{"id":2090,"date":"2013-02-06T22:10:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T22:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2013\/02\/its-not-easy-being-catholic.html"},"modified":"2013-02-06T22:10:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-06T22:10:00","slug":"its-not-easy-being-catholic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2013\/02\/its-not-easy-being-catholic.html","title":{"rendered":"It’s not easy being Catholic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Especially if you\u2019re the Church in a society\u00a0wholly\u00a0gone from so many of the pillars once erected by that same\u00a0Church\u00a0 \u00a0So the US Bishops, more or less open to a let bygones-be-bygones approach to immigration reform, including pretty much a broad open door policy for the future, have hit a snag. \u00a0What snag? \u00a0Well, the Obama\u00a0administration, \u00a0not\u00a0surprisingly,\u00a0 has included the recognition of same sex partners as one of the reforms that will piggyback on any immigration reform. \u00a0Now, according to ABC\u2019s report<\/a>, the Bishops are reconsidering support for Obama. <\/p>\n

This is the snag. \u00a0More than once the Obama administration has found a more than willing support group in the US Catholic Bishops. \u00a0Except for abortion and gay marriage, pretty much everything Obama has done has received a hearty handshake from the Bishops. \u00a0Support from the Bishops has certainly been more common than anything Bush received in his eight years. \u00a0So what does Obama do? \u00a0Takes the few things the Bishops really, really aren\u2019t willing to compromise on and sticks a giant finger in their eye, as if to dare them not to support him.<\/p>\n

Now, following the fan-hitting that resulted from the HHS mandate, you\u2019d think Obama would rethink painting the Bishops into a corner. \u00a0I mean, it\u2019s like they actually do want to support him. \u00a0He just won\u2019t let them do it. \u00a0Instead of setting this aside, and having the full weight of the US Catholic Church behind him, it\u2019s my way or the highway all over again. \u00a0So it will be interesting to see what transpires in the coming weeks. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Especially if you\u2019re the Church in a society\u00a0wholly\u00a0gone from so many of the pillars once erected by that same\u00a0Church\u00a0 \u00a0So the US Bishops, more or less open to a let bygones-be-bygones approach to immigration reform, including pretty much a broad open door policy for the future, have hit a snag. \u00a0What snag? \u00a0Well, the Obama\u00a0administration, […]<\/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-2090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nIt's not easy being Catholic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Especially if you're the Church in a society wholly gone from so many of the pillars once erected by that same Church   So the US\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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