Down with Religious Correctness!

Down with Religious Correctness!

VERITAS – www.cinopsbegone.com – St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More, Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Prelude: Religious correctness equals silence about a very serious matter. You don’t want to think or talk about it. You rationalize the truth. It makes you very uncomfortable to act on it. You feel afraid and threatened by the characters and issues involved.

Preface: “There are some non-negotiables in Catholic social teaching. Abortion and euthanasia are never allowed because they involve the direct taking of innocent life. There is no negotiating the God-given definition of marriage and family based on the permanent and exclusive union of one man and one woman… Our duty as bishops is to raise up moral principles. It is the duty of lay people, in all their various fields of expertise, to apply the Church’s principles to the current reality.” Archbishop’s Message by Jose H. Gomez, The Tidings, June 17, 2011.

TODAY IS THE MEMORIAL OF ST. THOMAS MORE. HE IS A ROLE MODEL AND THE PATRON SAINT OF POLITICIANS!

May I share a commentary which I heard about St. Thomas More? Thomas was a family man and prayed the breviary and rosary each day. He tried to attend Mass daily. He was a loving father of his children until he was executed. All they had to do was cry and they would get anything they wanted.

He was known for his honesty and following his conscience. He did not compromise on at least two fundamental issues. It is the Pope and not Henry VIII who guides the Catholic Church. Secondly, he believed in the sanctity of marriage. He was a politician that bore good fruit.

I don’t know what the outcome will be with the same-sex marriage fight going on in New York with Governor Andrew Cuomo promoting it. Andrew is a CINOP* (Catholic-in-name-only politician). He is divorced and not annulled. It was like in your face when he received Communion with his live-in girl-friend this past year in Albany. This matter is driving the informed Catholic laity up the wall!

We have other but similar problems with our Governor Jerry Brown and Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom and the legislators in the State and Congress. My position is simple and ordinary. As a politician don’t call yourself a Catholic when you are running for office.

*Definition of a CINOP: A Catholic politician who is for abortion and even partial-birth abortion, euthanasia, same-sex marriage, embryonic stem cell research, voted to take away the conscience clause for doctors and health care workers and supports the funding of Planned Parenthood.

WHAT IS THE DUTY OF THE CATHOLIC LAITY TO APPLY CHURCH’S PRINCIPLES TO CURRENT REALITIES?

George H. Kubeck – The Eucharist, Abortion and Same-Sex Marriage deserve the bishop’s attention and action.