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Dobbs Decision and
Religious Overreach 06/27/2023 |
The year following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, says one writer, “Americans have been forced to reckon with the utter disaster that has been created in the 20 U.S. states that have banned or
restricted abortion access.”
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Things are only getting worse, according to Mini Timmaraju, president of NARAL
Pro-Choice America: The stories we’re hearing from states with bans and restrictions are getting increasingly dystopian, straight out of, you know, | MSNBC anchor
Nicole Wallace, former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards, former White House Health Policy Director Dr. Kavita Patel, and UC Irvine law professor Michele Goodwin discuss the impact of the Dobbs decision one year later. |
horror movies and shows like The Handmaid’s Tale. It’s crazy when stuff in fiction is happening in real life. It’s so much worse than any of us could have ever imagined.* We ended yesterday’s DM asking: In whose world is this
right to life? Today I ask: In whose world is this justice? Where did the impetus to take away this right come from? It is not from serious jurisprudence bent on the common good, but from religious
ideology propounded by a fascist organization named Opus Dei whose handyman, Leonardo Leo, deservedly has now become a household name in America. |
“Captured court”: MSNBC anchor
Chris Hayes discusses Leonard Leo’s two-fold plan to create a Supreme Court beholden to rightwing ideologues. | He is the one in the photo-turned painting with billionaire Harlan Crow in his backyard along with a certain Supreme Court justice. And in photos released this past week of another Supreme Court justice being feted |
big time by another rightwing billionaire whose companies had over 12 cases before the Supreme Court under his watch. Leo is the one responsible for six of the most extreme right-wing members of this court. This Supreme Court does not represent America, 62 % of Americans want Roe v. Wade preserved. It represents the
values of Opus Dei. Jamie Manson of Catholics for Choice points out: A crucial, overlooked fact about the Dobbs decision is that all justices that overturned Roe v. Wade are, or were, raised Catholic….It cannot be
overstated: Anti-choice catholic forces are responsible for all the suffering. |
This is a court not of justice but of injustice and not of “right to life” but “right to control the bodies of women.” The ongoing revelations of judges cavorting at high flying resorts with highly political billionaires is gut | Who controls women’s right to reproductive choice? Rachel Maddow shares a key exchange from the Supreme Court arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson. MSNBC |
wrenching. It shows in the judicial decisions they
render. Women are losing their lives thanks to judges on this court. Will misogyny ever end? Must women—and especially poor women—be collateral damage to religious zealotry? |
*https://www.thedailybeast.com/first-states-to-enact-abortion-bans-have-one-thing-in-common See Matthew Fox, “Moving Beyond the Abortion Fixation: Some Theological Context,” in Conscience: The Magazine of Religious & Reproductive Freedom, www.catholicsforchoice.org, vol xli—no.2, 2020, pp. 24-28. Full article: https://www.catholicsforchoice.org/resource-library/moving-beyond-the-abortion-fixation-some-theological-context/ Also see Matthew Fox, Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Transforming Evil in Soul and Society
See also Matthew Fox, The Pope's War: Why Ratzinger's Secret Crusade Has Imperiled the Church and How It Can Be Saved Banner Image: Protestors march past the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, to mark the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs
decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Photo by Harrison Mitchell on Unsplash |
Queries for Contemplation Susan Sontag defines fascism as “institutional
violence.” Is a certain religious zealotry in bed with certain politicians contributing to institutional violence in our time? |
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Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Transforming Evil in Soul and Society
Visionary theologian and best-selling author Matthew Fox offers a new theology of evil that fundamentally changes the traditional perception of good and evil and points the way to a more enlightened treatment of ourselves, one another, and all of nature. In comparing the Eastern tradition of the 7 chakras to the Western tradition of the 7 capital sins, Fox allows us to think creatively about our capacity for personal and institutional evil and what we
can do about them.
“A scholarly masterpiece embodying a better vision and depth of perception far beyond the grasp of any one single science. A breath-taking analysis.” — Diarmuid O’Murchu, author of Quantum Theology: Spiritual Implications of the New Physics | |
The Pope’s War: Why Ratzinger’s Secret Crusade Has Imperiled the Church
and How It Can Be Saved The Pope’s War offers a provocative look at three decades of corruption in the Catholic Church, focusing on Josef Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI. The final section in the book focuses on birthing a truly catholic christianity. “This
book should be read by everybody, not only for its ferocious courage, but also for its vision for what needs to be saved from the destructive forces that threaten authentic Christianity.” ~ Andrew Harvey, author of The Hope. “In the gripping The Pope’s War, Matthew Fox takes an unwavering look at the layers of corruption in the Catholic Church, holding moral truth against power.”
— Jason Berry, author of Vows of Silence: The Abuse of Power in the Papacy of John Paul II | |
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