MGB:_It is good that three USCCB Committee Chairs condemned the bill. Considering that the House bill had already been marked up when the meeting was taking place in Baltimore, it is a shame the whole conference was not given the opportuity to speak out. Of course, the Republican majority is quite used to ignoring these committees, having help from the Church’s right flank in convincing themselves and their Catholic supporters that these are matters of prudential judgment, which is untrue.
This bill will lead to lower wages for workers, which is the fourth sin that cries to Heaven for Vengeance. In doing so it will contribute to abortions, thus violating the first such sin. That being the case, the Pro-Life Activities Committee Chair, the newly elected Archibishop Naumann, should have signed on and insisted that the National Right to Life Committee score this vote. Then the Republicans would be between a rock and a hard place, between their chaplain and their donors. What would they do? Of course, in most diocese donors to the GOP also give to the Lenten Appeal, so the problem goes deeper. One final though, Cardinal Cupich would have signed the letter.
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