"WE'LL TEACH THE CHURCH HOW TO BE CATHOLIC!"

In a move that is sure inflame honest Catholics, the House Democrats circulated an absolutely outrageous letter and got 48 of their fellow Democrats to sign it. It was then sent to Cardinal McCarrick of Washington. Because the Dims haven’t released the letter to the general public, just some fellow liberals in the press, I can only comment on what I have seen in the press. That being said, look what is being quoted:

“The letter questioned how the bishops could limit the denial of Communion to abortion, noting that Pope John Paul II and many U.S. bishops have condemned the death penalty and the war in Iraq. "All of us firmly believe that we can be good Congresspersons and Catholics and we respectfully submit that, while sometimes difficult, each of us has the responsibility and the right to balance public morality with private morality without pressure from certain bishops," the letter said.”

Again, the liberals feel there can be a public morality different and separate from private morality. Let me try this again and be very clear about it,

MORALS ARE MORALS, THERE AREN’T DIFFERENT GRADES OR VERSIONS. PUBLIC MORALITY IS THE SAME AS PRIVATE MORALITY. IT’S LIKE HAVING A PRIVATE SPLEEN AND A PUBLIC SPLEEN, OR PRIVATE SOUL AND PUBLIC SOUL, IT JUST CAN’T HAPPEN

Any questions?

And then this one,

“In their letter, the Democratic House members said they "firmly believe that it would be wrong for a bishop to deny the sacrament of Holy Communion to an individual on the basis of a voting record. We believe that such an action would be counter-productive and would bring great harm to the church." “

Oh, the Church should worry less about their teachings being right or wrong, they should worry about it being “counter-productive”. Typical liberal claptrap, holding their fingers up to the wind.

Finally, from the munchkin state of Rhode Island, we get this,

“Another antiabortion legislator, Rep. James R. Langevin (R.I.), said that "while I agree with [the bishops] on the pro-life issue, I don't agree with them on denying Communion to those who in good conscience have come to a different position. . . . These are complicated, emotional issues that each of us has wrestled with, and it's not helpful for the church to be punitive or to approach these issues in this heavy-handed way."

Yeah, don’t look at these things with a heavy-handed, Catechism-based, right and wrong, black and white way, we need to look at it in a way that doesn’t make me feel bad and gets me votes.