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Why Connecticut Legislators Can Challenge the Bishops

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What the feminists failed to do -- "reform" the Catholic Church -- the gay rights movement has embraced and is purusing with stunning audacity.

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By Deal W. Hudson, Ph.D.
Inside Catholic (www.insidecatholic.com)
3/9/2009 (1 decade ago)

Published in Politics & Policy

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Inside Catholic) - Why would a state legislature even consider such a bill as #1098, completely stripping bishops and priests of their executive control over dioceses and parishes?

Why are they not remotely afraid of the consequences of such an unconstitutional overstepping of power?

Answer: Because these legislators have no fear of the bishops. Specifically, they do not fear the electoral consequences, the loss of Catholic votes.

The Connecticut legislators who introduced this don't think they will lose any Catholic support taking on the authority of the Catholic Church.

What the feminists failed to do -- "reform" the Catholic Church -- the gay rights movement has embraced and is purusing with stunning audacity, namely, this bill in the Connecticut legislature.

Perhaps this wake-up call (there have been many) is the one that will awaken the bishops to the widespread perception of their weakness, of their unwillingness to tackle controversial issues in the public square.

Yes, the bishops will fight this one as if their lives depended on it -- because they do -- but this legislative challenge would have never happened if they were seen as a group you challenge at your own peril.

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