Black Pro-Life Leaders To Protest NAACP

The NAACP's Image Awards event in Los Angeles will be protested by the National Black Pro Life Coalition because the NAACP promotes abortion.  Noting how the NAACP has aligned itself with Planned Parenthood and its racist policies, the black pro-life leaders state that the NAACP has betrayed the black community.

I for one commend these pro-life leaders as the NAACP has shown itself to be completely prostituted to the culture of death.  I only regret that some in Catholic "social justice" circles have been blinded by political correctness and have struck hands with these people (see the post immediately preceding this).

Maryland Catholic Conference - Careening Towards Irrelevance

Some might think my title is overly harsh.  Actually I think it's rather mild as it may be lurching towards dissidence.  For those who have been keeping an eye on the state Catholic Conferences, along with the USCCB, this is no surprise.

On January 19th the Holy Father released a statement that made plain that Catholic agencies should refuse partnerships that would indirectly support activities opposed to Church teaching.  He is confirming what so many faithful Catholics have been saying all along regarding the questionable alliances concocted by the "social justice" arms of the Church bureaucracy and of the insipid toadying to prominent pro-aborts done by Church prelates.

On page 3 of the Jan/Feb edition of Our Parish Times appeared an article about the Maryland Catholic Conference and its choice of priorities.  What are the top two in the headline?  "Death penalty repeal" and "Catholic school support".  The third most popular was "gun violence".  The word "abortion" was not to be found once in this article and while "stem cell research" was mentioned, there was no clear explanation that embryonic stem cell research is a form of child murder.

I knew the "death penalty repeal" appeal could make the MCC susceptible to the temptation to involve itself in all manners of squalid associations.  So far I'm proven correct.

I discovered that tonight Maryland Citizens Against State Executions held their 2013 Rally and Lobby Day.  See the link for further details.  You'll see that they act contrary to the Holy Father's Jan 19th directive against lending indirect support of sinful activities.  In this meeting, the MCC has allied itself with:

• Equality Maryland
• ACLU
• NAACP (and various chapters)
• Progressive Maryland
• Amnesty International

All of these organizations promote baby-murder and perversions of sexuality and family life.  This evening the Maryland Catholic Conference, once again, sold its soul.

Below the jump break I'll post two relevant videos so...

Vortex Report On What Should Have Been Done At The Beginning

We do need to address contraception as the fundamental evil that it is.  The pro-life movement, following a misguided "ecumenical" impulse, looked the other way on this.  No longer can we do so.

Today's March For Life

Here aare some "bird's eye views" of over 500,000 people who attended today's March for Life (and this is with the snow and cold).

You will not see these in the lamebrain-mainstream media!

If A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words

Then a video clip is worth a million (or should we say "trillion" to impress the denizens of the White House).  Two scenes recorded by pro-lifers reveal how the embrace of abortion corrupts the mind so that the pro-abortion proponent eventually embraces violence - in both word and action.  Think about it.  Abortion is THE most violent act possible against one who is least able to defend him/herself.

First, from South Bend IN, we have "doctor" George Klopfer envisioning the sidewalk counselor's daughter being gang-raped.  His equally ghoulish thugs employees chime in.

Then from Jackson MS we see a pro-abortion security guard pepper-spraying three pro-life activists.  I understand that the three are pressing charges.  I hope that they are also holding liable the abortuary as the guard's employer.

Caveat Emptor

Well, too late now!  We're in for a rough four years.

Happy 40th?

If the Salon article (from the previous post) wasn't enough to illustrate the intellectual and spiritual vacuity of the pro-abortion mentality, perhaps the following clip from the Center for Reproductive Rights will suffice.  As you watch it, you'll see why some think that pro-lifers put it up as a spoof on the pro-choice embrace of Roe v Wade.  But no, this is indeed the slop-job of pro-abortion proponents

Below that clip I will post one from Day Gardner that lends some perspective to the CFRR clip.  I'll put both of them below the jump break.

So What If Abortion Ends Life?

Ladies and gentlemen, the pro-abortion advocates are no longer bothering with "pro-choice" and denying that the fetus really is a baby.  With the advent of 4-d ultrasound, how can they?  The title of my post is the title of an article that appears in "Salon".  It is written by Mary Elizabeth Williams

"Sacrificed for circumstances" - Still murder

Read it, for it clearly illustrates the complete arrogance and death of conscience that will occur to anyone who espouses the pro-baby-murder canard.  For instance, as she says of the relationship between mother and unborn child, "She’s the boss. Her life and what is right for her circumstances and her health should automatically trump the rights of the non-autonomous entity inside of her. Always."  Those of us who have some recollection of history (and it is not the liberal who's been brainwashed by humanistic-driven public education) will recall that in the days of the ancient Roman empire, when a mother was in labor, there was a pan of water placed nearby.  If the child just born didn't suit the father for some reason, the infant was immediately drowned.  I daresay that most (even "pro-choice") would instinctively recoil in horror at the thought.  But how are the beliefs of that ancient Roman father any different from those voiced by Williams?  They aren't.  So in Williams' warped world-view, the little person can be ripped from limb to limb because he/she is not deemed "right for her (mother's) circumstances".

I won't pick apart the entire article lest this blog post become its own article.  She ends hers by acknowledging her "conviction that the fetus is indeed a life - a life worth sacrificing".  No, my dear.  One sacrifices only what is their own.  You do not own that baby; he/she is not your property.  Therefore, in that last sentence, "sacrifice" is more aptly rendered "murder".  That comes at an eternal price - namely the torments of hell.  Somehow I don't think hell would be right for anyone's "circumstances".

Remedial Training For Behaving At Mass

A few days ago came the announcement that the Vatican will soon publish a manual of sorts to help priests celebrate Mass more appropriately and for the congregation to participate accordingly.  No thinking person doubts that such an effort is necessary; it does reflect poorly on both the training that priests receive in seminary and Catholics receive in their education - actually "don't receive" might be more to the point.  Today's Vortex touches upon this topic.  Below that I'll post a challenge to faithful Catholics, as it is up to us to "raise the bar" on conduct in church, particularly before the Blessed Sacrament.



Now I suggest some immediate actions that can - should be taken by serious Catholics.

• No chit-chat in the nave of the church, either before or after Mass.  If someone comes up to you and starts talking, politely insist that you move the conversation into the lobby.
• Dress as though you are going to meet someone vitally important, for that is indeed what you're doing.  That means no jeans, shorts, sneakers, sandals, tee-shirts, polo shirts.  Women should dress modestly: skirt or dress no higher than knee, blouses should have sleeves, nothing see-through, nothing clingy.  Men should be in jacket and tie, dress shirt/shoes/slacks, nothing baggy.  Got the picture?
• Father, please don't crack jokes in the homily or at the altar.  We came to Mass, not the Jay Leno Comedy Hour.  The words you say during your homily might well be the difference between salvation and damnation for someone in your congregation; that is a matter of the utmost gravity and should be regarded as such.
• Liturgical committees and other planners, please take the concept of "inculturation" and put it in the trash where it belongs.  Mass is about Christ's Paschal Sacrifice and our worship of Him.  That's it and nothing else.
• No applause whatsoever.  The Holy Father has made quite plain his displeasure at this unfortunate practice.  There should be no distraction from God in favor of some person - not even "for a minute".
• Additional suggestions are welcome via the comment box.

Biden Says "Keep The Faith"

No, my fellow Catholics!  I hate to dash your hopes, but Plugs was not talking of his own much-neglected Catholicism.  He gave this pseudo-spiritual exhortation to environmental activists at a "Green Ball".  And why should the climate change nazis wax hopeful?  Because, in Biden's own words, the Messiah Most Miserable and his Minions Most Mindless will compel us to "finally face up to climate change".

"Faith"?  Isn't that a quality found in those adhering to some religious/spiritual tenet?  I thought the climate change folks were all about purely scientific proofs - so why would they be hearkening back to faith?  Could it be that environmentalism has indeed become - its own religion???

Well, there be skeptics among us, I daresay.  One of them is NOAA, who show that average temperatures have been holding steady for some time now.

Lent is not that far off.  Soon we'll be hearing clarion calls from USCCB progressives urging us to climb onto the Catholic Climate Covenant bandwagon.  We'll be prepared to skip that ride.