Obama nominates pro-abortion Governor Sebelius:
On Saturday February 28, 2009, the Obama Administration announced that on Monday the President will nominate Governor Kathleen Sebelius to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services. This President removed limitations on abortion by overturning the Mexico City Policy and recently announced he will remove the conscience protections for pro-life medical practitioners.
It appears that the release of news was timed to occur on the same day that “Catholics United”, a group which works in concert with “Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good”, launched its new web site entitled “Catholics for Sebelius”. On that advocacy site this group stretches accuracy beyond anything they have done before. They argue that this Governor who has been told by her Bishop, Joseph Naumann, to refrain from presenting herself for Holy Communion until she takes “the necessary steps for amendment of her life which would include a public repudiation of her previous efforts and actions in support of laws and policies sanctioning abortion” is an acceptable choice for Catholics. One is welcomed to this site with these words “Catholics across the nation are rallying behind the nomination of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Here you’ll find information about Gov. Sibelius’ record on issues important to Catholics, and an opportunity to register your support for her nomination.”
Let me begin with words from Francis Cardinal George which expose the error behind this organization’s claim: “Catholic Social thought is built upon the foundational truth that every single human life has an inherent human dignity and must be respected and protected. The unborn child, who is alive and is a member of the human family, cannot defend himself or herself. Good law defends the defenseless. Our present laws permit unborn children to be privately killed. Laws that place unborn children outside the protection of law destroy both the children killed and the common good, which is the controlling principle of Catholic social teaching. One cannot favor the legal status quo on abortion and also be working for the common good.”
The creation of the “astroturf” netroots for Sebelius indicates that Obama and Co are determined to confuse the issue of Catholic social teaching in 2012 as much – or more – than they did in 2008. It was a very clever, very cynical campaign for Catholic support in 2008 – pretend that one is not a pro-abortion fanatic and work the rest of Catholic social teaching for all its worth, and have one or two Catholics willing to sell out be your front men. It worked – Obama secured a majority of Catholic votes in 2008, reversing what happened in 2004 and possibly ensuring himself election to the Presidency of the United States (its not completely clear if Catholics, voting as they did in 2004, would have turned the election to McCain – but it sure would have been a heck of a lot closer, if they had).
On the day after the election as we Catholics reviewed the exit poll data, we were dismayed that we had failed so miserably to impart the truth about Obama’s de-facto pro-abortionism. But we also figured out quickly where we had failed – we hadn’t been as clear as possible that Catholic social teaching requires as its base an absolute defense of human life from conception until natural death. Wise to the ways of Obama, we’re not going to make the same mistake in 2012 – but now we see that Obama determined to try a repeat, and Governor Sebelius is going to be built up as an orthodox Catholic in Obamaniac talking points so that opposition to her – and, by extension, Obama – appears to contravene Church teaching.
Nothing doing – we’re out of the gate early, and we’re not going to let anyone forget that Governor Sebelius, far from being a stalwart for Catholic social teaching, is actually an excommunicate Catholic and member of the Culture of Death and until she repents, she can’t be properly considered worthy of Catholic political support.
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