Stop the hypocrisy

Chad the Elder of Fraters Libertas, summarizes nicely the problem of the Catholic church's choice to provide cover for Pro-Choice politicians instead of standing firm in its principles.

We often hear about the Catholic Church's culpability--usually grossly overstated--in the Crusades, the Inquisition, and the sexual abuse scandals of recent years (among others). Rarely do we hear anyone talk about the responsibility that the Catholic Church in America, through what its leaders have done or more often failed to do, bears for allowing and in some cases even aiding and abetting Catholic politicians in developing this "cover" that has resulted in millions of abortions being performed over the last thirty-five years.

The role of Catholic priests, bishops, theologians, and other leaders should not be to help Catholics justify supporting something that the Church has deemed inherently wrong. The participation of so many leaders of the Church in this deceitful blurring of what should be a clear moral line is a shameful stain on what should be the Church's strong and unequivocal record on supporting life.

Of course, I completely agree that this "should be a clear moral line." Recently, I took a stand against the church I attend by declining an invitation for formal membership because of the greater United Methodist Church's policy proclamation supporting the right to abortion. I agonized over that decision, but it is important to speak up whenever the line between right and wrong is being blurred.