This news just came in over the Internet:
The Supreme Court has issued a 5-4 decision essentially upholding the Obamacare
law that pro-life groups regard as the biggest expansion of abortion and
abortion funding since Roe v. Wade. The law also drew strong opposition from the
pro-life community not only over abortion but because the legislation also
promotes rationing of medical care that could lead to involuntarily denying
lifesaving treatment. The Supreme Court has incorrectly ruled that Obamacare is
constitutional, pro-life groups are saying in response to the decision. They are
pointing out that the need is greater now than ever to defeat pro-abortion
President Barack Obama and elect a pro-life Senate that will join the House in
repealing the legislation.
It seems that the Supreme Court ruled that as a mandate, obamacare couldn't force everyone to buy into the health care system proposed and passed by the democrats soon after obama came into office. Today, however, they did play with the wording and said that as a tax, this was constitutional. You have to wonder about these people. Ever since obamacare hatched into dreadful being, obama has been adamant that it was not a tax, yet, in order to stand by the president in opposition to the majority feeling in the United States, the Supreme Court has changed the wording of the law in order to find a reason to uphold a bad law. I imagine obama is smiling happily regardless of the play on words because he is now closer to forcing government intervention into every aspect of our lives. Next step? He will probably mandate we all take home part of our paychecks (if we are so lucky as to even find employement) in the form of vegetable to insure we eat a government mandate (or tax?) amount each day! Today, we surely find the Constitution being shredded to suit politicians and not upheld to protect the taxpaying population.
It is known that Catholics comprise a great amount of democrats. The Church has always wanted to make sure the poor and needy are taken care of so have supported programs that do just that. On the surface, it might have been a good move but history shows that when big government takes over, it is a detriment to religion. It is probably easier for the Church to do 'good' through government organizations but it has been at the cost of religion. I know for a fact that many Catholics and clergy supported the idea of obamacare so that everyone would be helped. The problem is they all supported politicians, including the president, who didn't respect their votes and had liberal, government-control agendas in mind.
Right now, we are in the middle of the Fortnight for Freedom to fight for our religious liberty on another front . . . and the Church, as a whole, isn't supporting the efforts of a few who actually care how it will all turn out. I wrote a letter to our diocese to ask about rallies, programs, talks, etc., that might be scheduled in support of the Fortnight for Freedom . . . and have yet to get a reply. Other people have reported the same disregard from there dioceses.
Sometimes, people wonder why things are going so wrong. It could very well be the contraceptive mind set of even our clergy. I was in a singles club once and the priest gave a talk and actually said that there might be a time in a marriage when the only solution would be using artificial methods of birth control. Years later, I realize that when you are lukewarm about birth control, how can you expect any of them to take a firm stand against abortion. Well, the proverbial chickens have come home to roost with all that has passed and been accepted over the last years. And, yet, there is still no massive outcry from the Church. Yes, there are a few who are not afraid to get picked up and picked on by the media but most of them keep a low profile. Someone told me that priests could not take any of this sort of thing on themselves without the 'blessing' or the bishop of their diocese. When we are confronted with a situation as we have today, shouldn't we leave the safety of silence and stand up to what we all know is right?
It is another black day in American and Catholic history today. One caller to a radio program said we shouldn't put our faith in princes, which is correct. The host said she wasn't a Biblical scholar but she knew the 'end' of the story and God always wins. I mentioned this to my husband and said we have to trust in God and pray. He said that God's answer might be the end of America as we know it. Interesting . . . another caller called obama the AntiChrist. The host said that she didn't believe that because the AntiChrist is a person who is popular to almost everyone and obama doesn't measure up on that score. Scary thought as we may encounter something even worse down the road.
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