Jay,
I'd like to turn our focus away from Planned Parenthood and on to the Catholic Bishops.
As I'm sure you know, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops persuaded Congress nearly single-handedly this weekend to add an amendment to the House health care bill that essentially bars insurance companies participating in government sponsored "insurance exchanges" from covering abortions. That's right, they've succeeded in their push to interject their religious doctrine into America's health care legislation.
I will be working with many others to try to get this language is stripped from the bill before it makes it to the President's desk. It would be appalling if this fairly modest reform of health care has come at the expense of women's reproductive rights. Last I checked, Roe v. Wade is still the law of the land, which means this bill is cutting off access to a legal health procedure in most of the nation's insurance plans.
But for a moment, let's just put aside the abortion discussion and the horrific fact that the Catholic Church was willing to kill health care for the sick and poor if the Democrats didn't give them this amendment. What many people are now questioning is how one religious group can be such a lobbying powerhouse and not have to abide by any of the same standards and requirements as other tax-exempt organizations do when they operate on Capitol Hill.
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Barry,
Would you be opposed to a universal single payer system which did not fund abortion except in case of rape, incest or threat to the life of the mother? I would support a universal single payer plan whether it did or did not ban abortion. seems to me that the Stupak ammendment is doing essential what a ban on government funding would do under a universal single payer system. To argue that Provider plans which are paid for solely by individuals are not also government subsidized by being on the exchange and having customers who are government subsidized is like saying the church is not being helped by the government in receiving funds to run a rehab program that meets in the midst of its religious symbols.
Has the American people not read history? Abortion was started by a "RICH" woman who wanted to get rid of the "poor" population and Alolph Hitler got wind of it and used their mission to accomplish his. He even had a meeting with the "RICH" woman. Also, as in the time of Jesus, the Church heirachy was a bought and paid for institution and that is why they crucified Jesus....He was a threat to their way of life more than to religion. The Catholic Church is also a bought position heirachy which followed the Jerusalem heirachy because of Roman influence. So, our legislators are also in the group of "what's in it for me money-wise"? Americans, stand up for once in your life and learn to FIGHT fir your God-given Rights. Our Constitution also tells us we can take out our politicians if they do not do the will of the people, for that is their job...DO THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE...not their own. WE the people lead and not the politicians...What are Americans afraid of?
I believe Reverend Lynn has stated, on several points, the issues of personal liberty at stake. I stand with him philosophically on many issues of personal and religious freedom, and I hereby pledge a meager (unless I win the lottery) donation in support of the voice of reason he presents.
Has the American people not read history? Abortion was started by a "RICH" woman who wanted to get rid of the "poor" population and Alolph Hitler got wind of it and used their mission to accomplish his.
Boris says: These are the kind of insane lies we get from Christian fundamentalists. For your information abortions have been performed in every society that has been studied. As long as women have been having babied they have been having abortions. Abortions were not invented by a rich woman. Also Adolph Hitler was a devout Christian who rounded up 11 million people and had them murdered simply because they did not accept Jesus Christ as their savior. That's on your head buddy.
Moral theology has always been a sticky subject for the catholics in my honest opinion...
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