Catholic hypocrisy on display:

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From A Post Over At AmericaBlog

Republican Judges who order death are never challenged; Democrats who are pro-choice are attacked.

Joe Sudbay (DC) · 3/09/2009 10:59:00 AM ET · Link
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Meet Texas Judge Sharon Keller:

Judge Keller, 55, has always kept her own counsel; her colleagues at the court have given
her the nickname Mother Superior because of her reserved and diligent demeanor and her
devout Roman Catholic faith.

So, how does a devout Roman Catholic judge in Texas operate:

In 1998, Judge Keller wrote the opinion rejecting a new trial for Roy Criner, a
mentally retarded man convicted of rape and murder, even though DNA tests after his
trial showed that it was not his semen in the victim.

“We can’t give new trials to everyone who establishes, after conviction, that they might be innocent,” she later told the television news program “Frontline.” “We would have no finality in the criminal justice system, and finality is important.”

Now, that's very Catholic. I don't purport to be a religious scholar, but I have a hard time thinking Jesus would share that view. Judge Keller is currently on trial for judicial misconduct:

Seventeen months ago, lawyers for a man facing execution sought extra time to file a last-minute appeal. Judge Keller refused to delay the closing of her clerk’s office past 5 p.m., even though late filings are common on the day of a scheduled execution. The man, Michael Richard, was put to death by lethal injection a few hours later.

So, here's the question? Where's the outrage from the Catholic hierarchy? Has Judge Keller been denied communion? Has the Catholic version of Rush Limbaugh, the racist, homophobic Bill Donohue, been bloviating about Keller? Of course not. The hypocrisy in the church is rampant. Can't criticize Keller. She's a Republican.

Instead, the Catholics have been aiming their fire at Kathleen Sebelius, who will be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services. The bigot Donohue, who basically has an organization of one person and a fax machine, led the charge, along with one of those whack job, Communion-denying bishops in Kansas.

If the church isn't going to attack Keller, it shouldn't attack Sebelius. But, consistency and intellectual honesty aren't hallmarks of the Catholic hierarchy.

See, if it's not about abortion or gay bashing, the leaders of the Catholic Church keep quiet. There is almost no such thing as Catholic criticism of Republicans. (That might make the real leader of the Catholic Church in the U.S., Bill Donohue, mad. )

[Gman]

1. I have Ms. Keller in my hip pocket when I'm able to resume my discussion

with my pastor. I guar-awn-tee you he's never heard of her. AND, the Catholic Catechisms says:

2267 Assuming that the guilty party's identity and responsibility have been fully determined, the traditional teaching of the Church does not exclude recourse to the death penalty, if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives against the unjust aggressor.

If, however, non-lethal means are sufficient to defend and protect people's safety from the aggressor, authority will limit itself to such means, as these are more in keeping with the concrete conditions of the common good and are more in conformity to the dignity of the human person.

Today, in fact, as a consequence of the possibilities which the state has for effectively preventing crime, by rendering one who has committed an offense incapable of doing harm - without definitely taking away from him the possibility of redeeming himself - the cases in which the execution of the offender is an absolute necessity "are very rare, if not practically non-existent."

http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/2267.htm

Stick that in your bishop's hat and smoke it!

[rug]

2. She's a Republican Judge in Texas. It's not really about religion.

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3. No, it’s really not about religion.

It’s more about catholic/republican/hypocritical politics. But, I guarantee you, any atheist I know would have handed down a more moral decision than this catholic Judge did and they wouldn’t even have to pray about it..

[rwheeler31]

4. Too many Catholic men have gone south. Whats new?