Catholic House Republicans respond to Pelosi’s abortion lies
posted at 1:55 pm on August 26, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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On Sunday, Nancy Pelosi told several lies about the Catholic Church’s teaching and historical perspective on abortion and the fundamental sanctity of human life throughout its development. Ten House Republicans have responded respectfully but forcefully to refute Pelosi’s deliberate deceptions:
Dear Speaker Pelosi,
On the Sunday, August 24th, broadcast of NBC’s Meet the Press, you stated “as an ardent, practicing Catholic, [abortion] is an issue that I have studied for a long time.” As fellow Catholics and legislators, we wish you would have made a more honest effort to lay out the authentic position of the Church on this core moral issue before attempting to address it with authority.
Your subsequent remarks mangle Catholic Church doctrine regarding the inherent sanctity and dignity of human life; therefore, we are compelled to refute your error.
In the interview, Tom Brokaw reminded you that the Church professes the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death. As stated in the Catechism of the Catholic Church: “Since it must be treated from conception as a person, the embryo must be defended in its integrity, cared for, and healed, as far as possible, like any other human being” (2274).
To this, you responded, “I understand. And this is like maybe 50 years or something like that. So again, over the history of the Church, this is an issue of controversy.” Unfortunately, your statement demonstrates a lack of understanding of Catholic teaching and belief regarding abortion.
From the Apostles of the first century to Pope John Paul the Great “the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say, abortion willed either as an end or a means, is gravely contrary to the moral law” (Catechism 2271).
Thus, your erroneous claim about the history of the Church’s opposition to abortion is false and denigrates our common Faith. For example, during the reign of Pope Innocent XI in 1679, the Church unequivocally stated it is an error for Catholics to believe fetuses do not have a soul; and confirmed the teaching that abortion constitutes homicide.
To reduce the scandal and consternation caused amongst the faithful by your remarks, we necessarily write you to correct the public record and affirm the Church’s actual and historical teaching that defends the sanctity of human life. We hope that you will rectify your errant claims and apologize for misrepresenting the Church’s doctrine and misleading fellow Catholics.
Respectfully,
Hon. Thaddeus G. McCotter (MI)
Hon. Steve Chabot (OH)
Hon. Virginia Foxx (NC)
Hon. Phil Gingrey (GA)
Hon. Peter King (NY)
Hon. Steve King (IA)
Hon. Daniel Lungren (CA)
Hon. Devin Nunes (CA)
Hon. John Sullivan (OK)
Hon. Patrick Tiberi (OH)
This list may grow; one source says that John Boehner, the House Minority Leader, has already added his signature. As more join this list, I’ll update this post with the additions.
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This is great! But I would like to see her reprimanded and brought to task by the leader of the Catholic church, The Pope!
ConMom on August 26, 2008 at 1:59 PM
I love it when the Dems throw softballs like this. So. Very. Easy.
TheUnrepentantGeek on August 26, 2008 at 1:59 PM
She also made the patently untruthful statement that abortion was necessary because conservatives are against contraception. I think she has dementia.
pat on August 26, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Nice. Hope it gets airplay.
Think_b4_speaking on August 26, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Divine called, he wants his eyebrows back.
leftnomore on August 26, 2008 at 2:01 PM
I salute the republicans that had the courage to say this. Will Pelosi issue an apology or correction? No.
guitarplayer on August 26, 2008 at 2:01 PM
Ms Pelosi – if life starts at “3 months” why wear a condom – or use contraception ?
Hmmm ???
jake-the-goose on August 26, 2008 at 2:01 PM
I actually jumped when I saw Pelosi’s pic on my screen. Scared the crap out of me.
nickj116 on August 26, 2008 at 2:02 PM
She should be excommunicated…
But then again, I’m still wondering why Teddy wasn’t excommunicated after he murdered that pregnant woman in the the river.
No justice, no peace.
Gartrip on August 26, 2008 at 2:03 PM
I’m an athiest that was brought up WASP and even I knew she was lying through her teeth.
Jim708 on August 26, 2008 at 2:03 PM
By the way, it’s hilarious that Pelosi’s pic is next to the beautiful Amanda Carpenter’s.
nickj116 on August 26, 2008 at 2:03 PM
It will never happen. Great response though.
mick on August 26, 2008 at 2:03 PM
Ed, I was a bit late in coming over from CQ, but allow me to say: I am glad you are settled in.
Now on to the other reason I am typing this, you can expect a bill for the couch time I am going to need for the pic you put with this…see I have this fear of gargoyles and was expecting a picture of San Fran Nan not a Gothic piece dolled up……
what?
no you’re kidding me.
sven10077 on August 26, 2008 at 2:04 PM
Reading that, I thought McCotter might have a hand in it.
God Bless our Representatives.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 26, 2008 at 2:04 PM
Thaddeus McCotter for veep, y’all…he’d tear Biden a new one.
hippie_chucker on August 26, 2008 at 2:04 PM
Nancy, is there any reason that you think you know more about another religon? Catholics are and have been pro-life. You are wrong, as usual.
BTW, you better let the People drill… or we may be Drilling you back to your home land of the San Fran area!
upinak on August 26, 2008 at 2:04 PM
Maybe Joe “Attack Dog” Biden would like to comment. He’s Catholic, oui?
“Every sperm is good…”
What about miscarriage, otherwise known as natural abortion? I’m just an atheist jonesing for a fight. :)
Seixon on August 26, 2008 at 2:04 PM
That is a horrid picture. As soon as I saw it, I had to navigate away from the main page. Good on the House Republicans – first the Recess Revolt, now this. They must like the feeling of a backbone.
Anna on August 26, 2008 at 2:04 PM
Um, this is ridiculous. Religious folk(and I am one) have got to find a better way to act outside of politics and learn to discourse better in politics.
ninjapirate on August 26, 2008 at 2:04 PM
My thoughts exactly. I would think that the approval of abortion and the disinformation about what the church stands for should be grounds for a severe reprimand.
jamc1316 on August 26, 2008 at 2:05 PM
You tend to be off on your church doctrine when don’t actually attend……..or you attend parish that believes in some perverted liberal doctrine (see Father Pfleger).
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 26, 2008 at 2:06 PM
Natural abortion is natural. Going to PP for a scheduled abortion is not natural. I’m just an atheist jonesing to knock that argument down.
Anna on August 26, 2008 at 2:06 PM
BAM!! In your face, Queen Pelosi! Seriously, she is seriously deluded. From “we can’t drill our way out of this” to “I’m trying to save the planet” to this self-created mess! She really is a few cans short of a six-pack!
bryan2369 on August 26, 2008 at 2:06 PM
Wait a minute, I thought we were all in favor of separation of church and state. I guess Catholics just can’t pass up an opportunity to condemn or damn someone to hell. . . especially if it is a Catholic.
Again I ask where does the Catholic Church stand on capital punishment? Is there going to be a strongly worded letter of the ‘good’ Catholics concerning support for such a practice that the Catholic Church unequivocally condemns?
No, not likely, it’s just fun to point fingers at other people while ignoring your own flaws. Oh what fun:) Pelosi’s going to hell. . . Pelosi’s going to hell. . . isn’t this fun.
But Huckabee is the only one injecting religion into politics. OOOK.
ThackerAgency on August 26, 2008 at 2:06 PM
Here’s what the bishops of Denver had to say about Rep. Pelosi’s remarks:
On The Separation Of Sense And State
Consanescerion on August 26, 2008 at 2:07 PM
Awesome screencap!
“E” for effort here, but does anyone really believe Madame Speaker will atone for her remarks? Nah.
JetBoy on August 26, 2008 at 2:07 PM
huh?
mick on August 26, 2008 at 2:07 PM
She’s a stupid woman. I hope teh RNC makes an ad of her with all her stupid and inane comments with the closing line “Is this the leadership you want for this country?” Pelosi provides a lot of material to work with.
DerKrieger on August 26, 2008 at 2:07 PM
*sigh*
Who condemned who to hell?
JetBoy on August 26, 2008 at 2:08 PM
LOL! It looks like she is saying DO WANT! Although I do not.
bryan2369 on August 26, 2008 at 2:08 PM
Tru dat, playa. I’d love to have McCain/McCotter ticket. McCotter would be our true conservative attack dog.
The campaign slogan for a Mc/Mc team would need to get some clearance from Mickey D’s.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 26, 2008 at 2:08 PM
Basically, if this is the conclusion she reaches from “studying” the Church for 50 years, it speaks volumes about her ability to grasp and fathom any issue….however, it does explain the ‘natural gas isn’t a fossil fuel’ debate she was having with herself quite nicely…
hippie_chucker on August 26, 2008 at 2:09 PM
Please, Nancy. Keep on talking!
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 26, 2008 at 2:10 PM
Thacker, show me where anyone said Cardinal Pelosi was going to hell? The only thing I saw was that she supported her belief in destroying a pregnancy with false information about the Catholic Church. I think your bigot is showing.
bloggless on August 26, 2008 at 2:12 PM
The writers are ignoring a lot of Catholic church history. Abortion has not always been equated with murder in church teachings, and abortions were accepted, at various points, for fetuses as old as 116 days after conception. Either the writers of this letter don’t know what they are talking about, or are intentionally misleading their readers.
Big S on August 26, 2008 at 2:12 PM
The picture of Nancy on the main page is horrifying. If I were Nancy, I’d hate Hot Hair, not for its political affiliations, but because they choose the most horrible picture ever taken of me. ::grin::
Sue on August 26, 2008 at 2:13 PM
a miscarriage is to abortion as dying of old age is to murder.
MarkTheGreat on August 26, 2008 at 2:13 PM
I.
Love.
That.
Man!
CurtZHP on August 26, 2008 at 2:13 PM
Good gawd, y’all, that picture!! Man, some of us just had lunch. Jeezz…
thebookkeeper on August 26, 2008 at 2:13 PM
Are there any pictures of her holding a “Keep your Rosaries off my ovaries” sign?
I saw a great one with Governor Baldacci of Maine, who haunts the pews every election cycle.
Dems have been claiming to be Catholic for decades yet take money from pro-abortion lobbyists and vote to promote the murder of infants……and they will still get away with it.
Hening on August 26, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Every single time Nancy Pelosi opens her mouth, something so grandiosely stupid comes flying out that, in terms of its sheer stupidity, it almost borders somewhere between magnificence and majesty.
It is like for one to imagine the dumbest, most moronic thing anyone could possibly say or do, and Nancy Pelosi will seek with the insane out of control zeal of one being on a quest of sheer epic proportion to outdo it.
It leads one to honestly ask how someone of this caliber of intelligence, which starts at a range below -0, was able to stumble and bumble her way just through ordinary life, much less get herself elected to Congress.
It also leads one to seriously question whether the people who actually voted her into office, and continue to vote to keep her there, are even remotely able with their obviously limited cranial capacity to navigate themselves across a busy city street, much less they should even be allowed to walk the street to begin with.
pilamaye on August 26, 2008 at 2:16 PM
I guess you never bother reading the responses to your rants.
Once more into the fray.
How does a desire to excommunicate someone who violates basic Church doctrine violate Church and State boundaries?
This was answered the last time you asked. The Catholic Church accepts that sometimes capital punishment is necessary.
I see you are as ignorant of Church doctrine as you are of almost every other subject.
MarkTheGreat on August 26, 2008 at 2:17 PM
WhackerAgent actually believes that excommunication is the equivalent of condemning to hell.
It doesn’t matter how many times people explain to him his errors, he prefers his comfortable prejudices.
MarkTheGreat on August 26, 2008 at 2:19 PM
The Vatican had capital punishment on its own books (it is a city state) until the 1960’s.
Akzed on August 26, 2008 at 2:19 PM
There you go again Ed, posting a letter signed by:
Hon. Thaddeus G. McCotter (MI)
Hon. Steve Chabot (OH)
Hon. Virginia Foxx (NC)
Hon. Phil Gingrey (GA)
Hon. Peter King (NY)
Hon. Steve King (IA)
Hon. Daniel Lungren (CA)
Hon. Devin Nunes (CA)
Hon. John Sullivan (OK)
Hon. Patrick Tiberi (OH)
out of context just to cherry pick what they said and lead us around by our noses. We’re wise to your tricks!
Mr_Magoo on August 26, 2008 at 2:20 PM
Come on, which subjects am I not ignorant on? The attitude of Catholics is becoming alarming. I’m starting to understand why there was trouble in Northern Ireland.
ThackerAgency on August 26, 2008 at 2:20 PM
In case you haven’t caught his routine yet, he’s not interested in those pesky little things called ‘facts.’
wise_man on August 26, 2008 at 2:21 PM
Oh, brother!
JetBoy on August 26, 2008 at 2:23 PM
And we should believe you because, what, you say so? You and Nancy should get a room.
Mr_Magoo on August 26, 2008 at 2:23 PM
….and on the bright side let’s not forget the legions of moonbats who think she isn’t progressive enough…. ///shudder///
hippie_chucker on August 26, 2008 at 2:23 PM
I’m not a Catholic, but I can’t help but get a smug sense of satisfaction from seeing her get upstaged yet again.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on August 26, 2008 at 2:23 PM
Well, this is a letter by government officials ABOUT a government official commenting on Church doctrine. I don’t understand how this is NOT separation of Church and State.
The abortion issue is one of murder, not whether or not the church thinks it is a sin. This confrontation brings the Church into a legal matter in which it does not belong.
But I guess since I am not a Catholic I’m going to hell anyway so why would Catholics care.
ThackerAgency on August 26, 2008 at 2:24 PM
ON THE SEPARATION OF SENSE AND STATE
A CLARIFICATION FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE CHURCH
IN NORTHERN COLORADO
To Catholics of the Archdiocese of Denver:
(In part):
“Destruction of the embryo in the mother’s womb is a violation of the right to live which God has bestowed on this nascent life. To raise the question whether we are here concerned already with a human being or not is merely to confuse the issue. The simple fact is that God certainly intended to create a human being and that this nascent human being has been deliberately deprived of his life. And that is nothing but murder.”
Are you paying attention Nancy, Joe, Ted, and pro-choice Democtats!
byteshredder on August 26, 2008 at 2:24 PM
Dude, she lied and they called her on it. Nobody’s condemning anyone to hell. They even asked her to correct the error.
That might have began when Cromwell (the Puritan) wiped out 42% of the native Catholic population.
darclon on August 26, 2008 at 2:25 PM
Yeah, I’m aware of Thack’s…let’s just say “unusual”…positions on many points. I used to wonder if he was serious, or just messin’ around. But alas…
JetBoy on August 26, 2008 at 2:25 PM
Pope Innocent III communicated a different view on abortion and murder.
Brokaw began by referring to Rick Warren’s question of “When does life begin”. The congressmen are wrong to assert that the Catholic church has consistently held the same view equating abortion to murder since the time of the apostles.
dedalus on August 26, 2008 at 2:25 PM
BOO!
bloggless on August 26, 2008 at 2:26 PM
Thacker, Pelosi invited this discussion.
.
She taught falsehoods about the Catholic Church. Wasn’t she once Speaker of the House before she became a theologian?
.
Regarding the death penalty, read the Catechism, paragraph 2267. There are times it is permitted. Also…
“Church opposes abortion, death penalty — but experts see difference”
Consanescerion on August 26, 2008 at 2:26 PM
I’m not even a Catholic. I’m a Southern Baptist. I know exactly when life begins. At conception. The New Testament says that Mary was “with child”, not “with fetus”, not “with mass of cells”, not “with” anything else.
Nancy Pelosi will stand before God someday and will need to explain that to Him. He won’t take any excuses.
tre on August 26, 2008 at 2:26 PM
The Catholic Church is only, like, 50 years old and stuff.
Like wow!
benrand on August 26, 2008 at 2:28 PM
I’m ready to start counting again.
Connie on August 26, 2008 at 2:28 PM
Thacker, you may be going to hell, but it ain’t because you’re not a Catholic.
bloggless on August 26, 2008 at 2:29 PM
So, you see complete equivalence between abortion and capitol punishment…..?
The Vatican’s law calling for capitol punishment was for assassinating the pope. If we are to seek parity, women that receive abortions deserve the death penalty as well.
Hening on August 26, 2008 at 2:29 PM
And it applies to this thread how?
Mr_Magoo on August 26, 2008 at 2:29 PM
Any woman who has ever known she was pregnant knows when life begins.
bloggless on August 26, 2008 at 2:30 PM
Actually YOU are wrong about that.
I already quoted you ecunemical councils and Canon and quotes from 1st-3rd century Saints proving you wrong in the last abortion thread.
SaintOlaf on August 26, 2008 at 2:31 PM
SOOOOOOOO, save the Pearly-shelled Pocket Mussel, but abort humans? O K
marklmail on August 26, 2008 at 2:31 PM
McCotter and friends better watch out for Rosary Joe.
Brat on August 26, 2008 at 2:31 PM
Nancy is a Kaleefornia Katholic. Pope Al Gore leads the flock.
GarandFan on August 26, 2008 at 2:32 PM
heh…What did I miss?
JetBoy on August 26, 2008 at 2:32 PM
dedalus…
Sorry.
On the Separation of Sense and State
Consanescerion on August 26, 2008 at 2:33 PM
“Wait a minute, I thought we were all in favor of separation of church and state. I guess Catholics just can’t pass up an opportunity to condemn or damn someone to hell. . . especially if it is a Catholic.
Again I ask where does the Catholic Church stand on capital punishment? Is there going to be a strongly worded letter of the ‘good’ Catholics concerning support for such a practice that the Catholic Church unequivocally condemns?
No, not likely, it’s just fun to point fingers at other people while ignoring your own flaws. Oh what fun:) Pelosi’s going to hell. . . Pelosi’s going to hell. . . isn’t this fun.
But Huckabee is the only one injecting religion into politics. OOOK.
ThackerAgency”
The RCC teaches that life is to be respected from conception (Catechism of the Catholic Church #2271) to natural death – (CCC #2267, et seq). Natural death is seen as contrary to / in contrast with the death penalty, assisted suicide, euthanasia, cloning embryonic stem cell research as they are all viewed as not protecting human life. But where as inmates on death row have appeals and legal/court protections, the most defenseless of all do not have recourse other than those willing to be proactive for them.
I think for many the aborted child is “innocent” and through no fault of their own are being condemned to death whereas there was some fault of either commission or omission to be placed under a death sentence. I know that for myself this is a dichotomy I find difficult to reconcile, but if you’re pro-life you should be that regardless of the perceived innocence of the person or not. We’re getting into the “judge not, lest you be judged” area.
esperpento on August 26, 2008 at 2:35 PM
1. Thacker bashes Catholics
2. Thacker bashes Catholics
3. Thacker bashes Catholics
4. Thacker bashes Catholics
5. Thacker bashes Catholics
6. Thacker bashes Catholics
7. Thacker bashes Catholics
and on and on and on…
Connie on August 26, 2008 at 2:35 PM
The Church condemns the unjust application of capital punishment. The Church does not condemn capital punishment. And while I’m being technical, actually, one does not excommunicate someone else. One excommunicates oneself by disobeying the Church.
rightwingprof on August 26, 2008 at 2:37 PM
Gotcha.
Ain’t it the truth.
JetBoy on August 26, 2008 at 2:37 PM
Awesome! House Republicans continuing to fight back…I love it!
Dariaanne on August 26, 2008 at 2:37 PM
DING DING DING!!!
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on August 26, 2008 at 2:37 PM
I know I am a guest here, but Im going to demand you stop using that Pelosi picture.
Chuck Schick on August 26, 2008 at 2:39 PM
Around here there are a lot of bumper stickers that say “you CAN’T be BOTH Catholic and pro-choice” which sums it up nicely. I always snicker at the thought of someone like Pelosi stifling a head explosion while traveling behind that sticker.
NTWR on August 26, 2008 at 2:41 PM
Oh, and just a reminder- she’s only third in line for the presidency.
*shudder*
NTWR on August 26, 2008 at 2:42 PM
yawn… Wake me up when the church starts ex-communicating pro abortion democrats.
rbb on August 26, 2008 at 2:42 PM
Chuck Shick- how about this one?
http://www.wakeupfromyourslumber.com/files/wakeupfromyourslumber/Nancy%20Pelosi.jpg
bloggless on August 26, 2008 at 2:44 PM
Well there goes my appetite.
*doesn’t eat*
Grue in the Attic on August 26, 2008 at 2:45 PM
The Speaker of the House lied about their church. They defended their church. Why are you going after them and not her?
According to your lights, when did the Church begin, AD 1517?
Akzed on August 26, 2008 at 2:45 PM
Maybe you didn’t notice that the paragraph you refer to in the letter was where they were quoting directly from the Catholic Catechism.
Hazard on August 26, 2008 at 2:49 PM
+1
Seixon,
Being for abortion or against abortion should have nothing to do with whether the person believes in God. As pro-lifers, our arguments against abortion (should) rest entirely on reason and natural law, just as we don’t need to invoke God to argue that homicide is a cruel act of wrongdoing. Hence, there ARE atheists who are against abortion, even though they are in the minority.
So far, I have not read a passage from the Bible that specifically condemns abortion (if there is such a passage, someone please point it out to me), so it’s deceptive for the Left to portray our stance against abortion as faith-based.
P.S.
This goes for gay marriage also.
MedSchoolCatholic on August 26, 2008 at 2:49 PM
I must have missed the part where the Vatican said that natural abortion was OK. If we were to take the word as given above, shouldn’t Catholics in fact intervene to ensure that no miscarriages take place?
I refer to “Since it must be treated from conception as a person, the embryo must be defended in its integrity, cared for, and healed, as far as possible, like any other human being” when I say that.
Seixon on August 26, 2008 at 2:50 PM
good point
right4life on August 26, 2008 at 2:50 PM
Ed, you have Pelosi’s scarecrow mug right next to Amanda’s. I feel like I have a tingle running up one leg and a cockroach running up the other.
Was that designed to make Pelosi look worse or Amanda look better?
Akzed on August 26, 2008 at 2:50 PM
Biden having an Oprah moment. LOL!
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=5658898
bloggless on August 26, 2008 at 2:51 PM
one other thing, God Pelosi is UGLY she’d scare bela lugosi!!
right4life on August 26, 2008 at 2:52 PM
Well, whatever. While the Catholic church has always considered abortion as some kind of sin, the seriousness of that sin has been open to interpretation over the years, so the teaching has changed. As late as 140 years ago, the church did not consider abortion of an “unanimated” fetus to be the equivalent of murder.
Big S on August 26, 2008 at 2:53 PM
We’re Catholics, not God. Are you that stupid or I am that smart?
bloggless on August 26, 2008 at 2:53 PM
Awesomely, Awesome!
While I truly believe in keeping politics out of religion, and vice-versa, San-Fran-Nan brought this on herself by making such an incredibly assinine statement; in the Dems desperate attempt to paint themselves as the party of the faithful.
Like my Irish-Catholic Granny used to say:
“You go to hell for lyin’ as fast as you do for stealin’ “
But, I guess she was just a typical white person…
RocketmanBob on August 26, 2008 at 2:53 PM
I’d contest this, I could point to one, but this probably isn’t the time or place.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on August 26, 2008 at 2:53 PM
ThackerAgency on August 26, 2008
I am new to this posting-thingy and may be missing the intended humor, but it appears that some folks just like stirring the pot, even if they happen to be a few carrots short of a stew.
SKYFOX on August 26, 2008 at 2:54 PM
Well, see that’s just the thing. Atheists have no reason to argue that a clump of cells are anything more than a clump of cells, while Catholics will argue that it’s a human being. Thus if it is just a clump of cells, not yet a human, there is no reason why one cannot get rid of it.
Also, what about the reasoning of not bringing kids into a world which does not want it? When you masturbate, you kill millions of potential human beings. So what?
Atheists know the dirty little secret that religious folks won’t admit: life isn’t precious. Life is easy to create, so easy in fact, that it’s become quite a problem for us, and will continue to do so into the future.
Just like with the death penalty, there are always good reasons to kill humans, or tiny clumps of cells. You can’t take “thou shalt not kill” literally and then execute someone for raping a kid. If you’re going to take it literally, you can’t go willy-nilly making exceptions. If you make exceptions for the death penalty, why not abortion?
Shorter version: atheists have no reason to view an embryo as anything other than an embryo, and as happens naturally, these embryos can be killed, and it doesn’t really matter.
There, now I’m off to get lynched by the rest of the Hot Air commenters. Have a nice day. :)
Seixon on August 26, 2008 at 2:58 PM
Gee, I really, REALLY wish I could sign that letter. After all the anti-Catholic, anti-Christian activities this ninny has supported, especially in her nutroot home of S.F., there is no FREAKIN’ way she’s a practicing Catholic!!! Ladies and gentlement, I submit to you that she is the poster child for end-times piety!
HomeoftheBrave on August 26, 2008 at 3:00 PM
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