Gomez's lack of leadership is on full display with statement on Biden

Gomez's lack of leadership is on full display with statement on Biden 

The current list of horribles listed by Gomez are not something Biden has any control over. This is more sour grapes by sour old men. The current Conference leadership is as irrelevant as LifeSiteNews and EWTN. Abp. Gomez is another creature of the Conference, where they go along to get along. I expected nothing and was not disappointed. 

GOP activists on USCCB staff probably had their drivel waiting for whomever was elected. Their statement, it is simply wrong. This is why Biden needs to teach the bishops about the reality of their views, rather than the other way around.

Biden is correct on Hyde, not that it matters, because no one vetoes or signs appropriations based on its exclusion or inclusion. It is simply below his pay grade. Biden's point is that, unless you ban all subsidized insurance coverage of abortion services (as covered by the health insurance exclusion on taxes), it is unjust to do so for only the poor. Good luck in getting America to adopt Hyde for the exclusion.

Roe has not been overturned, except as far as Casey ended the trimester system and switched to the amorphous "substantial burden" test. The right to abortion is not a matter for the political branches. Biden's position is irrelevant, as is the position of the bishops, or USCCB staff, or MSW or me.

The Obamacare language on contraception is also below Biden's pay grade and, regardless, is settled law as far as the extant case, where the Little Sisters need to fire their lawyers and quit interfering with the religious freedom of their employees. The bishops are seeking to maximize religious power, although no one has said that in a brief. The second it is, they lose.

The unequal treatment of Catholic schools, last I checked, was a matter that the Supreme Court has already taken care of in Espinoza v. Montana. The Court declared the Blaine Amendments unconstitutional. It is up to the Church to seek the funding. Firing gay teachers who marry in civil ceremonies is another attempt at religious power. I hope the Court strikes it down as a bridge too far. This is where Title VII will meet Hosanna-Tabor. 

The Equality Act is not going anywhere. It is a red herring and, in light of the Title VII cases, it is no longer necessary. Every protection based on gender now also protects sexual identity. Period. The question was about the definition of sex in the Civil Rights Act, even though the extant case was only about employment.