"Ironically, Obama has made “let us be our brother’s keeper” a key catchphrase of his campaign." A student of Doug Kmiec speaks out.
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LOS ANGELES, Ca. (Catholic Online) - I have been shocked and dismayed that some Catholics have given public support to Barack Obama.
In doing so they have twisted Catholic doctrine beyond the point of recognition, have misrepresented the glorious teachings of the Church to our fellow Americans and worst of all they have invited their brothers and sisters to compromise their faith.
The Church has stated that we have the freedom to hold whatever opinion we have judged to be correct “provided [we are] always disposed to listen with religious obedience to what the Holy See may decide on [a] question.”
As Americans we are also allowed a great degree of freedom so long as we do not run afoul of the basic rule of government:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it . . . ."
Rather than building on these fundamental principles of truth and justice, the candidacy of Barack Obama offers only death, tyranny and despair.
Obama, Cain and McCain: “Am I my brother’s keeper?” Genesis 4:9.
“[T]he Lord asked Cain, ‘Where is your brother Abel?’ He answered, ‘I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?’ The Lord then said ‘What have you done!’ Listen: your brother’s blood cries out to me from the soil!’” Genesis 4:9-10.
This great drama and tragedy, as Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life, An Encyclical Letter of the Servant of God, John Paul II) points out, continues to play itself out today. In communion with God and His Church we continue to ask our leaders and Obama in particular:
“Where is your brother” the unborn child? How could you support killing innocent children? How could you refuse to require medical care for babies who survive abortion and have the audacity to be born alive? What are the answers we and God continue to receive from the likes of Obama when we ask: Where is your brother the unborn? Obama answers:
“I think it’s very hard to know what that means, when life begins. Is it when a cell separates? Is it when the soul stirs? What I know, as I’ve said before, is that there is something extraordinarily powerful about potential life and that that has moral weight to it that we take into consideration when we’re having these debates.”
In other words, Obama answers “I do not know.”
When we ask our leaders to protect our fellow citizens what answer does Obama give? “Those of us, like myself, . . . believe that in this difficult situation [procuring an abortion] it is a woman’s responsibility and choice to make in consultation with her doctor and her pastor and her family.” Obama give us the answer of Cain, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” Let the woman shoulder the burden, and if she cannot, let her kill her child; after all, am I my unborn brother’s keeper?
When we receive these answers, we must be reminded of God’s response: “‘What have you done!’ Listen: your brother’s blood cries out to me from the soil!’” Genesis 4:10. We must not accept Obama’s answer on this issue. The blood of our unborn brothers and sisters cry out to God from the soi1 and no amount of political equivocating will deafen their cry.
Ironically, Obama has made “let us be our brother’s keeper” a key catchphrase of his campaign. However, he has promised to sign the Freedom of Choice Act which would eliminate all restrictions on abortion, require all insurance companies to pay for abortions and use our tax dollars to pay for abortions.
When he was an Illinois state senator he opposed a law that would have required infants who survived an abortion to receive medical treatment.
In a speech to Planned Parenthood in 2007, Obama made his position on abortion very clear: “On this fundamental issue, I will not yield and Planned Parenthood will not yield.”
We are told that Obama is a man of goodwill on this issue, that he is open to argument, but he has already told us what the result of talking to him will be, nothing, for he will not yield. We also must not yield to the likes of Obama.
Clearly, his position on abortion shows an intention far removed from the scriptural precept of love thy neighbor. Even more disheartening, some Catholics of prominence have latched on to Obama’s use of scriptural language to establish that a vote for Obama is morally licit. But we, as children of light, must reject such an invitation to take part in the works of darkness.
Andrzej Grutza may well be advised to compare apples with apples. The death penalty is handed down by a properly constituted court of law to someone found guilty of grievous crime. The abortion penalty is carried out on innocent life simply for being conceived. There is no moral equivalence between the two cases.
Sophist argument can never justify the killing of innocent life.
Paul Sutton
(In Our Lady`s Land Of The Southern Cross)
Paul Sutton | 10/12/2008
McCain supports the death penalty, as do most Republicans. Where is the outrage over that?
Andrzej Grutza | 9/5/2008
There are already such welfare states where there is money from the state for each child, money for the unwed mother, where contraception is free to the poor, where paid maternity leave is the law, where rent subsidies are given to the poor, where a monthly stipend is given, where child care is free and yet with all this, abortion which is also free, is increasing. This country is called Germany. Sorry Democrats, money is not the problem, it is the lack of love and room in the hearts of folks who have been told it it 'good'to be selfish!
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