Christianity That I Can Respect.

‎"Tuesday's statement from the bishops came the same day as Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of Stockton, Calif., called a proposed cut in benefits for children of immigrants "unjust and wrong." Blaire, chairman of the bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, also decried any cuts in food stamps while preserving federal subsidies for industrial farming enterprises."

This is the kind of Christianity that I can respect. Social/economic injustice does much more damage to society than masturbation and/or premarital sex. The bulk of the sermonizing that comes from the preachers of public morality is focused on sexual peccadilloes but ignores the rampant greed that has turned us into a first world hell hole

Catholic Bishops Say Ryan Budget Fails Moral Test

By David Gibson Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) A week after House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan claimed his Catholic faith inspired the Republicans' cost-cutting budget plan, the nation's Catholic bishops reiterated their demand that the federal budget protect the poor, and said the GOP measure "fails to meet these moral criteria." That and other strongly-worded judgments on the GOP budget proposal fl...
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