Please note: I am not endorsing either side of the Healthcare debate.
Thought this was kinda crazy. I thought the "obstructionist" Repubs were just trying to make sure unethical stuff didn't get in the health care bill. Now the Dems are saying that going slow is immoral.
The funniest part was the last paragraph:
Stabenow asked faith groups to help legislators get “past the noise” and “beyond the rancor” and “call us to a higher moral authority.” If they don’t take up the cause of health care reform, said Maryland Senator Ben Cardin, religious communities will be called on to do more than they already do to meet the needs of the elderly, the poor, and the disabled. “I talk about this as a moral issue all the time,” said Cardin. “That is very much what this debate is all about.” (emphasis mine)Oh No!!!! If we don't pass the health care bill the Church will have to love MORE people?!?! What will we do??? How can we do it? I just thought this article was quite humorous in just how clueless some congresspersons think people of faith must be. It seemed a little patronizing.
No doubt...I had to read it twice to make sure that was meant as a threat. Even so, it still doesn't make a lot of sense. It also makes me wonder what he thinks the needs of the elderly and disabled are...death with dignity perhaps? Subsidized abortions for the poor? No accusations or stereotypes intended...just noting a bit of hypocrisy.
ReplyDeleteThe truly ironic thing is that if you weigh in the balance what the Democrats have done to meet the needs of "the elderly, the poor, and the disabled" against what the church is done...well I think you'd break the scale. In fact, the senator as much as admitted that when he said "more than they already do". And that doesn't apply just to Democrats, mind you.
On the other hand, is it possible that there exists a government welfare system at all because the Church hasn't been concerned enough for the elderly, the poor, and the disabled?
Eric