Reply #152: Roe v. Wade is settled law. [View All]

[Ishka Kibble]

It legalizes abortion, utilizing the right to privacy. It's fundamental. Yes, there are variations, bothersome and intrusive laws passed by idiots, but the basic truth, impractical as it may be, is that Roe v. Wade is, in fact, settled law.

I saw Matthews taking no cheap shots, nor did I see the Bishop do much except evade and weasel, without directly responding to some very simple and basic questions. There was much for the Bishop to lament after that interview, the biggest and best probably his gutlessness when confronted with his very own words and beliefs.

He was treated with far more respect than he deserves, but Matthews was raised as a Roman Catholic, and, as far as I know, may still be a practicing Catholic. That's none of my business, since I'm only interested in how he does his job, and his personal religion doesn't interest me.

Your reference to "cheap, easy shots" is wistful thinking, because you are unable to paint Matthews here as any kind of villain. He asked straight, direct, related, and relevant questions of the man to whom he consistently, and reverentially, referred to as "Your Excellency."

I think Matthews accomplished a great deal by showing this man for the fraud and poseur that he is. There will never be any kind of meaningful dialogue with people who think the way Tobin thinks; they refuse to see that there is another perspective on the matter, and their minds are closed. You're being a dreamer - and that's kind of lovely, I must admit - to think that such a meeting of the minds would ever be accomplished between the Roman Catholic Church and anyone with whom they disagree.

It is as fanciful and illusory as our President's view of "bipartisanship," another mirage.