Republicans have spent so much effort winning over the vote of those 456 active and retired bishops in the United States, it would be a shame to let it all go to waste over
this!
The Rev. Stephen E. Blaire, chairman of the bishop's Domestic Justice and Human Development Committee, has told lawmakers that extending an expiring unemployment benefits package for the long-term jobless is "a moral obligation to help protect the life and dignity of unemployed workers and their families."
"On behalf of the Catholic bishops, I urge you to extend emergency unemployment insurance in order that jobless workers and their families, who have suffered greatly in this economic downturn, can have a basic level of financial security as they seek stable, full-time employment," Father Blaire in a letter last week [...]
Republican opposition to such an extension in benefits clearly flies in the face of the church's morality. Hence, can we deem it anything less than a, dare I say it,
war on religion?
Using stupid Republican logic, the answer is yes.