why is it national news that someone in the Kennedy family was denied communion?
Because the Catholic Church is one of the forces pushing the abortion issue in the health care bill. The House had to include the "no public coverage for abortions" rule in order to get it passed.
The communion denying was because of policy stance of the Congressman (I think) in question. Which I thought the Catholic church explicitly didn't do 20-30 years ago, but I may be remembering that wrong.
Because the Catholic Church is one of the forces pushing the abortion issue in the health care bill.
do not EVEN get me started on that. It's fucking legal! I completely respect that some people disagree on the moral rightness of it, but the fact is that it is legal. If a Jehovah's Witness said that the health care bill shouldn't cover vaccinations because they were against their religious tenets, would that be okay? And why the fuck are they covering Viagra? Unless there is a married, childless couple who is actively trying to have a child, using viagra for sexual purposes is a sin.
Oh, wait, I kinda got started didn't I? Sorry.
but the fact is that it is legal.
But I don't want MY tax dollars paying for that, they say.
I do sometimes almost wish we could decide what our tax dollars pay for. Man-sized safe in Dick Cheney's office? No.
And I don't want mine paying Joe Lieberman's salary, but I'm not mounting a filibuster over it. SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE PLZ.
But I don't want MY tax dollars paying for that, they say.
I don't want my tax dollars paying for some 70 year old jackhole to have sex with the 30 year old woman that he left his wife for, but compromises must be made in order to make sure that my tax dollars pay for the waitress who needs health care.
And I don't want mine paying Joe Lieberman's salary
Oh, good one. I wonder if I can sue retroactively over Gingrich and Santorum.
And, you know, if it gets too crazy, the heart attack will probably kill him anyway.
Win-win?
(gosh, I can't believe I'm still so single. Or that D'Hoffryn hasn't called me yet.)
If the pharmaceutical companies made as much on abortions as they do on Viagra the call for funding might be skewed differently.
The issue with Kennedy and communion dates back a couple years. Not sure on why it is being released now. Apparently the bishop told Kennedy he should refrain from taking the sacrament, but didn't forbid it or tell priests they shouldn't provide him communion.
Ah politics. I don't want to be at work. I would much rather be home cooking. Food talk making me hungry...