I meant to blog this one earlier, but have been tied up.
McCaskill uninvited as commencement speaker
By BETSY TAYLOR
Associated Press Writer
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Sen. Claire McCaskill was uninvited from speaking at her daughter's Catholic high school commencement because her positions on abortion and embryonic stem cell research are at odds with those of the church.
Read the full article here.
Reports on this are ambiguous as to whether or not Archbishop Burke was directly involved, but someone up there was on the ball.
My favorite quote from the story is that the senator, "a Catholic, understands that her positions supporting abortion rights and stem cell research are different than those held by the church, but she's made peace with them."
What does that mean? She made peace with them? Is that supposed to give us some comfort? What if her position on mass murder or mutilation of pets was different from that of the church? Would having "made peace with them" make everything all right?
If I woke up tomorrow morning and discovered I was Senator McCaskill, I think I would be bothered by the fact that I couldn't speak at my daughter's graduation. Then I would remember how many millions of children have died because of the abortion legislation I openly support and ... I don't know, but suddenly my problem wouldn't that big of a deal anymore.
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