Crazy Cons Attack Card. O'Malley

Crazy Cons Attack Card. O'Malley by Michael Sean Winters

Cardinal O'Malley is moving in the right direction, but is not there yet. The crazy cons, however, shoudl follow his advice and go to confession for their hate. If a position in natural law needs a strong PR strategy, it may not be as natural as you think. I still think it comes down to marriage as the social tool that creates families (calling them civil unions is a PC copout). To not allow gays to create their own families is to infantalize them into their families of origin - and there is nothing natural about that.

Debating Faithful Citizenship

Debating Faithful Citizenship by Michael Sean Winters

My response:

Faithful Citizenship has never been used as intended. It is at best a Band-Aid on addressing the intricacies of both abortion law and poverty. Until these issues are more explicitly addressed, it will prove caustic as some seize on abortion as a non-negotiable without actually saying what is to be done about it, while others use it as an excuse to ignore the issue altogether. Neither view is correct. We should instead agree to either a realistic program to end abortion through criminal law or admit that it cannot be done and instead agree on an economic strategy to reduce it.

Weiner forced out for lying about Masturbation

That should be the headline that the mainstream media is forced to use. Anyone involved in showing the gentleman from New York the door should have to use or respond to the word Masturbation in public - if only to show how pathetic this incident really is.

The issue should not be seen as sexting. Sexting is only a way to try to verify age, gender and intent before engaging in phone sex or cybering for the purposes of mutual masturbation.

That of course, is not the problem. It is that he lied about it. Still, it is rather pathetic that he is being forced out for lying about masturbation. A little political courage would have been a nice change, especially with an incident mostly media driven.

What he did was stupid, but understandable. He was either freaked out by the idea of fatherhood or really, really hard up because of morning sickness.

He would not be the first guy who sought a little personal relief in those circumstances. Any guy who says he has not masturbated during the morning sickness phase of pregnancy is lying.

You don't force people out of their jobs for that - or for cybering before marriage.

Liberals should rise up against such puritanism, however it is not to be this time.

The Veep at the Vatican

The Veep at the Vatican by Michael Sean Winters

My response: I disagree. Biden is not wrong and I hope he explained the difference between supporting abortion and not using the criminal law to regulate it in American Society. There was never an "abortion law" enacted and in a society that grants equal protection to all individuals, making a fetus an individual in the first trimester is so legally problematic that the pro-life movement does not attempt it. Until they do attempt it, there is nothing for pro-choice Catholic (or non-Catholic politicians) to oppose. You cannot say we are wrong for opposing non-existent legilation (and neither can the Pope). Hopefully, Biden explained this. One more thing, John the Divine was Jesus best friend, not Peter.

The resurrection of the dead -- Part 2

The resurrection of the dead -- Part 2 by Fr. Richard McBrian

My response: The resurrection of the dead is really the only belief that does not boil down to annihilation, since being unressurrected in the pressence of God would amount to your reality being all God and no you. Only faith in a resurrection makes individuality possible and it is the biggest leap of faith one can have.