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Cardinal Dolan responds to Gov. Cuomo’s attack on Catholic Church
February 7, 2019
In an effort to keep the faithful of the Diocese of Rockville Centre well informed of our ongoing struggle to protect the rights and sacredness of all human life, we invite you to read Governor Cuomo’s attack on the Catholic Church, along with the response of Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York.
Please stay connected with the Diocese of Rockville Centre to learn about upcoming efforts to promote the truth about the sanctity of life.
From Cardinal Dolan’s blog:
Hiding Behind Labels
Today, with a home field advantage in the New York Times, Governor Cuomo linked me with the “religious right.”
This is something new from the governor. He did not consider me part of the “religious right” when seeking my help with the minimum wage increase, prison reform, protection of migrant workers, a welcome of immigrants and refugees, and advocacy for college programs for the state’s inmate population, which we were happy to partner with him on, because they were our causes too. I guess I was part of the “religious left” in those cases.
The civil rights of the helpless, innocent, baby in the womb, as liberal Democrat Pennsylvania Governor Robert Casey once remarked is not about “right versus left, but right versus wrong.”
The governor (Cuomo) also continues his attempt to reduce the advocacy for the human rights of the pre-born infant to a “Catholic issue,” an insult to our allies of so many religions, or none at all. Governor Casey again: “I didn’t get my pro-life belief from my religion class in a Catholic school, but from my biology and U.S. Constitution classes.”
Yes, religion is personal; it’s hardly private, as the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life and struggle for civil rights so eloquently showed. Governor Cuomo’s professed faith teaches discrimination against immigrants is immoral, too. Does that mean he cannot let that moral principle guide his public policy? Clearly not.
Debate abortion on what it is. Don’t hide behind labels like “right wing” and “Catholic.”
Read Governor Cuomo’s opinion piece in today’s New York Times that prompted the Cardinal’s response:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/06/opinion/cuomo-roe-abortion-trump.html
