More fallout from excommunicated Catholic hospital in Tucson--will all Catholic hospitals cease to be?
New York Times, ACLU: Catholic hospitals should be forced to perform abortions
December 23, 2010
The American Civil Liberties Union has again urged the federal government to compel Catholic hospitals to perform abortions that are deemed necessary to save the life of the mother. The ACLU’s latest letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services cites Bishop Thomas Olmsted’s decision to revoke the Catholic status of a hospital in which an abortion took place.
“This confrontation never should have happened in the first place, because no hospital-- religious or otherwise-- should be prohibited from saving women’s lives and from following federal law,” the ACLU letter said.
A New York Times editorial blasted Bishop Olmsted and supported the ACLU’s position. “This is no small matter,” the newspaper’s editors stated. “Catholic hospitals account for about 15 percent of the nation’s hospital beds and are the only hospital facilities in many communities.”
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The ACL(F)U is the single most subversive and destructive force in America today. They should be treated as enemies of freedom, the Church, and democracy and dealt with through the harshest legal means. A cabal of radicals, malcontents, scum, and dysfunctional lawyers who never got over their anger at Mama and Daddy.
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Mama and Daddy would be pleased.
I know of some priests who did wonderful things in their ministry, some of them ministering to their 80's and then it was discovered they molested one teenager when they were first ordained. That one event ruined everything else they did and they were defrocked.
Actually, Father, one instance of molestation, deplorable as it is, does not and cannot undo the good of one Baptism, one Confession, or one Anoitning of the Sick. Mercifully, the grace of the sacraments does not depend on the holiness of the priest. Goodness HAS won out over evil.
Our society has conditioned us to accept (blindly) this "zero sum" or "all or nothing" proposition. Of course a priest who has abused should never be in a position to repeat the crime. But no, his act of sinfulness does not negate the good he may have done is his ministry.
Rabinowitz, Ignotus, Maria...need I repeat my above comments? Nah...
"Of course a priest who has abused should never be in a position to repeat the crime. But no, his act of sinfulness does not negate the good he may have done is his ministry."
That's exactly my point, the ACLU should get out of business for the horrible things they have advocated and are advocating for Catholic hospitals. They should not be in business to repeat crimes no matter how good they've been in other areas.
"That one event ruined everything else they did" translates into "the ACLU should get out of the business for the horrible things they have advocated"?
Come on, Father, that not just a stretch, it's a fantasy.
pinanv525 -You can reapeat or not repeat, it doesn't change the good the ACLU has, at times, done for us.
What would be the moral algebra? How many Baptisms off set the molestation? I think it may be a sin to equivocate, but more importantly it is foolish.
The ACLU seems to be obsessed with the academic nature of their issues, not the morality or justice of it. In the case of demanding that Catholic hospitals perform abortions is prima facie attacking the liberty of the hospital to perform or not abortions. It would be the same if they demanded a staff for nose jobs in every hospital. They are dishonestly attacking the anti abortion position as there is no law REQUIRING an abortion in ANY case. That they may, at times, be on the side of an argument we approve is accidental and does not prove motivation. Rather it is only the unintelligent operation of the legal mechanism. Justice is not by accident, nor is it moral to test the operation of the system at the expense of an individual. That is a sophomoric argument.
rcg
Ignotus, you cite a lot of anecdotal evidence in an effort to defend the ACLU as some neutral and disinterested arbiter of First Amendment issues. The incidents you cite are, in my opinion, "scraps to the dogs" designed to lull us into believing that they are friends of conservative, Christian, middle class patriots. The ACLU understands that it must advocate for a sufficient number of strict constructionist Constitutional issues to create an illusion of political neutrality. As Sun Tsu said in, "The Art of War," you always allow the enemy to believe he is winning or that you are compromising. Never allow your opponent to know your true intentions, and never reveal your ultimate strategy. Saul Alinsky apes this in his 'Rules for Radicals," which I am sure most ACLU lawyers have read and heavily underlined.
The ACLU starts with the premise of a de-constructionist view of the US Constitution. The key phrase here is, "Oh, the Constitution is a living document..." Sounds all nice and dynamic, right? Sort of like the Jesus Seminar and the neo-Prots telling us the Bible is a "living book." That just gives them an excuse to mess with it. So, now we have Jesus as the illegitimate son of Mary and her a delusional, paranoid young woman. It is all the same liberal, progressive garbage.
Both liberal organizations and liberal theologians have secular humanist premises that are in total conflict with Judaeo-Christian, particularly Catholic, doctrine. So, Ignotus, go ahead and tout your buddies over at ACLU. They may be coming for you next...but then, for all we know, you may well be completely comfortable co-celebrating with Fr. Betty Jo Downyshanks or Deaconess Mary Lou Headlights. Pour that Ripple Red and bless that Sunbeam bread...Halleluja!!!
I asked my daughter, a Constitutional lawyer, about the ACLU re: our blog discussion. She said, "Well, there are some good attorneys in the ACLU, but all of them have chips on their shoulders. Don't let the court cases they litigate distract you. That is a red herring. The ACLU is primarily a very powerful lobbying organization with, yes, a de-constructionist view of the Constitution. That is where they do the most damage and often few of us ever hear about it." Nuff said.
Father Ignotus, why don't you just keep one blog name and stop all the coy BS. The very fact that you enjoy playing these kinds of games indicates a condescending, "group negative attitude" with regard to the members here, as well as a chip on your shoulder...which indicates wood higher up, btw.
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