Now comes Miller time!

Amazing exhibition of ignorance about Catholicism on this thread!
The Bishops stand on most of these things is purposefully left open-ended for the faithful to fulfill as they see fit. Thus the social welfare opinions are not an endorsement of a welfare state run by the federal government but a general teaching government at some level must do something for the poor.
And being anti ILLEGAL immigration does not at all violate their teaching the immigrant must be treated fairly.
I do agree with the author on one thing, however. Santorum and most of the neocons are dead wrong about preemptive military action and the situation of displaced Palestinians. But these are political observations and rarely in history has the Church demanded such things be observed or else. Just witness how long the Church condemned the crossbow and atomic weapons to no avail.
I guess now we'll see a thread on how Ed Koch could not keep kosher....nit picking.

Hope and shortchange for the American worker....again.

"When it comes to slavery the bible, Christianity/Judaism, does not seem to have a problem with it."

Then why were the Abolitionists almost exclusively Christian (including my ancestors)? Why were the evil Catholic Spaniards the first to outlaw slavery?

"In the following parable, Jesus clearly approves of beating slaves even if they didn't know they were doing anything wrong.
Luke 12:47-48 - The servant will be severely punished, for though he knew his duty, he refused to do it."

Even if he didn't know? Did you actually read what you cut and pasted there? "...though he knew his duty..."
That said, nothing you cite shows Jesus approved of slavery. He was merely looking at a reality of his time and forming a parable around it. Nice try.

It must be global warming! That must be caused by man! The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

I am surprised no Pub has gone to the supreme dorks to make the Congress follow the Constitutional requirement for a budget that originates in the House. I suspect they want to keep this going either to set a precedent they can abuse or make it an election issue.

Just stop using seasonings.
(Watch zat go on a rampage calling me stupid before he ever thinks it might be a joke!)

The reason why Santorum swept him a few days ago. Another Rockefeller Republican RINO.

"If you are Catholic, vote against the Bishops wish to return you to 12 kid families.
Vote against the pedophile priests.
Vote for Obama."

I laugh! This bigotry is exactly what the Obamadens think will win in November!

"If it is racist bullshit, one of you two sad sacks are behind it."

Show me where my post was racist, liar.

Sure fire defense: It's not murder. It's birth control....a 'right.'

I'd rather starve than take government money, but they literally FORCE us to take Mediscam and Social Security. Health prices would drop way down if the government got out of the way.

"Birth control is a basic standard of care for women."

Ummmm, no. Let's make the distiction between "medical" and "health."
If a man wants to take female hormones, his health will not be hurt if he does not. That is medical, not health. If he is hurt in an accident and will die without treatment, that is health. Likewise plastic surgery for cosmetic reasons (except accident reconstruction).
Birth control is a choice. It is not a health necessity.
If I must pay for one's decision to screw without protection, then pay for the healthcare of the resulting children as well as the mom's WIC card....when does it end? Do I owe you a free bong with pot?
Health necessities I have little problem with, even though I believe it is not the federal government's business to provide anything.

Ouch, Toss! No wonder they allow you more than one wife.

Obama signs the bills. We pay for them.

Damn, Rcade! You removed my original comment again.

Syrians are human? My local newspapers seem to think otherwise.

I wrote 'front page,' Rcade. They also soft pedal and outright ignore the 85 arrests in one Jewish enclave. See no evil...

Nice scam! You gotta admire his ballsy execution.

Cruel and unusual, but at least they were spared Starbucks.

"According to reports by People for the American Way and the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR), the CPAC contingent this week will include Peter Brimelow, the notorious race-baiting activist who founded VDARE.com, an anti-immigration website that has long been described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate site."

Soooooo, three left wing agitprop groups (I mean SPLC???? C'mon!) say one person was a race baiter/racist and this is suppose to prove something?
I am more concerned with the virulent anti-religious bigotry blatantly coming from the left.

Is this another celebrity I am supposed to believe is somehow part of my family?

"This has nothing to do with anything but when I hear the name "Daisy" I picture a nice brown cow eating buttercups.."

Does she wink at you?

You also might be conservative if you want to nuke Iran, salt the earth there and sell their remaining citizens into slavery.

"Did you not hear he changed the policy? Or is this just the latest meme the right is harping on?"

No he didn't. He still wants to force the Church to pay for coverage of things it rejects, jpw.