I was re-reading my recent posts, and chanced upon my comment about having had it up to my eyeballs with "news" stories about Kim K and her wedding, and the pending marriage that I predicted would not last 2 years. Whoa, talk about over estimation. 72 days...what a trouper! Lord I could be just fine with NEVER hearing the name Kardashian again.
Another matter which is on my mind is the complete lack of irony or self awareness with which many of the more conservative candidates and pundits are pronouncing as an "attack on religious freedom"and an "attack on the constitution" the Obama healthcare mandate that religious organizations pay for contraception. Why is it an attack on the constitution for that, and yet a moral imperative to prevent contraception or abortion to those in need of same because your religious beliefs prohibit it? We are fast approaching retracting women's freedom of individual choice back into the dark ages because the more conservative are gaining ground. I am no fan of abortion. I would hope these pregnancies could be prevented rather than ended. However, that is between that woman and God. Besides which, who can know the situation. It is not for us to legislate her moral and religious choices. Likewise, the cry to "preserve marriage" and family from the spectre of two people of the same sex marrying one another.I am Christian too, and I see very little in Christ's teaching that worried itself about that. Better we should feed the poor and care for one another and honor God. I weary of those who would insert themsleves in other people's family lives, but see no irony in protesting when others do so against their own beliefs.
I think we could all much better spend our time feeding the poor than trying to interfere in others' private lives.
