As tens of millions of Americans prepare to face a bleak
future with no health insurance, the nation's Catholic Bishops will speak out
in opposition, bemoaning the pain and suffering to come.
Crocodile tears.
No group is more responsible for the unfolding moral disaster than these
bishops.
America’s Catholic bishops have consistently valued the unborn over the living.
And they’ve consistently ignored the deeply immoral character of the political
party that supports their crusade against abortion.
The inevitability of moral priorities doesn’t mean that there can’t be multiple
things out in front. The Church could say, strongly and firmly, that opposing
abortion doesn’t provide a free pass to ignore basic morality. It could, but it
doesn’t.
The bishops are wishy washy on basic human rights, vague on murder (capital
punishment), and more. They only speak with ferocity when the issue is
abortion.
They sanction Catholic politicians who support choice, but say nothing at all
about Republican Catholics who speak out strongly in favor of the death penalty
and actively seek to deprive the poor of health and dignity.
Every once in a while, a Bishop will get the courage to
argue against one of those Republican budgets that savages the poor in order to
provide tax cuts for the richest. When that happens, the
Speaker of the House
or some such leader will respond that this isn’t the Church’s business, this is
politics not morality.
And every time the Republicans push back, the Bishop’s voice
immediately disappears. The Republicans can do this, Bishop, because they own
you.
