{"id":6290,"date":"2006-08-24T18:31:58","date_gmt":"2006-08-24T18:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/08\/dolan-v-maguire.html"},"modified":"2006-08-24T18:31:58","modified_gmt":"2006-08-24T18:31:58","slug":"dolan-v-maguire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/08\/dolan-v-maguire.html","title":{"rendered":"Dolan v. Maguire"},"content":{"rendered":"

The goods:<\/a><\/p>\n

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In what he describes as \u201can act of undefeatable hope\u201d and in what I describe as \u201cdesperation for attention,\u201d Dr. Maguire sent a letter <\/span><\/a>to all 270 Catholic Bishops in the United States urging them to read two enclosed pamphlets by Dr. Maguire, one arguing for abortion and the other for gay marriage<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The exchange, as published on this website, run by Maguire – what interests me is that Maguire says he got responses from three bishops, but he only chooses to reprint Dolan’s. Why? <\/a><\/p>\n

Via the Curt Jester<\/a><\/p>\n

Now here’s the thing. Maguire is one of those who is enamored of his own status as a theologian and is forever setting himself, as a theologian, over and against bishops, knowing, as we all do, that things would be much better if the theologians were running the joint because they’re really smart and stuff.<\/p>\n

However, if you actually read Maguire – read the letters he wrote to Dolan, read the essays on his website – like this one….<\/a> you might be justified in having your doubts..<\/p>\n

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Attention All Fetuses!!!<\/p>\n

Please do not get born! Not now, not while no-choicers are in charge of the government of the United States, because while these folks love you in the womb, they’ll starve you if you are foolish enough to become a child.<\/p>\n

While in the womb, you are in a privileged safe place. In fact your Status is rising all the time. As far as the no-choice crowd is concerned, you outrank your host, the woman in whose womb you are the budding guest. Some no-choice pickets even have posters that put you on a cross, giving you a kind of divine dignity. You are so important that for some people there is no other issue on which they vote. They’re called the "single issue" people. They call themselves "pro-life" even though they have a passion for war and capital punishment. These "pro-lifers" particularly love to invade small countries with weak armies, places like Iraq or Grenada. I admit that is a bit weird, but they happen to be in charge right now, so we have to worry about them.<\/p>\n

As long as you don’t get born, however, you don’t have a worry in the world…unless, of course, you are in one of the small countries the "pro- lifers" happen to be bombing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

O-kay…..<\/p>\n

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