Comments on: Archbishop Nienstedt calls Obama ‘anti-Catholic,’ vows to pull support from Notre Dame

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Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:31:32 +0000

[...] The Most Reverend John Nienstedt, Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis(Minnesota) [...]

By: Colleen Barry

Colleen Barry — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:24:34 +0000

Thank You to all the Bishops and Cardinals that are sticking by the cathoic churches teaching’s,logic and nature defending Life and speaking out against Notre Dame inviting the President to speak. It is more than sad that the commencment speech, a time to inspire students supposedly educated in the catholic teachings, to move forwad into the world as catholics, to hear a speech from a strongly Pro-Abortion president is simply WRONG and DAMAGING to the WORLD.

Thank You,

Colleen Elizabeth Barry
Proudly Pro-Life

By: John F Robin

John F Robin — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:49:31 +0000

Paul, I’m embarrassed that I did You and the Minnesota Independent an injustice by rashly assuming that my comment was removed for philosophical or political reasons. I offer You my sincere apology, and will try to avoid the error of assuming the worst in future.

Thank You for posting my original comment. A happy Easter to You.

By: Paul Schmelzer

Paul Schmelzer — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:26:59 +0000

Hi John,
I just emailed you directly, but for the record: I moderate comments and, while I’m late in moderating comments from Friday due to Easter travel, I haven’t deleted your comment. If something’s missing, please re-submit. Thanks.

Paul

By: John F Robin

John F Robin — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:45:58 +0000

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By: John F Robin

John F Robin — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:19:56 +0000

I left a comment here a few hours ago expressing a polite, serious, minority viewpoint supportive of Bishop Nienstedt. The comment appeared shortly after posting, but since then has been removed. Why?

So much for fairness, free speech, and tolerance in the Minnesota Independent.

By: John Robin

John Robin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:46:06 +0000

The bishops and laity have a right and a duty to speak clearly on matters of morals. The fact that the Church is populated only with sinners doesn’t change that duty.

If You believe the obvious -that elective abortion is the deliberate killing of innocent human life- then it’s not enough simply to refrain from having an abortion. Any decent person who believes this self-evident truth will see clearly that a just society can not passively permit people to kill their children as if they were doing no more than pulling weeds from their lawn.

Elective abortion violates the most basic human right -the right to life- and those who defend the practice are guilty of defending an evil more egregious than human slavery.

Defenders of slavery in the U.S. in the 1800′s often used the same logic and arguments that defenders of abortion today. In both cases they’re on the wrong side of history, and the wrong side of the truth.

Bishop Nienstedt, thanks for having the guts to speak the truth!

By: Mark from PA

Mark from PA — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:02:56 +0000

In his letter, Archbishop Neinstedt wrote, “He has indicated, especially since he took office, his deliberate disregard of the unborn by …… and by his open support for gay rights throught this country.” Why does supporting gay rights show disregard for the unborn? What does his dislike of gay people have to do with this issue? President Obama is President of all, including gay people and I commend his stand against discrimination and prejudice against gay Americans. Surely many gay people, including many in the clergy, live in his Archdiocese. It would be good if Archbishop Neinstedt could have a little respect for those he sees as inferior and has disdain for. We are all God’s children.

By: Paul Schmelzer

Paul Schmelzer — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:33:36 +0000

"Urb," Your comments have been pulled for being in violation of our comment policy. If you'd like to continue commenting, stick with a single username (not four).

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:30:06 +0000

Erin, the difference between a Catholic politician shoving their anti-abortion beliefs down others throats and those who are prochoice or suuport GLBT rights is this; an anti-abotion Catholic wants to pass laws that force all people to live by their beliefs about abortion even if they belong to faith with a different attitude about it. People who are pro-choice are just that – pro-choice. If you don’t want to have an abortion don’t have one. We trust women to make their own medical decisions. (The other thing I notice is that pro-choice people are more apt to support the programs that may help a women bring a difficult pregnancy to term while most the “pro-life” types wail and gnash their teeth over every tax dollar that goes to social programs).

I’ve never heard that Gay marriage will mean that you’ll be forced to marry someone of the same sex or that a Church that does not believe in it will be forced to perform marriages between same sex couples. Divorce is legal – but no one forces the Catholic church to marry those who have obtained a civil divorce.