We all know how the “separation of church and state” position evolved over time in this country. We all are aware of the threat to churches should they take official “political stands” in this country.
Yet a couple of days ago, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on Catholic bishops and priests to preach “immigration reform” from the pulpit.
“The people, some (who) oppose immigration reform, are sitting in those pews, and you have to tell them that this is a manifestation of our living the gospels,” she said.
Are you kidding me?
Certainly, preaching on subjects relating to “social justice” (a good discussion of social justice here) is not foreign to the Roman Catholic Church. This writer can recall attending “catechism class” in junior high, and being indoctrinated with the concepts of “social justice”. “Social justice” in today’s vernacular can be defined this way: Forced redistribution of wealth with a hostility toward individual property rights, under the guise of charity and/or justice. Glenn Beck opines correctly: The term "social justice" has been completely perverted and hijacked by progressives. It doesn't mean simply "help the poor" to them. It does to some people, but not to radical progressives.
The statists in this country jump up and down and scream when someone even appears to “mix” church and state. Yet, Pelosi gets a pass on her exhortation to the Catholic church leaders to preach social justice in the framework of immigration reform.
Interestingly, she claims to be a Catholic, yet Pope Benedict and Pelosi do not agree on issues the Catholic Church has deemed important. In fact, in 2002, the Vatican issued a doctrinal note on "The Participation of Catholics in Political Life," which states rather succinctly that politicians who profess to be Catholic have a "grave and clear obligation" to oppose any law that attacks human life. While it was signed by John Paul II, it was also signed by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.
In February 2009, Pelosi had the opportunity to meet with Benedict. The Vatican issued the following statement after the meeting:
His Holiness took the opportunity to speak of the requirements of the natural moral law and the Church's consistent teaching on the dignity of human life from conception to natural death which enjoins all Catholics, and especially legislators, jurists and those responsible for the common good of society, to work in cooperation with all men and women of good will in creating a just system of laws capable of protecting human life at all stages of its development…
After that meeting, on Meet the Press, she continued to argue for “a woman’s right to choose” to kill her baby.
Pelosi and separation…hmmm…
“The people, some (who) oppose immigration reform, are sitting in those pews, and you have to tell them that this is a manifestation of our living the gospels,” she said.
ReplyDeleteHow come they never back up what they say with some biblical text? I'd like to know what the heck Pelosi's talking about. I have no memory of the bible talking about nations not having borders and turning their eyes from drug lords, kidnapping, violence, child sex slavery and human trafficking.