Catholics like to fuss about the HHS mandate. \u00a0Of course at this point, I\u2019ve found no evidence that the US Bishops weren\u2019t one of Obama\u2019s prime allies in his push to mandate his healthcare policy. \u00a0Yes, they cautioned not to step on their toes over issues near and dear to Catholics. \u00a0But they weren\u2019t too concerned about other parts of his policy and how it could impact Americans, or other Americans\u2019 rights for that matter.<\/p>\n
Which isn\u2019t surprising since, apart from a few genital centered topics, the Bishops and the Democrats pretty much line up side by side in most issues. \u00a0Most Catholics are Democrat, most are moderate to liberal. \u00a0It\u2019s not shocking that the Bishops would be. \u00a0It could be argued the whole Church is going that direction. \u00a0I don\u2019t know for sure.<\/p>\n
But I do know the Bishops had to have had their heads in the clouds when they thought they could stand behind Obama and yet somehow make sure they and their priorities would be protected. \u00a0They weren\u2019t. \u00a0And Obama unleashed a brilliant assault on those who still pine for the right to not be liberal.<\/p>\n
Sure, it\u2019s in the courts now. \u00a0And people smarter about such things than I am say that the Church will eventually win. \u00a0That despite the fact that on the state level Church institutions have been compromising over providing such coverage for years, they will be victorious regarding the HHS mandate. \u00a0I guess there\u2019s an argument there, being on the federal level and all.<\/p>\n
But that\u2019s not the battle. \u00a0The battle in any free society never starts at the federal level, or the presidency. It starts on the streets. \u00a0In the trenches. \u00a0In the hearts and minds of the population. You have to get people to support you there. \u00a0Then eventually, you win. <\/p>\n
Fact is, most people are fine with the birth control coverage<\/a>. \u00a0And even at the beginning a sizable portion of Americans were content with forcing religion to compromise<\/a>. \u00a0That\u2019s because a growing number of Americans are accepting the Left\u2019s premise that traditional freedoms like speech and religion are not absolute<\/a>\u00a0anyway, but things like gender equality, sexual orientation equality, reproductive health and affordable healthcare are inalienable rights (that is, liberal values). \u00a0And when the traditional rights run afoul of the new rights, then those traditional rights just have to go.<\/p>\n That\u2019s the battle. That\u2019s the point. \u00a0Convince people that there is no Truth but liberalism, and eventually get to mandate the Truth accordingly. \u00a0Assuming the Bishops don\u2019t agree with that assertion, then they were played the fools. \u00a0Of course perhaps they do. \u00a0I don\u2019t know. \u00a0But if not, and if in some court case they cheer victory, I\u2019ve got news for them. \u00a0They may have won a battle, but the war was lost almost before it began.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Catholics like to fuss about the HHS mandate. \u00a0Of course at this point, I\u2019ve found no evidence that the US Bishops weren\u2019t one of Obama\u2019s prime allies in his push to mandate his healthcare policy. \u00a0Yes, they cautioned not to step on their toes over issues near and dear to Catholics. \u00a0But they weren\u2019t too […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n