your stupidity is showing, dear representatives
first impression of the issue: I HAVE NOT THE WORDS TO DESCRIBE MY FIERY RAGE AND FRUSTRATION.
well, now that I do, I'll write a journal post with them.
ok, so the pope goes to Mexico City and reiterates standard Catholic teaching that's been around since before the Notre Dame was floor plans. he talks about how Mexican politicians who support abortion should not receive the Eucharist (because believing that it's ok to brutalize woman and slay babies is EXTREMELY incompatible with Catholicism no matter WHAT the nice little old sister may say). in fact he says that they SHOULD be denied the Eucharist because, whether formally or no, they are excommunicated (I add, for being heretics). so this is between Rome and Mexico, right?
but no. there's this bunch of Catholic Democrat House people, 18 of them, who think the entire world revolves around them. they start getting all apoplectically hot and bothered, saying stuff like this is un-American. they say it clashes with Constitutionally-guaranteed freedoms. they say it offends "the very nature of the American experiment." I'll take those as three objections.
1. Denying Holy Communion to Mexican politicians is un-American. umm, I'm sorry, but America doesn't even come into the picture. Pope Benedict XVI didn't say anything about America, and trust me I would have noticed if he did because I'm slavering for it. and for the sake of argument even if it WERE un-American, that would be ok because guess what, it's not happening in the US.
2. Denying Holy Communion to politicians (in general) who support pro-abortion legislation clashes with Constitutionally-guaranteed freedoms. in order to pander to their self-centered attitudes, I modified the actual facts of the case to apply to the squealing 18. now that that's taken care of, let's look at it again. hmm, that's funny. I really do not recall the Constitution, which I have studied many times both in school and on my own, guaranteeing ANYWHERE the freedom for ANYONE much less House Reps to receive the Eucharist on demand. cos that's what this is really about. they want to play the good Catholic receiving Communion (which they use as pure image and I highly doubt that they think about what incredible sacrilege and blasphemy they are engaging in when they do that) and ALSO the good Democrat doing whatever they want. they want their sin and their "sanctity" too. well they can't have it both ways, and even though they've had it for so long (to appearances only), now that Catholicism has some leaders who aren't as wimpy as their predecessors and are willing to right wrongs and finally impose consequences for those who flagrantly flaunt their heresy, they're crying foul.
3. Denying Communion to heretic politicians offends "the very nature of the American experiment." I seem to recall that the American experiment in the beginning was one of a nation "conceived in liberty," especially and namely religious freedom. then it became more of a government of the people, for the people, and by the people. what I don't see is some kind of original "American experiment" in which religions are not allowed to be seen or heard. granted, that's what's developing, faster and faster. but an atheistic society is NOT the nature of the "American experiment." the secular government guides the secular aspect of people's lives and the religion that someone adheres to governs the religious aspect of their lives. so when the Church, acting as an independent authority to which people submit willingly (ain't nobody putting a gun to your head saying "Catholicism or Death!"), has certain beliefs that people need to believe in in order to be called a member, and there are certain things only members can do (just try to get in on a country club luncheon without being a member because you're too freakin poor and your mom is a New York Italian and your dad's a shoe salesman), and that independent, sovereign Church says whoops, we have clearly written rules and you clearly messed this one up and you also clearly don't give a flying fuck, so ummm you can't receive Communion, that is ENTIRELY betwen the person and the Church and has NOTHING to do with the American government. if they want to be Catholic politicians, they can. it's just they can't claim to be Catholic and NOT be Catholic. that's stupid. if they want to object and say oooh I can't vote the way I want to vote because the Catholic Church is threatening to take away my squeaky-clean religious image, join the Episcopalians or something. nobody's making them stay. either get in line or get out. the hard part is either thinking harder and changing their conflicting beliefs, or leaving their "comfort zone." anyway Catholicism isn't supposed to be comfortable, but that's another post entirely. yeah I KNOW it's hard, but guess what it's THEIR mind and THEIR life. they DO have control over it.
I don't want to sound like I write off everyone like this. I'm just PISSED that these are grown people who were elected into office and should know better, but have been doing this for YEARS. honestly, they need to grow up.
well, now that I do, I'll write a journal post with them.
ok, so the pope goes to Mexico City and reiterates standard Catholic teaching that's been around since before the Notre Dame was floor plans. he talks about how Mexican politicians who support abortion should not receive the Eucharist (because believing that it's ok to brutalize woman and slay babies is EXTREMELY incompatible with Catholicism no matter WHAT the nice little old sister may say). in fact he says that they SHOULD be denied the Eucharist because, whether formally or no, they are excommunicated (I add, for being heretics). so this is between Rome and Mexico, right?
but no. there's this bunch of Catholic Democrat House people, 18 of them, who think the entire world revolves around them. they start getting all apoplectically hot and bothered, saying stuff like this is un-American. they say it clashes with Constitutionally-guaranteed freedoms. they say it offends "the very nature of the American experiment." I'll take those as three objections.
1. Denying Holy Communion to Mexican politicians is un-American. umm, I'm sorry, but America doesn't even come into the picture. Pope Benedict XVI didn't say anything about America, and trust me I would have noticed if he did because I'm slavering for it. and for the sake of argument even if it WERE un-American, that would be ok because guess what, it's not happening in the US.
2. Denying Holy Communion to politicians (in general) who support pro-abortion legislation clashes with Constitutionally-guaranteed freedoms. in order to pander to their self-centered attitudes, I modified the actual facts of the case to apply to the squealing 18. now that that's taken care of, let's look at it again. hmm, that's funny. I really do not recall the Constitution, which I have studied many times both in school and on my own, guaranteeing ANYWHERE the freedom for ANYONE much less House Reps to receive the Eucharist on demand. cos that's what this is really about. they want to play the good Catholic receiving Communion (which they use as pure image and I highly doubt that they think about what incredible sacrilege and blasphemy they are engaging in when they do that) and ALSO the good Democrat doing whatever they want. they want their sin and their "sanctity" too. well they can't have it both ways, and even though they've had it for so long (to appearances only), now that Catholicism has some leaders who aren't as wimpy as their predecessors and are willing to right wrongs and finally impose consequences for those who flagrantly flaunt their heresy, they're crying foul.
3. Denying Communion to heretic politicians offends "the very nature of the American experiment." I seem to recall that the American experiment in the beginning was one of a nation "conceived in liberty," especially and namely religious freedom. then it became more of a government of the people, for the people, and by the people. what I don't see is some kind of original "American experiment" in which religions are not allowed to be seen or heard. granted, that's what's developing, faster and faster. but an atheistic society is NOT the nature of the "American experiment." the secular government guides the secular aspect of people's lives and the religion that someone adheres to governs the religious aspect of their lives. so when the Church, acting as an independent authority to which people submit willingly (ain't nobody putting a gun to your head saying "Catholicism or Death!"), has certain beliefs that people need to believe in in order to be called a member, and there are certain things only members can do (just try to get in on a country club luncheon without being a member because you're too freakin poor and your mom is a New York Italian and your dad's a shoe salesman), and that independent, sovereign Church says whoops, we have clearly written rules and you clearly messed this one up and you also clearly don't give a flying fuck, so ummm you can't receive Communion, that is ENTIRELY betwen the person and the Church and has NOTHING to do with the American government. if they want to be Catholic politicians, they can. it's just they can't claim to be Catholic and NOT be Catholic. that's stupid. if they want to object and say oooh I can't vote the way I want to vote because the Catholic Church is threatening to take away my squeaky-clean religious image, join the Episcopalians or something. nobody's making them stay. either get in line or get out. the hard part is either thinking harder and changing their conflicting beliefs, or leaving their "comfort zone." anyway Catholicism isn't supposed to be comfortable, but that's another post entirely. yeah I KNOW it's hard, but guess what it's THEIR mind and THEIR life. they DO have control over it.
I don't want to sound like I write off everyone like this. I'm just PISSED that these are grown people who were elected into office and should know better, but have been doing this for YEARS. honestly, they need to grow up.