KEEPING THE FAITH - In The News
Marching As to War
by: Family Research Council
November 13, 2008
Facing the most pro-abortion administration in U.S.
history, the Catholic Church is mobilizing to respond. In a meeting
yesterday, 220 Catholic bishops drafted an official statement, warning
Capitol Hill and President-elect Obama that passing the Freedom of Choice
Act (FOCA) would be viewed as a direct attack on religion. Back in July of
2007, Barack Obama announced at a Planned Parenthood banquet that signing
FOCA was his first priority: "Well, the first thing I'd do as President is
sign the Freedom of Choice Act. ...On this fundamental issue, I will not
yield and Planned Parenthood will not yield." With almost full control of
Congress, Obama will be expected to live up to his promise as payback for
the abortion community's support. If successful, the newly expanded majority
would abolish over 300 pro-life laws and restrictions -- even reinstating
partial-birth abortion.
Although the Catholic bishops have offered to work with the administration
on a number of issues, the defense of life is non-negotiable. "This is not a
matter of political compromise," said Bishop Daniel Conlon of Steubenville,
Ohio. "It's a matter of absolutes." For some leaders, the church's forceful
opposition to FOCA could be the excuse Catholic Democrats need to vote the
legislation down.
If not for their conscience, members should be wary of the Bishops' warning
for the mere fact that Catholics are a powerful player in the U.S. health
care system. As Ed Morrissey points out, Catholics run more than 550
hospitals and 415 clinics in America, spending billions out of pocket to
help the disadvantaged get the care they need. Under FOCA, religious
providers would have two options: either comply with the abortion mandate or
end their services completely. Is Congress so intent on appeasing Planned
Parenthood that it would jeopardize the health care of 90 million Americans?
We'll see.
Intolerance: Coming Soon to a Church near You?
Last year, Barack Obama said, "I am absolutely convinced that culture wars
are so nineties; their days are growing dark." One year later, the culture
wars are not only here -- they're raging. In their blind fury over
Proposition 8, homosexual activists are doing more to hurt their cause than
help. Groups like BashBack are storming churches, stomping on crosses,
vandalizing buildings, and assailing Christians. On Sunday, the protests,
which are spilling into every corner of America, arrived unexpectedly on the
steps of Mount Hope Church in Lansing, Michigan. About two dozen homosexuals
set off fire alarms during services, rushed the pulpit, and accosted
worshippers. The police didn't make any arrests, but this was far from an
isolated incident. Other marches are being planned near churches as we
speak.
Make no mistake; this violence is calculated. These extremists are doing
everything they can to invite a new "Stonewall," hoping that a response by
law enforcement will go too far and create a backlash of sympathy for the
gay movement. The slightest provocation by police or Christians would be
disastrous. As difficult as it is, refuse to be intimidated. As Matthew 5
reminds us, "Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and
utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be
glad, for your reward is great in heaven..."
O Come, All Ye Unfaithful
Atheists in Washington, D.C. are hoping to drive their secular point home on
the side of 200 metro buses this Christmas. In a new ad campaign that
challenges faith, the American Humanist Association (AHA) says, "Why believe
in a god? Just be good for goodness' sake." The AHA is using the holiday
season to suggest that morality can exist without religion. "Our reason for
doing it during the holidays is there are an awful lot of agnostics,
atheists and other types of non-theists who feel a little alone during the
holidays because of its association with traditional religion," said Fred
Edwords. But they face a big challenge persuading most Americans, 92 percent
of whom told Pew Research that they believe in God. The man for whom the
federal city is named warned Americans in his farewell address to the nation
in 1796 against those who would suggest "that morality can be maintained
without religion...reason and experience both forbid us to expect that
national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle."
*****SOURCES:
FRC's summary paper: Focus on FOCA (Freedom of Choice Act)
Video: Palm Springs Prop 8 Rally Turns Ugly
CNCNews.com: Humanists Launch 'Godless Holiday' Ads
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