Obama's words fuel fire at Notre Dame

This past weekend President Barak Obama gave the commencement address at Notre Dame University and was also awarded an honorary degree by the university. My previous blogs dealt with the reasons why it was wrong for a Catholic institution to invite a speaker who is pro-abortion and pro-embryonic stem cell research, especially such a dignitary as the President of the United States. In this blog I wanted to touch on the speech President Obama gave and a couple of the comments he made.

One of the most disturbing comments he made was regarding embryonic stem cell research. He said: "Those who speak out against stem cell research may be rooted in admirable conviction about the sacredness of life, but so are the parents of a child with juvenile diabetes who are convinced that their son's or daughter's hardships might be relieved."

The first thing I would point out is the he intentionally did not distinguish between embryonic stem cell research and adult stem cell research. This insinuates that we oppose ALL stem cell research which immediately paints us in a negative light. What is worse is his apparent willingness to trade one life for another. He speaks of the sacredness of life and yet in the same sentence proclaims it acceptable to destroy that life to help another. Notice also, that his example is killing an innocent life in order to treat a disease that is not normally terminal. For him, it isn't even the concept of destroying a life to save a life. He is preaching destroying a life to make another's life better.

He did make one comment I wholeheartedly agree with. The president stated that: "I do not suggest that the debate surrounding abortion can or should go away...the fact is that at some level, the views of the two camps are irreconcilable." Of course they are irreconbilable! We are never going to compromise on the sanctity of life. ALL life is precious; period. When we seek to compromise on the sanctity of life then we quickly fall into the trap of 'ranking' people and their right to life. This person deserves to live because they are important or a celebrity so it is ok to destroy innocent lives to cure their disease. The mother of this unborn child is a single mother, on wellfare and so it is ok to take that child's life. This person is elderly, bedridden and has cancer. We can put them out of their misery. When we begin 'ranking' the value of a human person we play God.

I may explore this speech in more detail in future blog entries. Sunday was a sad day for our Church and for the corruption of one of the most famous Catholic universities in the world. Until next time...God bless.

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