Cross-posted from Faith in Public Life Action
Rick Santorum's speech at CPAC on Friday included this impassioned segment about how the right to healthcare is not a proper right that comes from a higher power, but a manufactured one pushed by liberals seeking to make people dependent on government. (Video from Right Wing Watch):
This of course, is entirely at odds with the teachings of Santorum's Catholic faith. Here are the U.S. Bishops on this
exact issue:
The bishops believe access to basic, quality health care is a universal human right not a privilege
...
All people need and should have access to comprehensive, quality health care that they can afford, and it should not depend on their stage in life, where or whether they or their parents work, how much they earn, where they live, or where they were born. There may be different ways to accomplish this, but the Bishops’ Conference believes health care reform should be truly universal and genuinely affordable.
Here's
more evidence from 50 years of Vatican documents.
Santorum, of course, already tried and failed to explain this contradiction earlier last week -- seemingly arguing that because God created reason, and his reason leads him to an ultra-conservative position on this issue, his faith must do the same.
At least when Santorum did this exact same thing on immigration he had the courage to admit he was actually disagreeing with the his Church.