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The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. (CNS photo/Joshua Roberts, Reuters)
Dec. 30, 2019
Larry Burdoin
Temple, Texas
Letter to the Editor
Catholic San FranciscoEditor's note: Here is a related post with links to previous reader comment.
Re "Taking liberties with language" (Letters, Dec. 19, 2019):
Editor:
Yes, let us be honest with others, but first of all with ourselves. The Catholic Church's condemnation of homosexuality and condoms is not responsible "for God knows how many millions of deaths." This assertion is absurd on its face as individuals make conscious decisions as to which behaviors to engage in. Those practicing homosexuals are already ignoring the church's teaching, so are we to believe that they adhere to the church's ban on condoms during homosexual sex? Not likely. (As well, the microscopic holes in most latex condoms do not stop the AIDS virus.)
Rather than refute, point by point, the letter writer's assertions, I will just say that having read his letters to the editor in Catholic San Francisco these past few years, it strikes me that he is of the variety of Catholics exemplified by Nancy Pelosi. Let us be honest about this. Can individuals who publicly reject the church's moral teachings on serious issues still honestly claim to be Catholic?
The writer makes it clear that he is pro-abortion (aka "pro-choice"). He writes of a "woman's right," but such a right was only invented by the U.S. Supreme Court nearly 200 years after the Constitution was written and ratified. The framers and founders knew that our true rights come from God, and not from governments. Food for thought there.
Lastly, perhaps this letter writer is completely comfortable with the practice now of delivering an unborn child alive so that his/her organs and tissues can be harvested while these are still of use to the macabre practitioners of "medical research." Oh, yes, this is occurring in several of the university medical centers in California, including UCSF. Many of us pro-life Christians are not at all comfortable with such gruesome practices that are a result of legal abortion. Let us contribute our time, talents and some of our finances to end these practices.
Editor's note: In November 2019 the U.S. Catholic bishops approved adding new materials to complement "Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship," their long-standing guide to help Catholics form their consciences in public life, including voting, according to a Catholic News Service report. The addition included the statement that called abortion the preeminent social issue of our time.
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