So a bunch of priests are ticked about Notre Dame inviting Obama to speak at their graduation ceremony. Their concern is that Notre Dame is distancing itself from the Roman Catholic Church because Obama is pro-choice and the Catholic Church obviously isn't. The irony of the whole thing is that a recent poll showed that more than 60% of Roman Catholics are pro-choice. They are so concerned about Obama speaking, that they totally miss the fact that more than half of the people who align themselves with their Church don't even hold the same beliefs about abortion.
I honestly have no problem with your everyday Catholic. I know quite a few of them, and they are wonderful people. My problem is with the leadership of the Catholic Church who sit in their ivory towers and pass down judgments on things without thinking through them, all the while ignoring other glaring problems in their Church. What do they expect Obama to do? Do they think he's going to give a dissertation on why people should be pro-choice in the midst of his commencement address? The reality is that his address will not affect anything along the lines of pro-choice or pro-life positions.
The thing I find interesting is that in the midst of all of this, the Pope recently reinstated a priest who doesn't believe that the Holocaust happened. Where's the outrage from all of these bishops and priests concerning this?
By the way, I have no desire to turn this post into a debate about pro-life vs. pro-choice, so save your comments along those lines because I won't respond to them.
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