The Deacon's Bench
With the former congressman now in the 2020 race, here’s an interesting ThrowBack Thursday clip for you, from 2011.
Candidate for U.S. Senate, Congressman Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) is seen on video disparaging the Catholic Church during his time as an El Paso City Councilman in 2011.
The video begins with O’Rourke demeaning a Catholic priest about the “moral failings of the church you represent, especially as you try to take the moral high-ground in this debate.”
The debate began over a council vote on same-sex marriage benefits which Father Rodriguez urged them to vote down in accordance with traditional teachings.
O’Rourke says, “Luckily, I don’t need your approval to move forward. I want to know why this, for you, has become the burning issue of the day… I can think of two obvious cases where the church has failed on a global level.”
He continues by alleging that the Pope went to Africa and discouraged people from using condoms before revisiting child-abuse allegations.
Read the rest. And watch the clip below.
Worth noting: O’Rourke himself is identified in his biographies as Catholic. He has declared his support for legal abortion and several years ago received a “100% pro-choice rating” from NARAL. He has also called marriage equality a “core civil rights issue.”
https://www.facebook.com/ElPasoWakeUp/videos/755315154591041/
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