Witnessing in St. Louis

From The Meandering Mind of a Seminarian...what happened to some seminarians and others after the debate in St. Louis.

Comments

[Lynn]

Unbelievable! Thank God for their witness.
Amazing how threatened the Kerry camp is by
the truth.

[Kathleen]

Not are they only threatened by the truth, they know that the Catholic vote is very impt in this election. I think the signs should contain a 4d photo next to an abortion photo. I know people will disagree with me but those signs have changed many, many minds. Given the importance of this election I believe we have to use all the ammo (not actual ammo) at our hands.

I have to say that I am extremely proud of the Catholics in Steubenville and elsewhere who got themselves into Kerry events and were able to witness. It puts a big smile on my face on this Sunday of Respect Life month. :)

[Matt C. Abbott]

Good for the seminarians! God bless them!

[Lynn]

I agree with you,Kathleen. Thank God for all of the courageous pro-life young people. We have a strong contingent of them here too.

[Jason]

I daresay they did more good calmly dealing with their persecutors than they would have done inside the event.

God bless them abundantly!

[Ed]

Kerry and his crowd deny the right of life
to the unborn. It logically follows that it
is a trivial matter to deny others the right
to peaceably assemble, as guaranteed in the
1st amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

A recent article ( where did read it ? )
stated that the items in the phrase \\\"...life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness ...\\\"
were enumerated in that order because liberty
and happiness were pointless if you don\\\'t have
life.

[Stuart Buck]

Recall that at the second debate, Kerry was asked about tax dollars funding abortion. This is how he began the answer:

"First of all, I cannot tell you how deeply I respect the belief about life and when it begins. I'm a Catholic, raised a Catholic."

Sure, he respects that belief -- as long as someone doesn't try to utter it in his presence.

[Lynn]

If I hear Kerry say one more time, "I was an altar boy...."

[Jennifer]

"Dedicated to the defense of all human life" is what their sweatshirts say. All. Not just the unborn, or the rich, or the healthy. Let's remember this and the fact that GW Bush has a record of executing many people in Texas, of giving tax cuts to favor the rich, and a healthcare plan that also favors the well off.

[Jason]

Jennifer,

1) Let's give an absurdly high estimate of all those that were executed under Bush's watch, say, 5000. That's the amount of babies that are killed in ONE DAY through surgical abortion.

2) Health care and tax cuts are matters of political opinion, not natural law. There is no "Catholic" teaching on how to regulate health care or tax cuts, except in a general manner. Thus, it is something that is debateable, unlike the slaughter of innocent children.

[Richard]

Jason,

The number of those executed under Bush in Texas is closer to 50.

I am for phasing out capital punishment in accordance with the catechism. I find anecdotes of Bush's past eagerness to execute unsettling and disappointing.

But there's no comparison here with the daily holocaust being perpetrated in the name of abortion rights, euthanasia, and embryonic stem cell research.

I have no idea what tax cuts have to do with life issues.

[Jason]

>>>"I find anecdotes of Bush's past eagerness to execute unsettling and disappointing."

I happened to catch a replay of one of his debates with Gore in '00, where he addresses this. He said he truly believes that Capital Punishment is a detterent, and that by employing it he is protecting the common good. While I think his opinion is debateable, I don't think he supports Capital Punishment in a reckless manner (eg, 'Kill them all and let God sort them out').

[Colleen]

A very powerful witness to the mindset of the sort of people who are pro choice everything/anything goes except an opinion differing from their own. Most of them are self identified peace-lovers too, but you can't tell that from their actions when they are presented with opposite opinions.

If you look at the rest of the blog written by this good Father, there is a 'rest of the story' update worth reading.

I'd love to know if there are any documented facts about Kerry/abortion supporters being treated in like fashion by Bush/life supporters? I haven't heard of any but I have heard other (and been party to, particularly recently) stories like the one cited on this blog. I don't agree with a lot of stuff Bush does and says but I honestly couldn't live with myself if I voted for Kerry (plus he's my state's 'jr' senator and in the 20 years he's been around he hasn't amounted to anything more than another rich man on the gov't payroll. The amount of time he actually shows up for work wouldn't cut it in the 'dreaded' private sector).

[Roz]

Covering this story would be a great way for CBS to indicate its desire to be more than a bullhorn for the Democratic party. Paging Dan Rather . . .

[SiliconValleySteve]

Great story. Sad ending so far.

But... it indicates that they are afraid of the pro-life issue which is very good. This story should get MSM treatment but it probably won't.

How about Drudge. I'm sending the URL to him. Other should too. PS. Drudge is pro-life.