The Destructive CINOP - 17

The Destructive Influence of the CINOP in the Catholic Church - 17

Report Card # 17 on Bill Press’s Book
How the Republicans Stole Christmas
Sunday, Dec. 2/07 ---Saturday, April l, 2006

Chapter 4 – Abortion and Stem Cell Research (cont’d)

We continue to discern the mind and heart of Bill Press and try to figure out the thought processes of a CINOP – Catholic in Name Only Politician or Person.

When you read pages 123-4 you wonder, what’s going on in the mind of pro-abortion catholic politicians? Let’s take a look at the following page.
“… the one, consistent theme of all the world’s religions is their blatant discrimination against women. Based on a literal reading of Genesis, where Eve is created only a helpmate to Adam, churches have always considered and treated women as second-class citizens: forcing them to wear a veil, remain silent, or sit in a different part of the church … of course, the Catholic Church still denies women ordination….So religious opposition to abortion must be seen as part of a pattern – the churches’ long history of talking down sex and putting down women.” 125

“But, in other ways, St. Paul does still rule. There are no women priests in the Catholic Church and no conservative evangelical women preachers.” 130

“But there is no doubt that this paternalistic attitude toward women still shapes today’s debate on abortion. The inescapable fact is that only women are biologically capable of getting pregnant… MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT; IF MEN COULD GET PREGNANT, ABORTION WOULD BE A NON-ISSUE. MEN WOULD NEVER LET ANYBODY TAKE AWAY THEIR RIGHT TO CHOOSE… (127) Note that Bill Press is a secular feminist par
excellence.
“If you had listened to Pope John Paul II, you would have concluded that abortion is a ‘legal extermination’ comparable to the Holocaust… No way, Abortion is certainly not the most pressing issue facing the planet. Around the world, poverty, hunger, genocide, global warming, terrorism, and HIV/AIDS receive, and deserve, more attention…. the lack of health insurance for millions of American families, the declining quality of education in our public schools, a monstrous federal deficit, and chronic unemployment all rate higher on the national crisis scale.” 127)
Then Bill has the next four pages on “The Bible Is Silent On Abortion.”

All of the above in Bill’s book is like reading a fairy tale. The CINOP needs a refresher course on the Roman Catholic Faith. He can start with the Catechism and the recent pronouncement of Cardinal William Levada, “When you see Catholic politicians who favor abortion rights … you ask yourself how this person squares with his personal faith. Catholic politicians need to take this seriously. Maybe they need to say I’m not able to practice my faith and be a public representative.” March 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com)

In closing, my State Senator Joe Dunn whom I have met is chairman of the State Judiciary Committee. Sadly, he is a CINOP. He has to vote on SB 1437 which would force transsexual, bisexual, and homosexual curriculum upon all California school children. SB 1437 is scheduled for a hearing on Tues. April 4, 2006….
George H. Kubeck, Posted Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008