Catholic Church Morally Confused.

Archbishop Raymond L. Burke (formerly of St. Louis, now at the Vatican) said today that, "At this point the Democratic Party risks transforming itself definitely into a ‘party of death’ because of its choices on bioethical questions."

Once again the Catholic Church has demonstrated its inability to distinguish moral from immoral, good from bad. (Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil - Isa 5:20) In this case, they confuse being pro-fetus with being pro-life. Standing up for the fetus when it contributes to the destruction of the mother's life, the life of the family, and damages society, is not pro life. It is putting the life of the unborn ahead of the lives of persons who are our neighbors and friends. To ruin the lives of the mother and her family and to multiply suffering in order to bring into this world another mouth that cannot be fed or clothed, another child who will suffer from lack of health care, lack of education, and lack of opportunity is neither moral nor favorable to life.

If the Catholics were defenders of life, they would promote contraception and family planning throughout the earth, they would energetically take up the cause of universal health care, and they would demand that the wealthy contribute from their surplus to alleviate the suffering of the poor.

Until we see that day, they are simply morally confused.