Prof. Robert George writes in the Wall Street Journal that the Democratic National Committee's choice to invite Cardinal Timothy Dolan to give a benediction at their convention this week makes an important point, namely:
"...Since no minimally decent political party would let a bigot or misogynist take the podium at its convention—much less bless the proceedings—accepting the cardinal's offer to appear amounts to an implicit but unmistakable concession that there's no bigotry in opposing the redefinition of civil marriage, nor any misogyny in fighting for the unborn.
...the Democrats are, whether they like it or not, sending an implicit signal of their own. The cardinal's presence confounds efforts by the abortion-rights and gay-marriage movements to stigmatize and marginalize those who refuse to fall into line.
Some on the left fear that Cardinal Dolan will use the platform that the Democrats are providing to preach about the right to life of unborn children and the importance of preserving traditional marriage. He doesn't have to do that. He will make his point and achieve his goal just by showing up."
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They brought the cardinal in to pander to "Catholics" in the party, despite the Catholic perspective on marriage. Similarly, they brought Bill Clinton in even though he's a misogynist. Whatever it takes to get the cash and the votes.
It's much more than that. The only possible reason that O'Bama remains the dogmatic paradox that he is must be interpreted that he is so very very close to losing the election and would not dare to dump the ex-Catholics ;like Biden, Pelosi and the rest of that garbage he picked up along his arrogant way. How about the middle aged frump from Georgetown pimping for the government to pay for her sex excapades like the rest of the Mandate bags! .
Didn't see the Cardinal at the Democratic National Convention, nor any prayer. It was all to be done on human effort, and a 'little more' government size. Obama mentioned 'providence', but i guess he was referring to one in Rhode Island. Everything P. Obama/VP Biden promised, Romney/Ryan can do, and can do better, and with transparency. Obama put us back economically, and back to primitive times before there was civil marriage.
Did President Obama stay and bow his head during Cardinal Dolans speech/prayer ???? or did he duck out???