NY Catholics protest US bishops’ ‘Freedom’ Rally against contraception bill
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A group of Catholics in upstate New York has threatened to cut off charity contributions to the U.S. Catholic Bishops Conference (USCBB) because of the bishops’ decision to protest the controversial Department of Health and Human Services’ Affordable Care Act.
The Act, which mandates that religious institutions provide employees with health care coverage for contraceptives and abortion-inducing drugs, has been fiercely protested by Catholic bishops in the U.S., but not all Catholics are against the bill.
“I believe that the Bishops do not speak for me on the issue of religious liberty. After learning of the campaign being promoted by the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops called ‘Fortnight for Freedom’ I have decided that in good conscience I cannot support the stated causes for which my donation would be used,” reads a form signed by Call to Action representatives from Albany, Binghamton, Syracuse, Utica and Buffalo.
The U.S. bishops are strongly opposed to allowing insurance coverage for any form of artificial birth control methods, because such methods go against Roman Catholic doctrine. They are organizing a “Fortnight for Freedom” campaign, which begins on June 21, to promote religious liberty during the two weeks leading up to July 4. The USCBB hopes to raise awareness and convince President Barack Obama to remove such mandates from religious institutions in the U.S.
Earlier this month, a national protest led by the Pro-Life Action League and Citizens for a Pro-Life Society was held in 160 cities, including Los Angeles, New York City, Washington, D.C., and Miami. The protest attacked the Act, saying that it violates the Constitution’s First Amendment right of freedom of religion.
The Call to Action organization of Catholics, which is gay-affirming and holds liberal stances on many issues in opposition to Catholic doctrine, describes itself as a “Catholic movement working for equality and justice in the Church and society.” In a letter to the USCBB and Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the group expressed its disagreement with efforts to protest the HHS bill. [More]
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Where’d you go, Dr. Dolan? You’re not afraid of a little debate, are you? Don’t you want to see if you really are competent as a psychologist?
Dr. Dolan, don’t you want to see if you can defend the positions of the feminists in the APA in a debate with little old me?
Dr. Dolan — as a psychologist, perhaps you can produce for me what no one else on this site has been able to produce: empirical evidence that sex crimes are motivated by power and control. I assert they are motivated by the sex drive, and that power and control are used to achieve the sexual goal. I further assert that it is impossible to prove the power and control hypothesis, as of necessity those constructs must be inferred, but can never be directly proven. I’m interested in your response.
Now isn’t that interesting — we have found one attxtude / behavioral constellation that does not respond to operant or classical conditioning or any other psychologic intervention. Sexual orientation is, according to the APA, truly unique. It is more intractable than cocaine addiction. This just shows you how far off the mark the APA is — and I presume you are a member. Maybe you even were on that task force that came up with their politically-motivated conclusions about homosexuality. It is no wonder a lot of people do not trust psychologists — frankly, they have more common sense than most psychologists — they are able to see psychology’s pronouncements for what they are: politically-correct garbage .
This comment (above) belongs below the comment posted at 1:36 P.M.
Even more germane to my argument, doctor, is the fact that the APA believes pedophilia and other sexual deviances are treatable — witness the plethora of books on the subject. Yet, they take the position that one sexual deviance — homosexuality — is not reponsive to any psychologic intervention. Honestly, how can I have any respect for this type of very poor, juvenile reasoning on the part of politically-correct APA?
Jim,
Of Course Call to Action is a
Catholic organization that has
been in the Church since 1975.
They have annual Meetings in
Milwaukee, Wisc. Look them up before making such absurb comments.
Wow, doctor — please. Being in existence since 1975 means the following: they’ve been in existence since 1975. If you don’t accept the tenets of the Catholic Church, you’re not Catholic. Honestly, where did you get your degree?
I thought at least doctoral programs still retained some academic rigor, but apparently I was wrong.
Hey doctor, get some education — read Carlos’ comment below, made at 10:52 A.M. today.
Hey doc, a question for you: if a person calls themselves a psychologist and has a Ph.D. in psychology, but they practice phrenology, don’t believe in operant or classical conditioning, and don’t believe neurochemistry makes any difference in influencing behavior, are they a psychologist or a phrenologist?
A note to myself: ensure I do not send any of my kids to University of Iowa.
You, doctor, apparently are one of the reasons psychology holds such anti-Catholic views, like support for homosexuality, and claiming that abortion harms only those women with pre-existing mental health problems.
Are you aware that the APA says homosexuality is not changeable? Strange, because the APA says all of the following can be changed: schizophrenia; bipolar illness; cocaine addiction; depression; anxiety; panic attacks; homophobia; in fact, the APA believes EVERY behavior and attxtude can be changed except one: sexual orientation.
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I hate to break it to them; but it isn’t about what they think. A “Catholic movement working for equality and justice in the Church and society,” eh? If you are Catholic, then you are for life-issues. If you are Catholic, you are against abortion, ivf, euthanasia, cloning, embryonic stem cells gathered from embryos, the death penalty, etc. Anything that has us, as Catholics, go blatantly against that tenant is inherently anti-Catholic and will be opposed by our bishops. It isn’t about what _you_ think! It is about defending the definition of what makes the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. Anyone who would support the HHS mandate as it currently stands needs to do a gut check and pray to our Lord as to whether we are really assenting our will to Him. It’s not _our will; it’s His.
Well, of course, the group Call to Action never was Catholic in the first place. So, who cares what they think? Tony, are you a member of Call to Action? How about you, Recovering Catholic? And you, Hanging On By My Fingernails?