Liberal Activist Nun: I‘m ’Thrilled‘ the Supreme Court Upheld Obama’s ‘Pro-Life’ Healthcare Bill
- Posted on June 29, 2012 at 12:42pm by
Billy Hallowell
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Sister Simone Campbell, right, executive director of Network, speaks in front of Renate Dellmann, of Ames, Iowa, left, during a stop on the first day of a nine-state Nuns on the Bus tour, Monday, June 18, 2012, in Ames, Iowa. (Charlie Neibergall - AP)
We already know that at least some of the Catholic nuns in the United States lean left (some would even argue far left) when it comes to issues pertaining to the economy and health care. The battle between U.S. Bishops and the nuns is well-documented as is outspoken support for the religious women from progressive faith leaders like Jim Wallis.
On Thursday, in the wake of the Supreme Court‘s decision to validate President Barack Obama’s health care law, Sister Simone Campbell, who is the executive director of NETWORK (“a progressive voice” for Catholics), penned a Washington Post op-ed in which she said she’s “thrilled” that the bill remains on the books.
She also explained that her organization, which was founded 40 years ago by Catholic nuns, has lobbied for more affordable health care for years (she is an organizer of the “Nuns on the Bus” tour). Campbell also took a moment to claim that the law is in line with Biblical teaching.
“Catholic teachings about the common good and dignity of each person instruct us that this is a basic human right,” she wrote.
Campbell went on to share her experiences meeting with people on the road who do not have adequate health care. Some Americans, she claims, have died as a result of not being able to receive care in a timely fashion. These stories corroborate her penchant for the current regulatory changes as well as the Supreme Court’s decision upholding them:
Sunday night, I met a grieving family in Cincinnati who had just come from a memorial service for Margaret, their mother, sister and aunt. Margaret, who was 56 when she died, lacked health-care insurance through her work, and this prevented her from getting medical attention. When she finally saw a doctor, it was too late to save her life.
During our travels, a woman in a wheelchair also showed us the letter she had received saying she would lose dental coverage provided by Medicaid as of July 1.
The stories of the people we have met are real, and they touched our hearts.
When I first learned what the Supreme Court had decided I immediately thought about these wonderful people. And my friends. And my own family. So many people all around me and across the country who had been helped today.
Sister Simone Campbell, right, executive director of Network, with Sister Lorraine Schmaltz, of Ames, Iowa, during a stop on the first day of a nine-state Nuns on the Bus tour on June 18, 2012. (AP)
The sister went on to say that she never questioned the legality of the health care law and that “the Supreme Court proved us right.” Campbell pledges to work through NETWORK to battle Republicans’ plans to not allow the health care law to “reach the people.“ But it is her insinuation that the law is ”pro-life” that will likely cause the most angst among conservatives.
“Our faith tells us that access to health-care safeguards human life,” she continues. “This law is pro-life and we must do everything possible to preserve and expand its reach.”
Considering expansions in various women’s health care provisions, some would question the “pro-life” sentiment present within the bill. Of course, she’s speaking here more generally about a respect for human life, which she believes ObamaCare will sustain and expound upon.
Read Campbell’s complete commentary, here.
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Pray for USA
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:32pmPelosi, Biden, Sebelius, and the Kennedy family are Catholics, too. Lots of left-leaning Catholics. Pelosi just said Ted Kennedy helped them from Heaven. I don’t think so.
Report Post »rickc34
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:42pmI wonder how much that bus cost, looks pretty expensive to me, wonder how many could have been helped with that. Satan can only approach the Throne Of God from the left, since Jesus is sitting on the right hand of the Father. Satan is a left wing liberal.
Report Post »Welcome Black Carter
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:51pmDon’t think Ted can converse with the lady he killed. Don’t think he can see heaven from his vantage point…
Report Post »The Bald Eagle
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:57pmActually those are “Self-excommunicated” Catholics under Canon Law, and Anathema to the faithful.
Report Post »The follow secular Jihadist Soros the Socialist.
HKS
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 3:14pmDitto on that, I would suspect his neighborhood is a warm one.
Report Post »term limits for congress
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 3:31pmDoes this lez think that health insurance is going to be free?… or even cheap? It is bad enough today with insurance companies telling doctors what they can/cannot do. It will get better with the polit bureau in charge? Obviously, she hit the max limit on her mental health care. Now she will be able to get back on the meds – I guess that’s good.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 3:50pmThe Pope should strip her of her “habit”, and not in the physical sense, but in the spiritual sense. If she has strayed that far away, it is time she picked a new religion, the heck with political correctness and turning the other cheek.
Report Post »JEANNIEMAC
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 7:31pmThe “Catholics” who support Obamacare are cafeteria Catholics, who pick and choose what to believe.
Report Post »Many base their decisions not on church teachings, but on their need for power.
There may be some few good things about Obamacare, but the bad outweigh the good. Death panels will decide what care, if any, the elderly will receive. Taxes are due to go up on almost everything connected with our lives. What does selling your house have to do with health care? What does receiving monthly dividend checks have to do with healthcare?
Implantable microchips, holding all of your medical. banking and other information will be mandatory.
If you refuse to obey the government in any way, they will have access to your personal and business bank accounts to withdraw taxes, penalties, fees, etc. without your consent.
The 2700 page law, passed by the Senate. is illegal. Why? Because the Senate does not have the authority to pass tax laws. That is the province of the House of Representatives.
When Justice Roberts said that Obamacare was actually a tax, he,in effect, invalidated it.
db321
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 8:32pmNot only has Obama flipped his finger at the Catholics. The Blaze with their Liberal Faith Editors has some how found a way to thumb their nose at God and Catholics. Every weekend, Christianity is attack on the Blaze and it’s so sad. Glen, is not paying attention and the inmates are running the prison.
Keep an eye on the Blaze this weekend – especially on the Faith post! If your a Christian, it will make you sick, if you follow Satan you will be pleased – Shame on you Blaze!
Report Post »Goodforall
Posted on June 30, 2012 at 12:01pmThese useful idiots (aka sheep) don’t hasve a clue. This bill, if left to stand, will be the most devestating bill ever passed in our history and will destroy our quality of health care and deter small business from hiring (and maintaining their current employee base). Just one question to these puppets who blindly follow the socialist in the WH-who is gonna pay for this so called “free” health care? The middle class-with an 800 billion dollar tax increase. Just wait until it all kicks in-people are gonna be in fo a rude awakening. This is a sham on all Americans. Thank God I live in a state that will not participate in this. Will people ever learn that there is nothing free except life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? This bill must be repealed-and we have but one choice, and that is to support Mitt Romney in the fall.
Report Post »Thatsenough
Posted on June 30, 2012 at 1:16pmThese people do not speak for me; when I found out what was decided, I got physically sick to my stomach…
Report Post »laserjet
Posted on June 30, 2012 at 2:11pmI am a Catholic nun. I wear a traditional habit. I obey the Pope. I did not vote for obama nor would I ever. Please all know that not ALL nuns are as ignorant as this bunch on the bus. Our community works tirelessly for true liberty.
Report Post »http://www.daughtersoftheimmaculata.com
goodwater
Posted on June 30, 2012 at 4:49pmThese people, the politicians your list as well as these Nuns, are not true Catholics of the Roman Catholic Church. They may still call themselves Catholic but they gave up the faith and tenets of the church Jesus Christ established 2000 years ago and follow a belief system that they’ve created themselves.
Report Post »canadianlady
Posted on June 30, 2012 at 4:49pm@rick – I’ve often marvelled at the right/left analogy in the bible, too. One that strikes me as more than just ironic is this one in Matthew Chapter 25:31-41. Jesus is talking about the separation of the sheep from the goats and says, “He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.” Then he goes on to say, “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance….Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.”
Report Post »raff73
Posted on June 30, 2012 at 6:03pmThis “catholic” Sister does not know what she’s talking about.
Report Post »jhforsythe
Posted on June 30, 2012 at 6:48pmKennedy definitely did not help from Heaven – Try Hell!
Report Post »sophillyjimmy
Posted on June 30, 2012 at 8:12pmIf Ted Kennedy knocked up any of these Nuns, they and their bus would be underwater by now, he would have claimed it was a baptism gone wrong.
Report Post »vee
Posted on June 30, 2012 at 10:51pmPrayer is all you can do and if Ted kenedy is sending any messages from someplace else I am sure , it is from someplace hot!
Report Post »alinmatt
Posted on June 30, 2012 at 11:24pmSince when has it been necessary to be a capitalist or conservative in order to be a Christian? I don’t recall any passages in the Bible that say so. In fact, socialism and communism fit nicely with some of the teachings from the Bible. Take a look at the book of Acts. The Pilgrims, while settling Plymouth, attempted a form of communism based on the book of Acts. Most of those Pilgrims knew their Bibles far better than today’s Christian’s. The promotion of socialist programs by these nuns is not in contradiction with the Bible, but arguably consistent with it.
Report Post »Perhaps some of you out there ought to be a little nicer to people you disagree with. These nuns are trying to promote what nuns practice, free healthcare.
BTW I’m anything but a socialist or capitalist and I hate Obamacare.
alinmatt
Posted on July 1, 2012 at 9:19amoops, I meant to say I’m anything but a socialist or communist.
Report Post »l84thegame
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 11:21amI doubt that Ted Kennedy was invited into Heaven! So if he actually sent a message, it was likely sent from the other place. Therefore, most Americans (other than those like Nancy Pelosi) would not give his message any credence anyway.
Report Post »SPOT_OF_TEA
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:31pmIt is disappointing that the left is once again infiltrating the church trying to change the message of Jesus from a belief in God to a belief in Government…..Here we actually have this nun paising a socalled prolife healthcare bill which is devoted to killing babies in the womb….This attempt by government to overtake the church has occurred many times in the past always with dreadful results…..People in the public eye we thought we could count on such as Carrie Underwood are falling for this trick and even Tim Tebow would not attend a Christian Crusade recently because they were preaching the word of God and that may have been offensive to some people….I was really surprised that someone who calls Jesus his Lord and Savior would do something like that.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 2:05pmWell, I can find nothing to support your assertion concerning Tim Tebow. Please provide a citation / proof
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 2:11pmWhile the healthcare bile may have been hugely pro-abortion, there may actually be a big “pro life” element to yesterday’s decision. Specifically: “Whither the ‘right of privacy’?“ If a woman can be ”taxed” for failing to get health insurance (a very private decision related to her health), then why can’t she be “taxed” for having an abortion? Why can’t her boyfriend/husband/whomever be “taxed” for his part in the abortion?
Report Post »Obviously, Congress isn’t going to enact any such “tax” anytime soon. But a state sure could. And if it is challenged in the U.S. Supreme Court — the state AG has a case to cite.
SPOT_OF_TEA
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 2:55pmWell kay….just try googling Tim Tebow refuses to attend Christian Church revival.
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on June 30, 2012 at 4:13am@ SPOT of TEA….. Yeah, That’s why TIM TEBOW showed up to over 20,000 people on Father’s Day Sunday, right? Lying little devil. Go mess with your liberal friends and leave the very Decent, Godly and influential TIM TEBOW ALONE.
YOU”RE A SPOT OF SOMETHING ALRIGHT…but it ain’t TEA
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:31pmYes you moron this law will create more poor people for the church to help.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 2:19pmYes Slayer, but they’ll all get free birth control! They’ll all sleep on park benches because there are no jobs, but they can **** like rabbits! America in 2012, ain’t it grand?
Report Post »Angel_light
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 2:31pmright
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:30pmthose liberal nuns were wannabe lesbians in Real Life, only reason why they are ever in the Church is to cause grief.
Report Post »Steve28
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:30pmShe should be kicked out of the church. Sorry, you cannot have it both ways. While I respect the good they do they must abide by the same teachings that priest abide by and if not out you go!
Report Post »USA5
Posted on July 1, 2012 at 2:59amIt doesn’t say if Catholic Church is involved.
his bus trip has been organized and is sponsored by NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby, and the NETWORK Education Program.
So I would think this is grounds for dismissal.
Report Post »nostromo
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:29pmMorality 101: I cannot hit you on the head, steal your money, and then feed the poor with it. No matter how worthy the hoped for outcome, nothing justifies the original theft. Socialists, activist nuns, and Al Capone with his depression era soup kitchens would all disagree.
Report Post »SocialistSlayer
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:34pmAs a Catholic this woman makes me sick and she should be ex-communicated!
Report Post »rickc34
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:37pmThese left leaning Nuns give the catholic church bad press, 54 percent of Catholics voted for Obama in 08 lets see how many vote for him in October? Only 45 percent voted Conservative. Obama is pro gay and pro abortion is this what these nuns want.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:50pmAs a Catholic Women, you must be aware that the Nuns stand with the Bishops, as the Bishops slapped down Paul Ryan’s notion that his welfare for the wealthy budget was based on Catholic teachings.
Report Post »I.Heart.America
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:26pmConservative Ted Cruz of Texas for U.S. Senate….run-off election is July 31st. We NEED him in the senate…
http://www.tedcruz.org/home/
Report Post »Hockeytown
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:23pmThese nuns look pretty old, I hope they don’t need some kind of operation in the future. The IPAB will just deny them.
Report Post »MrSunshine
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:22pmOk, who left the door open to the stupid cage?
Report Post »caleejr
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:19pmhey ms. nun – rights are given by God – they cost Nothing. Money does not exchange hands in order to exercise them.
Report Post »Commodities cost money – healthcare is a commodity – not a right.
Angel_light
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 2:34pmyes exactly! thank you CALEEJR
Report Post »drrgb
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:18pmWait till the death panels and manditory paid abortions kick in.
Report Post »OneTermPresident
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:15pmSome Americans, she claims, have died as a result of not being able to receive care in a timely fashion….is she talking about Obamacare?
Report Post »Al J Zira
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:12pmI’m sorry but, don’t the Bishops that are having a ballte with these nuns also have to power to disavow a nun? It‘s obvious they’re radicalized to the point where they support abortion and government expansion let alone the fact that they shouldn’t eve be involved in politics in the first place.
Report Post »DanMan2012
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:32pmIt’s not actually necessary to formally “Ex Communicate” these Nuns…If they are not in union with The Church on dogmatic issues or Theology, they have automatically excommunicated themselves from the Church. Just little Miss Nancey.
They can call themselves Catholic all they want but if their politics is in conflict with the teachings of the Church, they are not Catholics.
It’s not a cafeteria plan!
Report Post »greggo
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:08pmBuild your foundation on Rock or build it on sand. I guess these nuns like sand.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:03pmGee whiz, at least the 56 year old had the option to seek care, with Obamacare, she would have been considered too expensive to save and not worth it to the collective as will all of the “nun’s” examples.
Hey “Sister:, you do realize that there is going to be a huge tax paced upon charity hospitals whenever the Secretary and the administrator decides to impose it?
. Excise Tax on Charitable Hospitals (Min$/immediate): $50,000 per hospital if they fail to meet new “community health assessment needs,“ ”financial assistance,“ and ”billing and collection” rules set by HHS. Bill: PPACA; Page: 1,961-1,971
Read more: http://atr.org/full-list-obamacare-tax-hikes-a6996#ixzz1zCd1tSdO
The list is quite shocking
Report Post »rpp
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:00pmThese nuns are about as Catholic as Richard Dawkins.
Report Post »BenFrank1791
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:07pmWell said. They are part of the liberal Catholic wing of the church. They don’t like Rome, or the church, but they think they can bend us to their point of view. Most of us just shun them. We know who’s who in our parish. No matter how far up the latter they climb.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:08pmThis nuns are following the message of Christ, they are caring for the poor, the sick, the needy. Ryan has elevated Ayn Rand to sainthood and he now preaches her gospel of greed.
Even the GOP has said that they will keep large portions of Obamacare because he helps.
Report Post »MicForever
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:08pmPerfect!
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 2:09pmencinimoron – did you just crawl out of bed?
Report Post »think1st
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 2:53pmHey Encinominal, have one for me… it’s ok… “it‘s 5 o’clock somewhere”!
Report Post »HowardSternIsABigot
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 12:59pmjust liberal infiltrators in nun habits. thats been a favorite costume for libs since that pregnant nun movie. you can call yourself a turnip but it doesnt make you one.
Report Post »carbonated
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 12:59pmObama is more white than he is pro-life.
Report Post »MrSunshine
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:20pmSH*T! He’s more Jewish than he is pro-life!
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 12:58pmInterestingly, there may actually be a big “pro life” element to yesterday’s decision. Specifically: “Whither the ‘right of privacy’?“ If a woman can be ”taxed” for failing to get health insurance (a very private decision related to her health), then why can’t she be “taxed” for having an abortion? Why can’t her boyfriend/husband/whomever be “taxed” for his part in the abortion?
Report Post »Obviously, Congress isn’t going to enact any such “tax” anytime soon. But a state sure could. And if it is challenged in the U.S. Supreme Court — the state AG has a case to cite.
thegreatcarnac
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 12:56pmThis old piece of crap needs to be ex-communicated now. I would like to be Pope for one year.I would clear the rolls of a lot of lib Catholics. They would find themselves ex-catholics real quick.
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 12:56pmDelusional? Sorry, ms. nun… but Obamacare FORCES RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS TO PROVIDE BIRTH CONTROL, ABORTION PILLS AND STERILIZATIONS… HOW CAN YOU CALL THAT ‘PRO-LIFE?’
Is there a special hell for lying nuns? Maybe with the pedophile priests?
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 12:55pmobamas collective madness…….liberal nun = oxymoron
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 12:52pmThese are not Catholic nuns. These are frauds, wolves in sheep’s clothing, masquerading as nuns. They join to rot the organization from within.
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:00pmI don’t even think they are any kind of nun! What nun would condone abortion??
Report Post »Popp40
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:01pmSort of like our own government?
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:18pmWhy don’t they become Espiscopalians? They have nuns. The Episcopal Church fits all of their liberal needs.
Report Post »cardMaker
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 6:22pmI’m with you, Jerk. Who are these people? …Imposters… Let’s call them out.
Report Post »blanco5
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 12:50pmIsn’t “liberal nun” an oxymoron?
Report Post »blanco5
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 12:56pmI knew she was a lib a soon I saw her picture…..ugly inside and out!
Report Post »USA5
Posted on July 1, 2012 at 2:55amHer Liberal activism is going to result in an unemployed nun.
Report Post »AllLost
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 12:46pmMaybe the elites are right. Maybe Americans as a whole are to stupid and ignorant to handle the important decisions. After all we have had better than 50 years of educational indoctrination so it should be expected.
This woman clear is either mentally far below the normal IQ or is willfully ignorant of every all all fact.
Report Post »AllLost
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 12:51pmTOO not TO….who am I calling stupid?
Report Post »dogdr
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:04pmYou are so right!
Report Post »Education -BAD
Ignorance -GOOD
Time to stop all this “education” nonsense.
We don’t need no educashun!
Welcome Black Carter
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:49pm“The world is trying the experiment of attempting to form a civilized but non-christian mentality. The experiment will fail, but we must be very patient in awaiting its collapse.”
Report Post »T.S. Elliot