Santorum Says Obama Walks to "Different Theology" & Will Demand Woman Priests As Affirmative Action
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Archbishop Timothy Michael Dolan of New York was elevated to cardinal on Saturday at the Vatican.via the New York Times
From his throne under the soaring dome designed by Michelangelo, Benedict received the men one by one, as they climbed the steps to the altar that lies over the grave of St. Peter and knelt before the 84-year-old pope.
The pope bestowed a blessing on each man and gave them the red silk square-ridged hats, called birettas, that signify princes of the church. The scarlet color, he told the men in a quiet but steady voice, signifies a “readiness to act with courage, even to the shedding of your blood, for the increase of the Christian faith.”
Santorum Says Obama Agenda Not Biblical
Speaking Saturday in Columbus, Ohio Republican candidate Rick Santorum challenged the President of the United States’ Christian beliefs saying that Barack Obama’s policies are motivated by a “different theology”.
Obama’s agenda is “not about you. It’s not about your quality of life. It’s not about your jobs. It’s about some phony ideal. Some phony theology. Oh, not a theology based on the Bible. A different theology,” Santorum told supporters of the conservative Tea Party movement at a Columbus hotel. via Chicago Tribune
Refusing to back down from his assertions that Obama’s values run against those of Christianity, Santorum continued at a press conference saying:
“He is imposing his values on the Christian church. He can categorize those values anyway he wants. I’m not going to,” Santorum told reporters.
Santorum’s Gospel of Inequality
IHT columnist Charles M. Blow asks if Rick Santorum is coming unhinged. Speaking at the Detroit Economic Club on Thursday, the Republican candidate said there was always income equality in America, then continued: “… and, hopefully, and I do say that, there always will be (income inequality).” Santorum didn’t address the dramatic increase in income inequality in America in the last 30 years.
Last week, he said that the president was arguing that Catholics would have to “hire women priests to comply with employment discrimination issues.”
We hadn’t considered that idea before now.
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The Republican War on Women
Tobias Barrington Wolff is a professor of constitutional law and civil procedure at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He joins the sky-rocketing Google news search citations using the term “Republican War on Women.” AOC is proud that we were among the first to call the Republican assault on women’s rights for what it is.
Addressing the passage of a Virginia law requiring not an external sonogram but a vaginal probe, done without a woman’s consent as part of getting a legal abortion in Virginia, Wolff writes:
I am a man who believes in coalition politics. The strength of a people is measured not solely by their ability to advance their own interests but also by their success in joining with allied communities in mutual support and solidarity. We become better people and more effective advocates when we show up for other people’s issues. My strong support for the rights of women is an expression of that philosophy.
This Virginia legislation, however, is not a matter of coalition politics. Every person who has a body should view this law as a direct assault. So, too, should every person who believes that women are human beings.
The Virginia situation gets worse. As part of the Republican argument for Occupy Vagina, State Del. C. Todd Gilbert (R-Woodstock) called abortion a ‘lifestyle convenience’. writes Huff Po
As to the law’s dubious constitutionality, Gilbert’s view is well known. Women already made the decision to be “vaginally penetrated when they got pregnant.”
Planned Parenthood & PR Gods
Writing for Huffington Post, David Meadvin argues that the fallout over the Susan G. Komen and Planned Parenthood controversy could enhance the Planned Parenthood brand, as Komen’s dims. It’s hard to argue with the hypothetical that 30 years of Komen credibility was “wiped out in 48 astonishing hours”. How Komen regains its credibility will unfold in the coming months.
Meadvin makes the larger argument that Komen gave Planned Parenthood a tremendous opportunity to communicate its real identity as a women’s health care provider and not essentially an abortion provider. Abortions are 3 percent of PP’s services and about 10 percent of revenue. Planned Parenthood raised several million dollars in the Komen fight. Determination to kill the organization has never been stronger among Republicans and male-dominated religious organizations. A national ad campaign that educates open ears to the range of Planned Parenthood services — often the only services available to poor women in these communities — seems to be a positive step forward for such an important American organization for women.
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Reading along, I’ve changed my mind. Forget the Advil. Please bring me a Bombay Sapphire martini straight up. I don’t believe this crap. The Gloss does not exaggerate.
