SO Disappointed with the DNC

I have unceremoniously plodded onward in life and have crossed the senior citizen threshold. Therefore I remember VIVIDLY everything about the assassination of President Kennedy. Part of that entire memory includes his daughter Caroline standing next to her mom as the fallen President's horse drawn casket passed them by. She had just turned six. (Of course, no one who witnessed it will ever forget John John's salute). To the point. Now 55 year old,  Caroline Kennedy was introduced as a guest speaker at the Democratic National Convention. She looked so Kennedyish and for a brief moment, deja-vu, ah Camelot. Then she spoke and Camelot, once again, vanished. What a disappointment.

Caroline first proclaimed her Catholicism and then, to quote, "as a Catholic woman, I take reproductive rights very seriously, and today, they are under attack". HUH ???? Under attack by WHOM???

The Catholic Church of course. Her church. her faith. So, for the sake of political expediency, she spits in her church's face. What's up with this hypocrisy? How can a person profess his or her belief in a church's teachings and then pick and chose which ones they like? What if some outstanding baseball prospect came along and could virtually hit every pitch thrown his way at least 450 feet. But there was one problem--he always hit the ball foul. No matter how hard he tried he could never hit it fair. So he decided to challenge the location of the foul lines and went to court because he wanted his hits to be fair like everyone else who played the game. Far fetched analogy? Why? Foul lines in baseball are the same from Little League up through the Major Leagues. That's it. End of story. The Catholic Church has always been against abortion and contraception. That's it. End of story. Many Catholic women practice birth-control and have been doing so for decades. That is between them and their God. The church will never approve. But the church realizes that people have to live within their own consciences and sort of turns aside a bit when it comes to birth control. When it comes to abortion, the Catholic Church is  much more vocal and adamant in its opposition. Abortion takes a life. It will never change its stance on this topic and will always be there to offer every conceivable alternative to such an act. "Reproductive rights" include contraception, abortafacient drugs and abortion,  including partial-birth and after-birth abortion. "After-birth abortion"--just think about that one. By the way folks, there is no "war on women" being waged by the Catholic Church. It is the other way around; a war on the Catholic Church is being waged by secularists who want their own way.

The DNC also removed the name of GOD from their platform and the word Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. After urging from the President it was put back in but the majority of delegates objected. When did the name of GOD become offensive? Cardinal Dolan's offer to give the closing benediction was at first refused. Then it was accepted. When he gave it the major networks did not broadcast it and afterwards hundreds upon hundreds of "F-Bombs" directed at the Cardinal were posted on Twitter. Why?---was it just because he is a priest and said a prayer asking God to protect life and freedom? 

Along with Caroline Kennedy there are quite a few "Catholics" who denounce their church and preach their own theology.  Vice-president Joe Biden, former House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi,  and former presidential candidate John Kerry are a few of the  professed Catholics who approve of abortion and proclaim the wondrous freedom it gives to women everywhere. Sorry folks, just because you say it does not mean that they are going to move the foul lines. You want to make your own rules and then castigate those who might disagree. That is not the way it works. This is not spreading "freedom" but rather it is promoting servitude to one's self. You and all of those like you have no idea what a big disappointment you are to so many.