Vortex: The Supreme Irony of the Supreme Court

To be honest, I have never really given much thought to the Catholic justices on the Supreme Court!  I know I have been aware of the religious composition of the Court, but it was brought home to me again in Tuesday’s (July 23) Vortex, when Michael Voris pointed out that:

The US Supreme Court has nine judges – three are Jews, six are Catholic. Pretty funny, in a way, that in a Protestant majority country, there are no Protestants on the highest court in the land.

In that episode – embedded below, with the full script following – Michael Voris made some extraordinarily good points (at least, I think so). For instance:

So we’ve all heard the cries for years now about how pro-abortion Catholic politicians should be excommunicated, or at the very least, not be allowed to march up and receive Holy Communion. But how about pro-abortion Catholic JUDGES? Or pro same-sex marriage Catholic JUDGES?

I admit, I had never really thought about this before. Here’s another point (my emphases throughout):

All of this societal decay has been brought about by Catholic politicians and jurists. The list is seemingly endless, from Kathleen Sebelius and her HHS mandate to the Kennedys to the Cuomos to countless others – the leaders who have betrayed this culture are big name Catholics. They are not alone certainly, but the others who they have sided with aren’t Catholic.

And what are the bishops doing about it? MV asks the question and answers: “Nothing.” He acknowledges that some bishops may speak to some politicians and judges behind the scenes, but the point is that not one Catholic leader has received correction and then reversed himself or herself on issues that concern their (alleged) Catholic faith. So if the bishops are doing something, it is having absolutely no effect. And the fact that we can’t see their actions or see any change in the un-Catholic behavior of various “Catholic” politicians simply causes scandal and results in more and more Catholics believing that the teachings of the Church are not binding.

Michael Voris clearly notes that the emperor is wearing no clothes:

Judge Anthony Kennedy is a prime example of the old adage – garbage in, garbage out. He votes for evil, because he has never been told in any meaningful fashion, that there is such a thing as evil. He has no fear of God, or respect for Absolute Truth. And now, he will be one of the deciding votes when the HHS mandate of Obamacare is brought to him by the US Bishops’ lawsuit.

There are too many ironies here to count. A majority Catholic Court continues to vote against natural law principles enunciated by their Church; and the very bishops who have, over the course of their careers, done next to nothing to fight against these intrinsic evils, but allowed them to fester in their schools, seminaries, parishes and chanceries, are now going to come before this same court and say that they should not be forced to pay for insurance coverage for contraception.

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So a Catholic judge who has ruled time and time again as though he is not Catholic, is gonna be voting on an issue that is being presented as a non-Catholic issue, by the very Catholic leaders who have spent their careers side-stepping and excuse-making for their failure to boldly teach Catholic truth.

A judge who, in practice, denies his Catholicism, being appealed to by bishops who have, in practice, denied their Catholicism – or, at the very least, their duty to teach it fully – arguing about a law that denies the truth about a Catholic teaching… ALL pretending this has nothing to do with Catholicism.

“Supreme Irony” indeed. Michael Voris, rem acu tetigisti (you have hit the nail on the head).

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: folks, we are in a world of hurt. Our Church leaders need our prayers more and more every day. As MV concludes:

If there was ever a crowd that needed prayers my fellow Catholics, it is our leaders. Pray for them, that they may see the destruction their inaction and double speak and accommodation has wrought.

 Pray and fast.

The script:

So we’ve all heard the cries for years now about how pro-abortion Catholic politicians should be excommunicated, or at the very least, not be allowed to march up and receive Holy Communion.

But how about pro-abortion Catholic JUDGES? Or pro same-sex marriage Catholic JUDGES? After all, what’s good for the goose is good for the gander right? What would make Catholic judges who render opinions supporting intrinsic evil and more exempt from excommunication than Catholic politicians who vote in favor of the laws that the judges rule on?

And we need look no further than the United States Supreme Court, which just recently voted to essentially uphold same-sex marriage. No, they didn’t go QUITE that far, but they went far enough that the militant homosexuals are cheering and preening and pro-family forces are crying and very worried – as indeed they should be.

The US Supreme Court has nine judges – three are Jews, six are Catholic. Pretty funny, in a way, that in a Protestant majority country, there are no Protestants on the highest court in the land. Strange, huh?

Anyway, one Catholic judge in particular – Justice Anthony Kennedy – is the “Biden/Pelosi Catholic” of the high court. He never misses a chance to vote AGAINST truth and natural law and IN FAVOR of intrinsic evil. Never. He cast his vote in favor of killing unborn children in the infamous Casey vs. Planned Parenthood case of 1992 which upheld Roe vs. Wade – actually strengthened it, in fact.

Roughly 10 years later, he would again side with the majority in Lawrence vs. Texas, which struck down anti-sodomy laws as unconstitutional. When that happened in 2003, same-sex marriage was virtually assured of becoming legal in every state.

And now, ten years later again, Kennedy is once again on the side of evil by supporting same-sex marriage – certainly if in principle if not in actual fact. His vote – with the majority of the court, which is majority Catholic, has gone a long way to clearing the decks for women engaging in sexual conduct with other women and men with men to be called marriage.

All of this societal decay has been brought about by Catholic politicians and jurists. The list is seemingly endless, from Kathleen Sebelius and her HHS mandate to the Kennedys to the Cuomos to countless others – the leaders who have betrayed this culture are big name Catholics. They are not alone certainly, but the others who they have sided with aren’t Catholic.

So, question – what are the bishops doing about it? Answer – absolutely nothing. Do they talk with these scoundrels – and that is what they are – behind the scenes? Probably, at least in some cases. What good has it done, presuming they have had private conversations with them? Absolutely none.

Name one – one! – premiere Catholic politicians or judge who after being instructed in the faith with regard to intrinsic evils like abortion and homosexual marriage has reversed himself or herself.

You can’t because none of them has.

[Justice] Kennedy is a PERFECT living breathing example of all that has gone wrong in the Church in the United States. He calls himself Catholic. Defies the laws of God. Is never rebuked by those charged with rebuking him, is totally free to free receive Holy Communion, is considered a Catholic in good standing. Meanwhile - the abortions keep piling up and the culture made more evil by acceptance and promotion of evil.

This is what decades of backing liberals and their causes by too many bishops has resulted in. This is what decades of ignoring the spiritual matters and realities and decomposition that has occurred has resulted in.

While the emphasis was and STILL is on social justice issues – which we know is code speak for democratic party double speak, the REAL matters – the ONLY ones that actually count – have been left to die a slow death.

Catholic education has become a laughing stock. It’s neither Catholic, nor much of an education. Catechesis bears no resemblance at all to natural law, intrinsic truth and beauty and goodness. Liturgy has conditioned the vast amount of Catholics to not only expect, but actually enjoy a watered-down presentation of the faith each Sunday complete with a Mass so rife with abuses and stylistic choices that it looks more Protestant than Catholic.

Judge Anthony Kennedy is a prime example of the old adage – garbage in, garbage out.

He votes for evil, because he has never been told in any meaningful fashion, that there is such a thing as evil. He has no fear of God, or respect for Absolute Truth. And now, he will be one of the deciding votes when the HHS mandate of Obamacare is brought to him by the US Bishops’ lawsuit.

There are too many ironies here to count. A majority Catholic Court continues to vote against natural law principles enunciated by their Church; and the very bishops who have, over the course of their careers, done next to nothing to fight against these intrinsic evils, but allowed them to fester in their schools, seminaries, parishes and chanceries are now going to come before this same court and say that they should not be forced to pay for insurance coverage for contraception.

And what’s rich about their argument is, it’s not based on the evil of contraception –which is what a bishop should be arguing, religious pluralism be damned – but rather, it’s based on the vague and moving target notion of religious “liberty” – a thoroughly UNCatholic notion if there ever was one.

So a Catholic judge who has ruled time and time again as though he is not Catholic, is gonna be voting on an issue that is being presented as a non-Catholic issue, by the very

Catholic leaders who have spent their careers side-stepping and excuse-making for their failure to boldly teach Catholic truth.

A judge who, in practice, denies his Catholicism, being appealed to by bishops who have, in practice, denied their Catholicism – or, at the very least, their duty to teach it fully – arguing about a law that denies the truth about a Catholic teaching… ALL pretending this has nothing to do with Catholicism.

And all the while – this very judge is the shining example of the very system which has produced all this spiritual insanity.

Judge Kennedy is the poster boy of the religious-liberty strewn thoroughly modern-going pluralistic society Church many of these bishops have promoted and still publically support. The Supreme Irony of the Catholic Church in America is a Supreme Court Justice.

No one could make this up.

If there was ever a crowd that needed prayers my fellow Catholics, it is our leaders. Pray for them, that they may see the destruction their inaction and double speak and accommodation has wrought.