The News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Ind.) Kevin Leininger column
By Kevin Leininger, The News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Ind.) | |
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Liberals normally cherish the separation of church and state, but that hasn't stopped Pelosi and other Democratic bay-area politicians from shamelessly pressuring San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone into staying away from Thursday's
Calling the event "venom masquerading as virtue," the Catholic former speaker of the house wrote Cordileone that the event would display "disdain and hate" towards lesbians, gays, transgendered people and others. Then, echoing a recent statement from
Nor was Pelosi's letter unique.
It could perhaps be argued that, if the officials were speaking as individual Americans and not as politicians, their attempt to "bully" the church (in the words of the archbishop) did not constitute a blatant violation of the First Amendment. But Pelosi's selective invocation of her own pope and Catechism was at the very least an indication of how cynically she and others are trying to hijack theology for political gain.
But the catechism also states that homosexual behavior is contrary to God's laws, and that marriage is a heterosexual institution because "Holy Scripture affirms that man and woman were created for one another."
You're free to disagree, of course, but a Catholic archbishop isn't. Surely Pelosi and the others know that, which means they are trying to exert political pressure on an institution that under the Constitution is supposedly protected from that very thing.
If this were the only example of would-be tyranny, it would be bad enough. Unfortunately, such things are fast becoming the rule, not the exception. If it isn't Obamacare trying to forcing religious institutions or Christian businesses to provide abortion-friendly insurance, it's the
Cordileone responded to Pelosi and the others gently, reminding them he must "proclaim the truth -- the whole truth -- about God's will for our flourishing . . . in season and out of season."
For American liberty, the season is growing short. And so we need not be so charitable when judging those who accuse others of hate while so clearly demonstrating it themselves.
This column is the commentary of the writer and does not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of
This column is the commentary of the writer and does not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of
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