Apparently religious freedom and the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America only apply to those who have no religious values and do not believe in moral absolutes dictated by God. This fact is made clear by the situation of many American pharmacists who refuse to fill birth control prescriptions and the morning after sexual intercourse abortion medication citing their Christian beliefs. Members of Congress introduced legislation which would require pharmacists fill both types of prescriptions. Such legislation effectively dictates the dogma of every religion include allowing and promoting murder of not yet born children, and of extramarital sexual intercourse, in contravention to the the explicit law of The United States of America which states in pertinent part:
The United States Constitution
Amendment 1 - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression. (Ratified 15 December 1791.)
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Eighteen Roman Catholic Members of the United States Congress believe they can dictate Church dogma. When Pope Benedict questioned the propriety of pro abortion legislators receiving Holy Communion, these legislators declared “religious sanction in the political arena” violates American freedoms. These legislators are, quite simply, lying. Religious freedom guaranteed to Americans does not include the ability or right to dictate what the Church teaches, dogma, to determine what is in conformity with and opposed to dogma. American religious freedom does not include the ability or right to tell the Church who may receive the Sacred Eucharist and who may not, or the why thereof. If these eighteen fallen away Roman Catholics wish to establish a group and call it a religion and receive what they call communion the United States Constitution guarantees them the right so to do. But it gives them neither the right nor the ability to dictate to God or God’s Church. The attitude evident in their statement precludes their reception of the Sacred Eucharist until such time - if ever - as they repent and openly express such repentance.
While thinking of Roman Catholics, Saint Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke declared he would deny Holy Communion to pro abortion Senator Kerry, forced Saint Joseph’s Academy to rescind an invitation to pro abortion Senator Claire McCaskill to deliver the school’s commencement address, and evidences no concern for any negative reaction to his fulfilling his obligation to God. Contrast his simple following of propriety with that of New Orleans Archbishop Alfred Hughes who, on Pentecost, at Saint Louis Cathedral, instead of focusing of the miracle of Pentecost, established an annual Mass for the victims and survivors of violence. An annual Divine Liturgy (Mass) for the victims and survivors of violence can be a good thing, but it should not supersede the celebration of Pentecost nor should it be deemed of equal importance.
Senator Barbara Boxer, a California Democrat, called legislation which would make it a federal crime to take a minor across state lines so the minor could murder her unborn child through abortion, " . . . a bill that protects incest predators . . ." Well, considering the fact she is a Democrat, and is from California, perhaps she is an expert on . . . . . .
The “press” and “news” media continue to attempt to make legal abortion seem desirable and those who perform abortions seem to be heroic as shown by a recent article by Stephanie Simon, Los Angeles Times, dateline Denver. Simon brings forth the image of women inducing abortions before this form of murder was made legal, in rooms splattered with their blood as they stab sticks into their wombs, their bodies racked with infection as a result. She does not mention the poor baby being stabbed to death. She decries the aversion and expressions of revulsion which abortionists experience from the general population, but she probably would express great aversion to and revulsion for Dr. Mengele (Mengela) - and there is no difference between the two. Simon says (couldn’t resist) her article’s heroin, medical student Megan Lederer, and her companions in abortion training, have defiance as their main motivation in pursuit of a career in abortion. Apparently Simon wrote the truth without realizing it, for unlike numerous other sins which can occur through following natural instincts, abortion is an intentional, planned act directly opposed to God’s command.
The Cannes Film Festival gave first prize to a film about the “horrors a student goes through to ensure her friend can have a secret abortion” in Communist era Romania. No mention was made of the horrors the baby experienced.
Cokie and Steve are at it again. But, then, they are almost always at it. In a recent column the Roberts’ write: “The essence of democracy is not majority rule, but tolerance of dissent and respect for minority rights. What happens when elections bring to power intolerant forces that impose their will on others? What happens when ethnic or religious factions feel abused and assert their right to self-rule?” But Cokie and Steve do not practice what they preach. Remember those pharmacists who do not wish to fill birth control or abortion pills? Cokie and Steve and their allies wish to force these pharmacists to provide such pills - not medication but pills. Ever see a baby being aborted? The baby pulls away from the “medical” instruments. It cries in pain as it is being killed. It obviously does not wish to be killed, yet Cokie and Steve and their evil allies impose their desire to kill upon these babies. Cokie and Steve and their allies are the intolerant who impose their will on others. They cry “intolerance” when their desires are opposed, but in truth they are the intolerant. They also are without courage, for their main target is the defenseless.
What do some Jews and some Roman Catholic clergy have in common? An opposition to the Good Friday liturgy wherein there are prayers for the conversion of the Jews. (These prayers generally are not in the RC Novus Ordo.) An aversion and opposition to parts of the Orthodox Gregorian (Western Rite) Divine Liturgy and the Roman Gregorian and Tridentine Masses which contain passages some say are offensive to Jews. To even consider the opposition is to deny belief in the correctness, accuracy, and Divine direction which established Chris-tianity. If Christians are to omit praying for the conversion of those who are not Christians, then the teachings of Christ are being disobeyed. If a person decides to follow the desires of those Jews who do not wish to have prayers offered for their conversion to Christianity, then the person is not a follower of Christ, is not a Christian, for that person places the desires of a creature in a position of greater importance than the expressed desires of the Creator. Such a person may be a politician, or a heretic, or an apostate, but such a person is not a Christian.
Journalistic idiocy found its way into a piece under the by-line of Tom Johnson (Newhouse News Service) wherein he wrote the recent postal rate increase “will boost the cost of mailings for homeowners and raise business expenses for legal services, newspapers, insurance companies, and other types of businesses . . .” Focus on the part that reads, “will boost the cost of mailings for homeowners . . .” Are renters exempt?
And God forbid a "journalist" should ever attribute Christian precepts to anyone who does something good, especially a nun. Well, there are a few journalists left, and not even all “journalists” (the species with the “”) are of this bent. But! Perhaps the inability of “journalists” to attribute a desire to follow Christianity to those who so do, is the reason a recent article about the conviction of Vitalmiro Bastos del Moura, for the murder of seventy-three year old Sister (Mary ?) Dorothy Stang. The “journalist” wrote that del Moura had the nun murdered because she attempted to halt “rampant jungle clearing by loggers and ranchers that has destroyed some 20 percent of the forest cover.” In actuality Sister Dorothy was murdered because she helped build schools, attempted to assist the impoverished which reduced the number of virtual slaves the wealthy could use for plantation and other work at starvation wages, and attempted to infuse a devotion to The Way taught by Christ.
OK, One more Journalistic whatever: Headline reads, "Police say slain man was target of attack" (T-P B-2, Sep. 26, 2007). Duuhh!
And . . . the headline stated: Chinese Paddies go back 7,700 years. Does this mean the Chinese are Irish? :-) Or, perhaps, the Irish are Chinese? :-) :-)
The Hmong fought besides U. S. forces in Vietnam, but are now prevented from obtaining refuge in the U. S. A. because their fighting on the side of U. S. forces classifies them as terrorist under the Patriot Act and the Real ID Act. Sometimes the level of governmental insanity . . . Change the law you dummies!
Louisiana usually is such a great source of governmental, social, cultural, and practical stupidity that when Louisiana OVERCOMES stupidity (all-be-it is a single instance) the event is worthy of notice. One of the Louisiana hurricane recovery agencies whose purpose is to provide housing intended to spend $2.6 million on additional staff. Louisiana State Treasurer John Kennedy was able to persuade the agency to spend the money on housing, telling the agency board members, “You’re building a bureaucracy here, and the money is coming out of housing.” He further stated, “This is not a social program. This is a housing program.” What is doubly amazing is, the board listened to what he said, and followed his suggestion, that they spend the money on its intended purpose.
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