Bishop Driscoll Must Intervene to Protect the Faith
We issue a public call for Idaho’s Catholic Bishop, Mike Driscoll, to intervene quickly and forcefully in the brewing scandal involving Sister Helen Prejean. As we reported earlier, she is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at an event to raise money for the Idaho ACLU. (You can see the disappointing details for yourself: http://www.acluidaho.org ).
This nefarious organization has played a pivotal role in undermining Christian morality and the sanctity of both family and human life.
They proudly proclaim their tenacious opposition to laws like Parental Consent, which has caused untold damage to girls and families – which is to say nothing about the preborn children snuffed out by their accomplices at Planned Parenthood. They have opposed every bill in the Legislature designed to protect preborn children.
But a quick view of their website demonstrates beyond debate that they are also involved in a deeper and more pernicious campaign to undermine morality – particularly targeting vulnerable teenagers and preteens. (Please see http://aclu.org/standup/comics/abstinence.html )
And there is probably no other organization in America with an agenda more hostile to basic Christian tenets than the American Civil Liberties Union.
Sister Helen Prejean, made a celebrity by her work to end the death penalty, is not just helping the ACLU build its war chest – she is also a keynote speaker at the upcoming Fall Conference, designed to educate and build the faith of rank-and-file Catholics across the state. It is obvious that she cannot fulfill both obligations without causing scandal and demoralizing countless Christians across Idaho.
We ask Bishop Driscoll to intervene. We respectfully urge him to ask Sister Helen to withdraw from Friday night’s fundraising gig. If she is unwilling to do so – then we believe it appropriate for Bishop Driscoll to remove her from the Fall Conference. How can she credibly articulate authentic Christian principles at the Fall Conference after materially aiding an organization dedicating to effacing any element of our Christian heritage from the public record?
Posted at 9/26/2007 07:00:00 AM Link to this article 
3 Comments:
Amen!
I think pressuring the bishop is the wrong course of action.
Actually, supporting Sister Prejean's efforts and acting to reverse wrongful convictions is a good thing the ACLU does.
Though neither "conservative", or "Republican" ... their efforts in this regard are, in fact, very Christian.
NEVER do evil in an effort to do good. This is what God tells us.
Should we be giving a platform to someone who even with the best of intentions, ends up raising money to promote the killing of the most vulnerable and innocent among us? Without any exaggeration, millions, literally millions, of these children have their blood spilled on our soil. And young underage mothers are left gravely wounded. Not one mother will escape the wounding.
If Sister Helen wishes to speak to the ACLU, she should find another way to do it. To be involved in a fund raising event that helps the ACLU is morally wrong. Never do an evil to do good.
Although neither progressive nor conservative, nor Democrat or Republican, the ACLU promotes the spilling of the blood of the most innocent and helpless among us. If Sister Helen choices to be involved in a fund raising event for this group and if the diocese then continues to approve of having her speak at the fall conference, this is not only a scandal, but something which should cause us to hang our heads low with shame.
Does the diocese freely choose to do evil in an effort to do good?
We should support, pray for, and remind the Catholic shepherd of Idaho that his role is to serve God first.
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