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Mark Shea, over at Catholic and Enjoying It, just put up a post that I have to share here. He links an article that we all need to read and then ponder. <\/p>\n

Please, do NOT read this and despair! We do not, any of us, belong to the R or the D. We follow a Risen Savior. <\/p>\n

The truth, even when it hurts, is the first step to changing things. Those of us who want to actually build<\/em> a culture of life rather than just talk about it, need to know the truth. It will, as Jesus told us, set us free. In this instance, set us free to hold these people accountable. <\/p>\n

Mark Shea\u2019s post says in part:<\/p>\n

And in Today\u2019s Prolife Political Wife Beating News
\nSeptember 25, 2012 By Mark Shea 5 Comments
\nHouse Republicans Pass Funding for Planned Parenthood, Obamacare and Regulation Forcing Catholics to Act Against Faith
\nThey love you, baby. It\u2019s just that, well, they work so *hard* for you and you keep making them angry with your stupid endless talk about the children and you wanting some respect. Can anybody blame them if they haul off and smack you now and then?
\nHere\u2019s what you do, prolifer, according to the Current Wisdom: shut up about the whole prolife thing, let your Man in Congress *talk* about being prolife but stop hectoring him to go to the extreme of doing somethig about it. Smile for the cameras when they wave you over for the photo ops and, for heaven\u2019s sake, try to lose some weight and not be such an *embarrassment* to your man! Do you *want* him to lose? He\u2019s the only one that\u2019s going to love a slug like you. So learn how to take a punch now and then and get back in line. A man can only put up with so much. (Read more here<\/a>.) <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"