Archbishop Favalora Spills the Beans on the Alliance Defense Fund
Favalora stands out as a courageous leader by refusing to to let the religious right control the content of South Florida Sunday sermons and by disclosing that the Alliance Defense Fund is brazenly approaching Catholic bishops to join them in their mass law breaking scheme. The archbishop explains in no uncertain terms what ADF is trying to provoke:
A group called the Alliance Defense Fund is urging pastors across the country to join their Pulpit Freedom Initiative by preaching a sermon "that addresses the candidates for government office in light of the truth of Scripture." For those of you not familiar with the Alliance Defense Fund ("ADF"), it presents itself as the religious right's polar opposite of the ACLU. Its founders reads as a who's who of the religious right - Bill Bright of the Campus Crusade for Christ, James C, Dobson of Focus on the Family as well as the IRD-linked Rev. Don Wildmon.
On its web site the ADF explains what it does:
But back to Archbishop Favalora's September 12th statement, in which he elaborates on what he considers to be the proper role of the church during elections:
But the role of the church is not to be like the "party boss" who goes around telling people how to vote. Our responsibility is to remind people to vote wisely; to reveal to them the wisdom of Scripture, the wisdom of the church's moral tradition, so that they can base their votes on solid moral ground. But in praising Archbishop Favalora we should not miss the part of his statement about ADF's desire to provoke an IRS complaint, obviously in hopes of going to a very friendly U.S. Supreme Court. And as I've reported previously there is now a strong Opus Dei presence on the bench in the persons of Associate Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Chief Justice John Roberts (all of whom act as Opus Dei cooperators). Add to that mix the religiously Catholic Associate Justice Alito and you can see why ADF wants to instigate matters. In any case, I suspect that Archbishop Favalora has ruffled some feathers by revealing the ADF's proposal to his diocese. Regardless of his views on the issues, he is to be commended for spilling the beans on the ADF. But it is worth keeping in mind that Favorala may be the notable exception rather that the notably responsible leader. It is certainly possible that some dioceses may be cooperating with the ADF, and this raises some important questions: Who within the ranks of the Catholic Right's ranks are facilitating this unholy alliance? Are these contacts being made with the approval of the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops? And if so, are they then directly working for the defeat of Barack Obama and Joe Biden this November? It is a matter that requires further investigation.
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