Former vice president Joe Biden reaffirmed his support for taxpayer-funded abortion during Sunday night’s Democratic presidential debate with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
Midway through the debate, after Biden announced that he would select a woman as his vice presidential candidate, Sanders proceeded to attack Biden for his past support of the Hyde Amendment. The Hyde Amendment prohibits the use of Medicaid funds to pay for abortion, and was, until June 2019, supported by Biden.
“Right now, a woman’s right to control her own body is under massive assault, unprecedented assault,” said Sanders, a statement with which Biden signaled his agreement.
“Joe, you have in the past on more than one occasion, voted for the Hyde Amendment, which says that a woman, low-income woman, could not use Medicaid funding for an abortion. Is that still your view or have you modified it?”
Biden, a Catholic who made his faith the center of a recent campaign video, replied that this was “not my view,” and that “by the way, everybody who’s been in the Congress voted for the Hyde Amendment at one point or another, because it was locked in other bills.”
He said the reason his view on the Hyde Amendment had reversed in recent years is because “if we’re going to have public funding for all healthcare along the line, there is no way you could allow for there to be a requirement that you have Hyde Amendment.”
Sanders replied that he was “glad” Biden had changed his view on the Hyde Amendment….
On Sunday, Biden also promised, if elected president, to cement abortion rights in federal law to protect them against future decisions by the Supreme Court. The 77-year-old candidate said he would “send immediately to the desk of the United States Congress (…), a codification of Roe v Wade amended by Casey. Because I think it is a woman’s right to choose. I think it’s a woman’s opportunity to be able to make that decision.”
Biden then boasted about his 100% voter-rating from NARAL, an abortion-rights organization….
The topic of gay marriage was also discussed during the debate. Sanders criticized Biden for his vote in favor of the Defense of Marriage Act, which was struck down by the Supreme Court in June 2013. Sanders voted against the bill.
Biden, who has officiated at least one same-sex wedding, proceeded to credit himself for helping to change society’s view on gay marriage.
“And by the way, I might add, I’m the first person to go on national television in any administration and say, I supported gay marriage,” said Biden. “I supported gay marriage when asked. It started a ripple effect for gay marriage on national television….”
The above comes from a March 16 story on Catholic News Agency.
Mr. Biden, my Catholic faith and the non negotiables of life from conception to natural death, sexuality and marriage between one man and one woman, rejection of cloning, embryonic stem cell research, and euthanasia preclude me from voting for you. My faith in Jesus Christ and pursuit of holiness and eternal life are not compatible with you. Prudential issues such as right to bear arms, regulated immigration, moderated capitalism but NEVER socialism or communism, climate variations spoken of in Catholic social circles are not eternal issues. Convert now, Joe, while you still can, and do not listen to leaders in the church that tell you any one of the above is just as important as are all the others. They are wrong.
Let us pray for Mr. Biden’s conversion. And, let us pray that bishops and pastors will mercifully deny him Holy Communion until he repents, lest he bring further condemnation upon himself. (1 Corinthians 11:27-32)
Joe Biden’s smile always reminded me of a Cheshire cat, and so does his behavior too.
A phony Catholic like Biden rises to power, comfort, wealth, prestige and fame. No Church officials correct him, he has a wonderful life. God doesn’t correct him. Biden’s son Hunter is a sleaze ball who enjoys similar access to wealth and privilege. God does nothing. Now the coronavirus slams the Church. Where is God in all this, if he even exists? I mean, things sure point to Catholicism being a made-up thing. You can claim to be Catholic and flout all the important teachings and nothing happens to you. Meanwhile the Church suffers because of a virus.
I hear your frustration. I encourage you to reread the parable of Lazarus, the poor man we sits outside the rich man door. It will give you the answer you seek. The rich man ends up being the cast off one, who ends without even a name. The rich man fall from a life he thought was so important. He obviously misused the resources he was given. Much like Biden and others do. I truly do not think poor Biden has thought this through. No surprise.Biden encourages others to follow pleasure and passion in this life, even if it means disobeying God, the Church, promoting the killing of the innocent even late term infants and disordered sexual relationships. And he uses our money to do it. That’s a lot of sin. God is most certainly aware of every thought and deed. The Almighty misses nothing. Some choose to follow Herod all the way to hell. Poor Biden is not even aware who his master really is.
Yours is an excellent post Ann.
There has been some good come from this Corona Virus scare: The porn industry has shut down mostly; decadent entertainment at sports events has stopped; there are no more processions of Pachamama idols through Italian churches, and no more “same-sex marriage” processions and drunken bashes, supposedly in honor of a saint who would have been horrified by it all. If these are done, at least not so openly.
Some say this is a chastisement for our sins; I am inclined to agree. Some like ancient Nineveh will repent and be saved or go to purgatory or heaven, others like Sodom will not be so fortunate.
I agree with Fr. Richard. This should be taught and preached. Voting for Biden would be a mortal sin, especially given the strongly pro-life candidate in the other party. Sadly, I have a hunch that many priests and bishops will vote for Biden and all the other (c)atholics like Pelosi.
Maybe this Coronavirus is our “Noah’s Ark” — God’s wrath at all the rot here on earth.
Biden is clearly mentally compromised. I don’t know why any sane Catholic Democrat would vote for him when we have a president who is pro-life.
In many respects Biden is a product of the Catholic Churches failed leadership who time and again cowardly failed to correct or do anything to rein him in, especially all the evil things he has promoted. Instead they give him a high Catholic award and he soon after marries two homosexuals at his home. He also continues to receive Holy Communion. The leadership failure to act is hurting us and the Church ,Think of the consequences if this apostate becomes President and continues to say he’s a faithful Catholic Christ challenged the world and its evils what are the bishops doing?
I abhor abortion. I’m not sure who I will vote for in November, but it won’t be Trump. I am convinced that Biden believes in a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion. I know that Trump says that he opposes a woman’s right to an abortion. But, that is no reason to vote for him. His behavior is beyond immoral, he is thrice-divorced, a pathological liar, and it goes on. On a daily basis, he too displays a lack of Christian values. I may not vote, or vote for someone else on the ballot. His handling of the COVID- 19 situation illustrates how inept he is as a manager. And yet, my vote for someone down the ballot would be a waste and give Trump one less vote against him. So, that may be the decision: anyone but …
The Emperor Constantine’s personal life was a mess too, yet God used him to free the Church from pagan Roman persecution because his Christian mother, St. Helena, had a great influence on him He was not even baptized, and maybe by a heretical bishop, until his death. That is why the west never canonized him as it did his mother.
Darius, the Persian, also helped the Old Testament nation of Israel have religious freedom too.
As the saying goes, “God often writes straight with crooked lines.”
Correction to last post: “King Darius, the Persian,”
Anonymous is the epitome of faulty thinking. Trump’s personal life should be separate from the policies he has enacted. Hate blinds her if she can’t see the millions of people whose lives are improved by having a job to support themselves and their families. The unborn have a voice for them in Trump. Catholics have a voice in Trump supporting Religious Freedom and not having our tax money support Planned Parenthood. I could go on and on but liberals are irrational in the face of truth.