Every couple of days I go over and check on The Deacon's Bench (I kinda miss the comments but I understand why they were disabled). Deacon linked to a blog where a bishop said this:
"I am convinced that many so called Pro-Life groups are not really pro-life but merely anti-abortion. We heard nothing from the heavy hitters in the prolife movement in the last week when Florida last night executed a man on death row for 34 years having been diagnosed as a severe schizophrenic. Which personality did the state execute? Many priests grow weary of continual calls to action for legislative support for abortion and contraception related issues but nothing for immigration reform, food aid, and capital punishment. And, this is a big one, priests don’t like unfair attacks on things they highly value and esteem, like the Catholic Campaign for Human Development and Catholic Charities and Catholic Relief Services. - See more at: http://bishopsblog.dosp.org/?p=5837#sthash.DNbNR7L4.dpuf "
I'm sure that the bishop has thought this for a while. This has been my on-going stance regarding being pro-life. It's easy to be pro-life when it's all about cute babies. Pro-life at the work parish is all about anti-abortion - they don't do any thing about the other issues that I feel roll into the big picture. This makes me look upon all those people (including the priest) as hypocrites.
I get why they focus on abortion. I get the numbers (even though I question their veracity). But the fact that they are so SO virulently anti-abortion that they will not even consider voting for a democrat (who may be pro-life in ALL aspects except abortion) that those of us who do feel we have to hide our preference for democrats.
And of course this topic rolls into politics - it always does.
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