December 19, 2002
A CURRENT CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE:
Gov. Davis barred from kids home because of abortion views (ALEXA H. BLUTH, December 19, 2002, Associated Press )Democratic Gov. Gray Davis was banned from playing Santa Clause on Thursday at a Sacramento Catholic home for troubled children because he supports abortion rights.Posted by Orrin Judd at December 19, 2002 9:17 PMDespite a 20-year tradition of California governors delivering Christmas gifts to the St. Patrick's Home for Children, the school's director barred Davis from school grounds unless he would ask forgiveness for and disavow his views on abortion.
Monsignor Edward J. Cavanaugh, director of the home since 1952, asked the governor to sign a letter declaring that he repents "of ever having promoted the killing of innocent unborn children."
It is wonderful to see that there are still clergymen for whom the moral position of their faith takes precedence over political calculation. Davis and other democrats have decided that it is better to believe in money and power than to believe in such ephemeral things as the inherent dignity of all human life, from conception through natural death. The path they have chosen will lead us to a society in which only the utilitarian value of the individual matters; once you can no longer "contribute" you will be doomed to the whims of others for whom you might beocme a "burden." Thank you Monsignor Cavanaugh!
Posted by: Jim Swinnen at December 20, 2002 2:53 PMRemembering my days in Catholic school when priests were definitely kickass as regards moral issues. This post was a welcome reminder of better days and what a surprise that it came out of Califonia. J
Posted by: jerry dodge at December 20, 2002 6:53 PM