The Honeymoon is Over

This was in SFC on March 27- it goes to 85,000 Catholic households in SF, Marin and San Mateo Counties SAN FRANCISCO CATHOLIC- Editor “The Honeymoon is over.” (CSF March 20) The Guest Commentary by George Wesolek archdiocesan director of public policy is welcome news but it prompts some questions about the “honeymoon with President Obama.” On July 17, 2007 then candidate Obama declared to the political action committee of Planned Parenthood: "The first thing I'd do, as president, is sign the Freedom of Choice Act.” (FOCA) Fifty four percent of Catholics voted for Obama, and most continue to support this president who will unleash a 21st century holocaust when he signs FOCA. The “freedom“ to kill the unborn will become freedom to kill the handicapped, the suffering, the terminally ill, and the aged. Catholics also should be concerned about Obama’s health plan; it will promote assisted suicide and it will ration care. Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Denver expressed these concerns boldly at the University of Toronto on February 23, 2009, excerpts include: “Modern life, including life in the Church, suffers from a phony unwillingness to offend that poses as prudence, but it is cowardice.”… “When it comes to the current administration a spirit of adulation bordering on servility exists among Catholic writers, scholars, editors and activists.” ”Hope” is not an emotional crutch or a political slogan, it is a virtue…”The Latin root Virtus means courage.” “Real hope demands a spine when the answer to hard choices must be: No, we can’t, not Yes, we can. “ Mike DeNunzio