Someone hang this traitor already... Earlier this week in Northern Ireland, Notre Dame honorary-degree holder President Obama called for an end to Catholic schools, in front of an audience of about 2,000 young people -- many of them Catholics. This was part of his official prepared remarks which are now available on the White House website: “…Because issues like segregated schools and housing, lack of jobs and opportunity — symbols of history that are a source of pride for some and pain for others — these are not tangential to peace; they’re essential to it. If towns remain divided — if Catholics have their schools and buildings, and Protestants have theirs — if we can’t see ourselves in one another, if fear or resentment are allowed to harden, that encourages division. It discourages cooperation.” I would argue this is actually even worse than it seems at first glance. After all, under Obama we have seen the rise of a toxic government culture where unelected bureaucrats feel enabled to target and harass American citizens whose political views differ from their own. Now that President Obama has essentially saw fit to declare open season on Catholic schools abroad, what’s to stop the U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan or other officials in that department from seeing Obama’s remarks as their excuse to start harassing Catholic schools here? If this sounds crazy, remember how crazy it sounded only a few years ago that Catholic institutions would be forced by the government to pay for contraception and abortifacient pills, or how crazy it sounded only a few months ago that the IRS would intentionally target conservatives for audits and other politically-motivated harassment. Obama’s remarks also, once again, went out of their way to single out Catholics. As Fr. Z pointed out: Off the top of my head, I can’t think of a foreign visit to a Islamic nation where he told people on his arrival that they shouldn’t have madrasas. Can you? Did he when visiting, say, Israel, say “You Jews shouldn’t have synagogue schools and you Muslims shouldn’t have mosque schools.” I can’t remember. Did he? Of course not — because such comments would rightfully invite criticism and be condemned. Outside Catholic circles, I don’t see anyone talking about what Obama said about Catholic schools in Ireland. Protestants should be offended as well. And here’s my biggest concern — Obama really believes what he said. He really does believe Catholics and Protestants having their own schools is “part of the problem.” And so does the left. So speak up now, while we still have a chance of grabbing his attention and showing him we’re not going to stand for it. catholicvote.org/video-obama-calls-for-an-end-to-catholic-schools/
Posted on: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 01:16:38 +0000
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