CBS Mum on FOCA in Story On Priest Warning Pro-Obama Parishioners

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CBS News has found a Greenville, S.C., Roman Catholic priest who has warned any and all of his Obama-voting parishioners to repent of voting for the Illinois Democrat before taking Communion, owing to the president-elect's "stance on abortion."

Yet in reporting the November 14 story on its Web site, CBS News failed to ever mention by name the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), the signing of which Obama famously declared would be a top priority in his presidency.

Catholic clerics worry FOCA could overturn freedom of conscience laws in many states that allow Catholic hospitals to operate without being legally required to perform abortions, a fact left unmentioned in the story.

CBSNews.com closed its 15-paragraph article on the Rev. Jay Scott Newman's pastoral letter by placing it in the larger context of the concerns the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has about the incoming Obama administration.:

In their annual meeting earlier this week, the nation's Roman Catholic bishops vowed to forcefully confront the Obama administration over its support for abortion rights, vowing to fight what they called "aggressively pro-abortion policies, legislation and executive orders."

"The recent election was principally decided out of concern for the economy, for the loss of jobs and homes and financial security for families, here and around the world," the bishops wrote. "If the election is misinterpreted ideologically as a referendum on abortion, the unity desired by President-elect Obama and all Americans at this moment of crisis will be impossible to achieve."

—Ken Shepherd is Managing Editor of NewsBusters


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Not allowing the doctor to

Not allowing the doctor to refuse to perform abortions goes right along with the recent "healthcare is a right" chant that is gently swelling throughout the country. They see the doctor as someone that gets paid to do whatever they want to have the doctor do, and to heck with paying him, they're rich enough!

"Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy."   - Winston Churchill

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"Mark my Words" - Joe Biden

The day President Obama signs FOCA, he fullfills Reverand Wright's curse upon America.

Beyond the Roe - Wade decision which we can technically say was imposed upon us, are a duly elected Congress and President eagerly poised (FOCA) to publicly shake their fist at the Face of God in defiance to Him.

Somebody right now is rolling his/her eyes at this post with a sigh and a "here we go again".  Well, you can give any number of secular reasons for what is to befall us, but two Commands are remarkably close in Scripture. 

And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech,
neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.  Lev 18:21

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