archdiocese of Denver.

Thanks for all the help, you religious folks – now pipe down
Why faith is, and belongs, at the center of the public square

"Every election year the Church lives through the same strange drama: Catholics speak their faith, and the world tells them to pipe down."

Pope credits St. Louis de Montfort with clarifying Marian devotion
Cindy Wooden

"VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope John Paul II said that at one point in his life he had worried that strong devotion to the Blessed Virgin could weaken devotion to Jesus Christ."

Honoring motherhood

"Behold, your mother!" – John 19:27

"These were some of the last words spoken by Jesus from the cross. In Mary, the salvation of the world saw its dawning in her fiat with which she readily agreed to the will of God. The Son of God took human form in her. Mary mothered Jesus. Her heart beat in unison with his heart."