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Kmiec--pro-life Catholic supporter of Obama--gets his reward

By: Timothy P. Carney
Examiner Columnist
07/03/09 2:33 PM EDT

Professor Doug Kmiec, a prominent pro-life Catholic who endorsed Obama for President, has reaped his reward. Obama named him yesterday as ambassador to Malta, a small, Catholic, island nation in the Mediterranean.

I interviewed Kmiec over breakfast at the Democratic National Convention, and he pointed out that while he finds Obama's position on abortion "morally unacceptable," John McCain's abortion plank went only as far as nominating judges who would overturn Roe v. Wade. "I’ve got an imperfect McCain and an imperfect Obama," Kmiec told me. On other issues--most notably war--Obama's positions have hewed more closely to Catholic teaching.

My friend Josh Mercer, a spokesman for the Catholic 527 Fidelis, gave me his response to Kmiec: "When you compare the 4,000 soldiers who lost their lives fighting valiantly in Iraq to the 4,000 babies who died today, it becomes clear…. Barack Obama has admirable qualities, but he advocates legal abortion for all nine months.”

An Obama has proven to be as antipathetic to the pro-life cause as his critics charged he would be. Right away, he directed taxpayer money to embryo-destroying research. He also chose Kathleen Sebelius as his secretary of Health and Human Services and NARAL veteran Dawn Johnsen to a top post at the Justice Department.

But now, Obama has given Kmiec his reward.




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David E

Jul 4, 2009

How can a pro life Catholic endorse a pro abort Obama? Was it for a financial reward? It's obvious many Catholics voted for him. You can not be a Catholic in good standing and vote for a pro abort, ie: Kennedy, Kerry, and Pelosi. A Catholic can be excommunicated for this, but our American bishops let it pass by. Many Catholics still receive Communion after voting for a pro abort, because many of them are cafeteria Catholics. If they don't like the Church's stand on an issue, they ignore it like it doesn't exist. This professor received blood money and I pray for his soul.

 

MaineMariner

Jul 5, 2009

Kmiec: What does it profit a person to gain the whole earth if he/she loses one's soul? Are you proud of your payoff by our first PRO-DEATH PRESIDENT ? ? ? ?

 

Debbie

Jul 6, 2009

Do Catholics have to believe *every* tenet espoused by the pope? None use birth control or condoms? Are they excommunicated if they do? What if you vote for a president that is in favor of the death penalty -- also not accepted by the pope, right? Were many excommunicated for voting for Bush?

 

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