Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, Senior Religion Editor for Huffington Post, recently penned an article titled “The Paul Ryan Catholic Dilemma” wherein he states that Ryan’s Path to Prosperity budget plan contradicts the newly announced Vice Presidential candidate’s own Catholic faith. The title suggests that the dilemma Raushenbush speaks of is a given truth. It’s not – there is no dilemma.
Nuns on the Bus is, as the name suggests, a group of nuns driving around the country on a bus. They, too, are vociferously opposed to the Ryan budget plan and have taken to the streets to show it.
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The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops stated that the Ryan plan fails a “basic moral test.”
Gary Weiss of CNN weighed in that Ryan’s “fascination” with Ayn Rand puts him at odds with the values of his Catholic faith.
A whole slew of Georgetown professors made public their disapproval of Ryan’s budget sometime ago.
At one of the recent “Nuns on the Bus” rallies, this excerpt from the Bible was shared:
“Share your food with the hungry, and give shelter to the homeless.” Isaiah 58:7. Notice the verse does not read “share your neighbor’s food with the hungry.” Nowhere in the Bible does God require that a collection of people give to the poor. God requires individuals to give to the poor.
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