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Friday, November 21, 2008

Planned Parenthood and Cardinal O'Malley

As it turns out, Cardinal O'Malley recently stuck his thumb in the eye of Planned Parenthood over their origins as a racist organization (please see my post Humanity, Natural Law, and Eugenics). They were none too thrilled with his comments, but oddly enough refused to dispute his accusation that they were founded to eliminate African Americans.

Apart from that, I found this passage interesting:
"Perhaps Cardinal O’Malley should spend less time sharing political opinions and more time listening to the reality of life for his own constituency."
Clearly they are particularly inept, because the Cardinal does not cater to a "constituency", but is entrusted with the care of a flock. Do they look at everything through the myopic lens of politics? Perhaps those people need to reconnect with their faith, as religion is about transforming individuals... not individuals perverting the faith.