Pelosi's office at first had no comment, but late Tuesday Pelosi's
spokesman, Brendan Daly, issued a statement quoting the Speaker as saying
she was raised in a "devout" Catholic home, but that "not all Catholics
believe that life begins at conception." That comment is worse than the
first. It makes Catholic teaching a matter of personal preference, not
objective truth. This exposes the Democrats' "outreach" effort to "people of
faith" - and you can pick whichever faith you like as long as you vote for
Democrats - as a fraud and an attempt to add just one more interest group to
the Democratic Party's constellation.
The third item of bad news for Democrats, who thought they could fool
serious Catholics and evangelical Christians, may not have the impact of the
previous two, but it reveals another crack in the foundation Democrats are
trying to build in their party for religious voters. Cameron Strang,
32-year-old editor of the "edgy" and "hip" Relevant Magazine, pulled out of
delivering the benediction on the Democratic National Convention's first
night for fear it might be construed as an endorsement of Barack Obama.
Democrats have worked hard to bring more religious voters into their fold.
As part of their strategy they have promoted a dubious and debatable
doctrine that big government should be doing the work of God on Earth. But
Democrats want to pick and choose what they like about God and what they
don't (Republicans sometimes do this as well in such matters as wealth and
materialism).
While government has a role in addressing certain issues that can be
considered biblically-based (such as justice and poverty), Democrats see no
role for government in helping to restrict sinful man when he wishes to kill
the unborn, or allow - even promote - any and every relationship but
traditional marriage.
It is in its failure to address these premier moral issues that the
Democratic Party has unmasked itself as a party that cares less for God's
agenda and more for its own, as it pursues the White House.