Posted by
KsReaganite on Saturday, April 19, 2008 3:45:06 PM
I have often made pointed mention of the rabid anti-Catholic bigotry that is evident amongst so many liberal Democrats in Congress and their radical allies in Planned Parenthood and similar hate groups. Dozens of highly qualified judges and prosecutors and civil servants have had their lives, and the lives of their families, put on hold over the years as liberal Democrat bigots have questioned the suitability of practicing Roman Catholics serving in federal government. Even today, in front of the liberal Democrat controlled Senate Judiciary Committee three federal appellate judges languish (and have for three years on average) for the simple courtesy of a yes/no vote. Their crime? They are oberving Roman Catholics.
But the Republicans are not completely immune to Catholic bashing either. This morning's New York Times had the irascible Colorago Congressman Tom Tancredo accusing the Pope of 'faith based marketing' and the Catholic Church of 'interference' as the pontiff spoke powerfully about the need to protect the human dignity inherent in all of God's children. Seems that just like the liberal Democrat radicals have no wish to hear of the need to protect helpless unborn children, some Tancredo Republicans find it appalling that the Catholic Church will speak up for migrants. Thankfully, most Republican leaders have distanced themselves enough from the rabid Tancredo that he is no longer running for reelection. But it is troubling to see Republicans acting like Democrats in their Catholic bashing; all the more so because at the turn of the twentieth century the Republican Party was, unfortunately, the home to many anti-Catholic elements.
Whether the Democrats, their allied hate groups, and some Republicans like it or not, the Roman Cathlic Church is not the wholly owned subsidiary of one political party. Rather, it has its own well formulated postulates and credos of social teaching, handed down over a period of two thousand years. And fundamental to those teachings is the simple idea that all human beings-from the womb to the tomb-are inherently endowed by the Creator with some basic rights that are worth protecting. Oh yes, we used to have that ideal too...it is in fact in the birth certificate of our Republic "We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that amongst these rights are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness."