Word to the UK: The Catholics are Coming!
America's "cultural wars" are spreading to the other side of the pond. The Catholic Church now has an aggressive plan for pro-choice politicians in the UK...
Last Friday, June 1st, "Chris in Paris" on Americablog made the following post, "Religious extremism increasing in UK."
"Hopefully the British are more sensible than Americans and reject this movement, though senior leaders in the Catholic church are supportive and are announcing some very aggressive plans. Too often Blair caved in to these people, most recently on the issue of gay rights, so at least he will be removed from the issue.
Anti-abortion campaigners are ready to launch a US-style cultural war against the 40-year-old law that allows women in the UK to choose to terminate unwanted pregnancies - with politicians who are also practising Roman Catholics as their first targets.
MPs and other elected representatives who attend Mass but have not taken a hard line against abortion will be targeted by activists who say they should be disowned by the Church.
The head of the 17,000-strong Life League said yesterday that the organisation will write to every Catholic MP demanding a clear statement that they support the Church's line on abortion and all other "life" issues.
Those who fail to give a satisfactory answer face the prospect of being spied on to see if they are attending Mass."
Read more: http://news.independent.co.uk
Here's a little snippet for you—"Last week, a Manchester court sentenced a 22-year-old Asian woman to a year in prison for having an illegal abortion. Earlier, a GP came under pressure to report one of his patients to the police after she had turned up in his surgery having ended an unwanted pregnancy, apparently illegally. The Royal College of Obstetricians has reported that an unprecedented number of doctors in the UK are refusing to be be involved in abortions." ...Déjà vu.
2 comments:
No worries. Blair is going...after he has indulged himself ...and his inflated ego... for just a little longer...as should Ruth Kelly (who is secretary of state for communities....but also a self confessed - after much pressure - member of opus dei!!! Rather a conflict of interest with regard to the gay part of our communties wouldn't you say ?)
Still I have faith that the MPs placed under pressure by the Catholic Church will stick out their tongues and look elsewhere to fuel their indoctrinated misguided beliefs (there are plenty of chuches/faiths to choose from...not least my newly instigated invented faith to worship the true God...the creator of the creator who created the creator of the catholic church !!)
I'm just happy we haven't yet reached the stage of having the equivalent of Jim and Tammy Bakker with their Praise the Lord TV. And what about the Trinity Broadcasting Network ? "If you don't pay up you will spend an eternity in hell" With the low IQ level to believe such rhetoric why are some people so convinced we are not descended from the apes. It's an insult to the intelligence of our fellow beings.
Again, well said, Huginn.
I thought that you may appreciate these tidbits:
I recently read that "Normal religions are in turmoil as humans have become too advanced to swallow their preposterous stories. We are however, finding alternative routes to our spiritual selves, and sharing those techniques with our friends, and loved ones, and so still we grow, evolve, and change."
(...Well, he may be too optimistic, but it does sound rather nice, huh?)
Gautama Buddha said "Much of the pain in the world comes from the illusion that we are seperate from one another."
About your words, "the creator of the creator who created the creator..." -did you know that paintings of Adam and Eve by Renaissance masters, such as Michelangelo and Raphael, show that Adam and Eve had belly-buttons? Curious, eh?
And, lastly--
"We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further." -Richard Dawkins
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