The Fortnight For Freedom has drawn to a close
As the church has been fighting for freedom—
The Bishops have lobbied to take away rights
From the women, who don’t really need ‘em.
They still have the freedom to follow the church,
To submit to the will of their masters
To leave the decisions to men of the cloth,
To the rabbis and mullahs and pastors…
When the church has the freedom to do as it pleases
And make my decisions for me,
When laws make us all the disciples of Jesus…
Then that’s how we know we are free.
You remember the Fortnight for Freedom, right? Me neither, and I wrote about it. I expect the bishops will announce that it was a thorough success.
Bishops are delusional like that.
edit–I saw another article (and promptly lost the link), with some frankly unbelievable quotes!
A national poll found 57 percent of Catholics supported the mandatory coverage for birth control, but Madden said such polls are irrelevent.
“It makes no difference because it’s [opposition to birth control] what the church professes and believes,” he said.
The bishops complained that the HHS mandate was draconian — as bad as existing law in California, Oregon, and New York. So why have the California bishops been so quiet during the decade that the mandate was in force in California? I guess it’s only an outrage if Obama does it.
I have always supported the prinicple of “fornicate for freedom”. As a former catholic, I am pleased to read the bishops did not take this challenge lying down, but stood firm for their beliefs. Just one more fine example of how the Catholic church reaches out to touch its congregation.
DC, your ‘another article’ link doesn’t link to another article. It links to the same article another time.
Crud. I don’t know if I’ll be able to find that one again. Maybe I’ll just break the link.
“It makes no difference because it’s [opposition to birth control] what the church professes and believes,” he said.”
Only the dogma in the pulpit professes and believes the opposition to birth control. The church people in th pews don’t buy it.
You just google the quote (“A national poll found 57 percent of Catholics…”), and voilà!
A Fortnight for Freedom,defined by the Bishops
An oxymoronic appeal
As they strive to keep all
Of the people in thrall
With bellowing, jack-booted zeal.
They want everybody to join them in bondaqge
And follow their hearts, not their brains.
With gold on the alter
To pay for the slaughter
And velvet robes hiding their chains.
*applauds*
Bravo!
Coming from you, that means a lot. Thank you.