"Our founders established for us, as Jesus taught, that no ruler, nor president, has supreme authority to coerce God-fearing citizens to obey the state, and morally perish."
While folks debate Barack Obama’s socialist leanings
regarding, for instance, his manipulating from the White House such industries
as finance, health and energy, one thing is certain: He shared Marxist ideologies with Jeremiah Wright, a fervent liberation theologian, and his
beliefs clash head-on with the Catholic Church.
Liberation theology twists Christianity to devalue Jesus’
divine nature and his salvific mission and, instead, emphasize his human
persona in order to glorify and justify social redemption.
An errant offshoot of Catholicism, liberation theology
espouses that Jesus promotes liberation from economic and political injustices
imposed on the downtrodden by their oppressors, rather than urging personal
redemption from sins of immorality.
Romans and Jews made the same mistake in Jesus’ day. Fear of
Jesus’ influence as a revolutionary led to his death, though he claimed no
intent to be an earthly king and told Pilate (John 18:36), “My kingdom is not
of this world.”
Jesus taught, rather, that each of us, made in the image of
God, is inherently dignified and uniquely responsible for our own conduct in
the material world -- and our own fate in eternity.
Liberation theology seems to drive President Obama in his
cries about the rich “paying their fair share” and his desire to “spread the
wealth around.” It could be the force behind his trumped-up class warfare and
claims of a war on women.
Our deliverer-president, in fact, in his Obamacare mandate,
is waging war on the Catholic Church, and on religion in general; it violates
the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as well as Jesus’ command that we
should give to the state what is the state’s, and to God what is God’s (Mark12:17).
Our founders established for us, as Jesus taught, that no
ruler, nor president, has supreme authority to coerce God-fearing citizens to
obey the state, and morally perish.
Speaking of the
church’s response to the Department of Health and Human Services’ order to
provide employees insurance coverage for contraceptives, sterilization and
abortifacients, New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, president of the U.S.Conference of Catholic Bishops, said on May 21 that church leaders have no
choice now but to sue.
“We have tried negotiation with the Administration and
legislation with the Congress -- and will keep at it -- but there’s
still no fix,” many media quote Dolan. “Time is running out, and our valuable
ministries and fundamental rights hang in the balance, so we have to resort to
the courts now.”
The Archdiocese of New York is one of 43 plaintiffs --
Catholic dioceses, schools, hospitals, social service agencies and other
institutions, Catholic News Agency clarifies -- who filed suit in 12 federal
district courts across the country.
CNA reports that “states, colleges, private employers and
organizations throughout the U.S. ”
previously filed at least 11 lawsuits against the mandate.
If the Supreme Court decides this month to strike the
mandate, then the lawsuits could be moot. In the meantime, they illustrate “a
compelling display of the unity of the Church in defense of religious liberty,”
Dolan observes – a cause that spawned our nation’s founding and should unify
all Americans.
How ironic that Father John Jenkins -- Notre Dame president
who infamously awarded President Obama an honorary degree, despite opposition
from bishops and faithful across the country who object to Obama’s advancement
of abortion -- proclaims in the May 21 Washington Post, “This filing is about
the freedom of a religious organization to live its mission, and its
significance goes well beyond any debate about contraceptives.”
Indeed, the debate goes to the heart of the pursuit of life,
liberty and happiness in America .
