When Pretense Masquerades as Virtue # 2 of 2

When Pretense Masquerades as Virtue. # 2 of 2

In pursuit of the truth – www.cinopsbegone.com – Saturday, March 27, 2010

We continue with the article by columnist Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and other major newspapers, March 24th.

“Finally, an executive order cannot trump or change a federal statute.

“One can reasonably surmise that Obama, a former constitutional law professor, is well aware of the uselessness of his promise. Perhaps this is why he didn’t mention it during the bill-signing ceremony Tuesday.

“Stupak knew that the executive order was merely political cover for him and his pro-life colleagues. He knew it because several members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops explained it to him, according to sources. The only way to prevent public funding for abortion was for his amendment to be added to the Senate bill.

“Clearly, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the president didn’t want that. What they did want was the abortion funding that the Senate bill allowed.

“Thus the health care bill passed because of a mutually understood deception – a pretense masquerading as virtue. No wonder Stupak locked his doors and turned off his phones Sunday, according to several pro-life lobbyists who camped outside his office.

“Stupak’s fall from grace is a lesson in human frailty. In a matter of hours, he went from representing the majority of Americans who don’t want public money spent on abortion to leading the army on the other side. Already he has lost speaking invitation to the Illinois Catholic Prayer Breakfast next month.

“After the Sunday vote, a group of Democrats, including Stupak, gathered in a pub to celebrate. In a biblical moment, New York Rep. Anthony Weiner was spotted planting a big kiss on Stupak’s cheek. To a Catholic man well versed in the Gospel, this is not a comforting gesture.”

George H. Kubeck “As a Congressman and voting for the Senate Health Care Bill and a practicing Catholic, I would have excommunicated myself from my Catholic Faith and the Catholic Church. You can find a liberal theologian telling you, you are not.”