6 Responses to Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) Routs Christian Fundamentalists on the Stupak Amendment

1. ubetchaiam November 9th, 2009 at 11:11 am 1

   “Comprises the separation of church and State” ; shit, that’s been going on for quite awhile now but no one seems to really care to demolish the bullshit arguments put forth regarding the demise of the separation.

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2. Jim White November 9th, 2009 at 11:18 am 2

   “Outrageous!”

   Thanks, Elliott.

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3. KarenM November 9th, 2009 at 1:38 pm 3

   Thanks, Elliott!

   Barbara Lee is always outstanding on these important issues.

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4. bluebutterfly November 9th, 2009 at 3:43 pm 4

   “The war within Democratic ranks over the anti-abortion Stupak amendment is rapidly heating up, and Dem Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz threw down the gauntlet on MSNBC moments ago, vowing that she and others are doing all they can to kill the provision.

   Wasserman-Schultz — whose voice carries a fair amount of weight among liberals in Congress — said that she’s confident the amendment will be gone in the end: ”

   http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/health-care/wasserman-schultz-we-will-kill-stupak-amendment/

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5. bluebutterfly November 10th, 2009 at 12:53 am 5

   “She summoned antiabortion Democrats to her ornate Capitol office. She conferred with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to be sure the new restrictions were acceptable. She even consulted by telephone with a cardinal in Rome.

   Then, Pelosi convened the most wrenching meeting of all: to inform the Pro-Choice Caucus, her longtime liberal colleagues, of the deal she had struck.”

   http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-na-pelosi9-2009nov09,0,3266717,full.story

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6. bluebutterfly November 10th, 2009 at 7:00 am 6

   “The bishops have a history of political activism. In the 2004 presidential race, some bishops said they would refuse to grant communion to Democratic nominee John Kerry, a Catholic who favored abortion rights. In 2005, the bishops’ conference backed efforts by then-President George W. Bush and Republican lawmakers to intervene in the Terri Schiavo right-to-die case. But rarely has the church entered the fray with such decisive force.

   “The Catholic bishops came in at the last minute and drew a line in the sand,” said Laurie Rubiner, vice president for public policy at the abortion-rights advocacy group Planned Parenthood. “It’s very hard to compete with that.” ”

   http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125781425786840005.html

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