I don’t believe in Obama
Das Messiashafte an der politischen Inszenierung des demokratischen Präsidentschaftskandidaten ging mir schon auf die Nerven, als Barack Obama noch gegen Hillary Clinton kämpfte. Auch Obama ist nur ein Politiker, und ein fehlbarer noch dazu. Zu den Fehlleistungen gehört die flapsige Antwort auf die in amerikanischen Wahlkämpfen eminent wichtige Frage, ab wann ein Baby Menschenrechte habe:
Whether you are looking at it from a theological perspective or a scientific perspective, answering that question with specificity is, you know, above my pay grade.
Über seiner Besoldungsklasse? Aha. Nancy Pelosi, demokratische Sprecherin des Repräsentantenhauses und Katholikin, legt sich zur gleichen Frage mit bis jetzt 27 Bischöfen an, als sie behauptet, das könne niemand sagen, die katholische Kirche diskutiere darüber seit Jahrhunderten.
I would say that as an ardent, practicing Catholic, this is an issue that I have studied for a long time. And what I know is, over the centuries, the doctors of the church have not been able to make that definition. And Senator–St. Augustine said at three months. We don’t know. The point is, is that it shouldn’t have an impact on the woman’s right to choose. [...] I don’t think anybody can tell you when life begins, human life begins. [...] So again, over the history of the church, this is an issue of controversy. But it is, it is also true that God has given us, each of us, a free will and a responsibility to answer for our actions. And we want abortions to be safe, rare, and reduce the number of abortions.
Am vergangenen Sonntag hat nun auch Obamas Vize Joe Biden, ebenfalls Katholik, auf die gleiche Frage geantwortet:
I’d say, “Look, I know when it begins for me.” It’s a personal and private issue. For me, as a Roman Catholic, I’m prepared to accept the teachings of my church. But let me tell you. There are an awful lot of people of great confessional faiths–Protestants, Jews, Muslims and others–who have a different view. They believe in God as strongly as I do. They’re intensely as religious as I am religious. They believe in their faith and they believe in human life, and they have differing views as to when life–I’m prepared as a matter of faith to accept that life begins at the moment of conception. But that is my judgment. For me to impose that judgment on everyone else who is equally and maybe even more devout than I am seems to me is inappropriate in a pluralistic society.
Das sind mir schöne Katholiken.


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