This includes the bishops:
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have specifically condemned the sort of employer-sponsored anti-union campaigns that current U.S. labor law fails to prevent. “No one,” they wrote in 1986, “may deny the right to organize without attacking human dignity itself. Therefore, we firmly oppose organized efforts, such as those regrettably now seen in this country, to break existing unions and prevent workers from organizing.”Even the Pope is an union man:
The Catholic News Service reported on February 2nd 2009 that Pope Benedict XVI reiterated the Church's strong endorsement of labor unions when he declared that unions "can make a significant contribution" to realizing the common good during this economic crisis.
Speaking to the Confederation on Italian Labor Unions on January 31, the pope insisted that a just economy must protect the inalienable dignity of the worker. Pope Benedict XVI also made clear that the economic downturn demands solutions that bring society together "in a united way" to meet today's problems. Supporting worker dignity by endorsing the right of workers to choose union representation is one way to work on behalf of the common good.
Too bad there are those that have strayed from the teachings of the Church.
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Please say you see the irony in liberals using the Catholic Church as justification for public policy?
ReplyDeleteAnd then an amateur bishop arrived, explaining why Catholics don't need to listen to certain opinions of church leaders - after all, they are only men.
ReplyDeleteAnd then a disingenuous onlooker arrived, refusing to see that if liberals are going to use the Catholic Church's support for unions as justification for EFCA, then they also ought to rethink their position on Roe v. Wade, abortion, embryonic stem-cell research, in-vitro fertilization, and same-sex marriage.
ReplyDeleteI don't like the way the Club for Greed and the pro-torture cabal use social conservatives to get their agenda passed either.
Neither the right nor the left can have it both ways. You don't get to use the Catholic Church's stance on policies you agree with as justification for those policies, but then totally ignore them when you disagree with them.
Well, Alex, that might make sense if we were Catholic, obsessed with ecclesiastical confirmity and wanted everything to be just so. What's wrong with reminding people of the New Testament?
ReplyDeleteNot to mention, supporting unions is not the same thing as endorsing the EFCA. That is significant.
ReplyDeleteFor the record, I'm not Catholic, and whether the Pope and the bishops support it or not is irrelevant to me. The whole thing is that I found it amusing, to say the least, that those most opposed to EFCA are also strongly religious, and often Catholic.
ReplyDeleteBut if you are going to argue about human issues like abortion, etc., shouldn't the human condition of the workers also matter.
Capper,
ReplyDeleteYour title is factually inaccurate. I know union members that are adamantly pro-union, but do not support the EFCA.
So, unless the Catholic Church has explicitly stated their endorsement of the EFCA, I think it's irresponsible to lead others to believe they have.
It's only amusing because you see something that is not there. Your assessment is thin and amusing in itself. For someone who claims to write so well, it doesn't seem that you feel the need to pay much attention to the facts. I wrote a little piece about Catholics, Church teaching on social justice and the principle of Subsidiarity, Hispanic Commonweal.
ReplyDeleteThe bottom line is that you don't know what you are talking about and just because you find a Catholic individual who agrees with a ridiculous piece of legislation doesn't make it a Catholic doctrine.
Let real Catholics define Catholicism.
Calling "Catholics United" a Catholic organization would be like calling Planned Parenthood a Pro-Life Organization. I am sure they believe they are but it's a joke none the less.
ReplyDeleteI just the elitist approach of "let the real Catholics decide." So you are willing to throw a bunch of bishops under the bus. Very enlightening indeed.
ReplyDeleteLOL! This is how it's going to go down, I am going to ask you to name "a bunch of Bishops and you will conveniently move on to the next topic and act like you never got this response.
ReplyDeleteProve me wrong.
You did not ask me to name anything, but it was linked to in the post.
ReplyDeleteMoving the goalposts isn't a good sign for you.
Now, I'm on vacation. Take care and thanks for reading.
Exactly what I thought.
ReplyDeleteLOL!
Can I call'em or what!!!
Scurry on.....
Um, you were the one changing subjects. Now, ta ta.
ReplyDeleteYour link did not name a "Bunch of Bishops" you are claiming it did. If you cannot stand behind you words then don't say them.
ReplyDelete"ta ta"
Go already, I am just indulging myself, I enjoy making anti-catholics like you squirm. Call it a past time.
I actually hope you enjoy your vacation (seriously). I am not a lefty, I actually hope people feel joy and happiness.