The World Over with Raymond Arroyo

The World Over with Raymond Arroyo
The website – cinops be gone – Saturday, November 8, 2008

This is the best Catholic news program on EWTN weekly Friday at 5 P.M. Raymond had as his guests Pat Buchanan and New Jersey Congressman Christopher H. Smith who is a very strong pro-life leader.

The Catholic vote in this election was an eye opener. The idea of what constitutes the “Catholic vote” is widely debated. Unbelievable, 0bama won the Catholic vote overall 54% - 45%. If the vote had gone the other way, McCain would be president. Among Catholics who attend mass every week, McCain won 55% - 43%. Other figures show it closer 50% to 49%. The economy and the idea of having our first Black American for president were two factors. In the year 2000 Gore got over 500,000 more votes than Bush. Catholics voted about 52% for Gore. Catholics wanted to have our first Jewish American Senator Joe Lieberman as Vice-President.

Why did the economic meltdown occur around September 15th, appropriately 6 weeks before the election? That’s my question! We saw AIG and Lehman Brother’s collapse.

Congressman Smith is a senior member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. Smith perceives Obama a leftist and the most pro-abortion president ever elected.
He worries about the “Hyde Amendment” not passing this time around. This amendment forbids federal tax payer funding of abortion. Also in our very successful programs in Africa, he fears that the abortion agenda will be added to any aid. African leaders don’t want anything to do with abortion. Smith correctly perceives a tsunami coming our way. On the other hand, Buchanan believes Obama will move towards the center.

However, as a pay-off for Obama’s financial supporters, “Freedom of Choice Act,” “Hate Crimes Legislation,” and “Enda Laws,” will be foisted unto our nation. Explanations of these measures are all posted on the blog in October.

The good news is that the marriage amendments passed in California with 52% of the vote, in Florida with 62% of the vote, and also in Arizona with a majority. By the way, if Catholics in California were grounded in their faith the vote for marriage would have been 60% instead of 52%.The problem also is that the ACLU and their culture of death allies will continue to attack in the courts and try to make the amendments unconstitutional.

The Mormon Church deserves a special badge of honor. Witness the protests at their church in Los Angeles during this past week because of their support for the marriage amendment. If proposition 8 had failed then all of us who believe that marriage is between a man and a woman; we would be considered legally, bigots. That is how sick the society is out there.

What do you think we should do about this matter?
George H. Kubeck