By David Carlin, The Catholic Thing, May 24, 2024
David Carlin is a retired professor of sociology and philosophy at the Community College of Rhode Island, and the author of The Decline and Fall of the Catholic Church in America, Three Sexual Revolutions: Catholic, Protestant, Atheist, and most recently Atheistic Humanism, the Democratic Party, and the Catholic Church.
Note: We’re still doing well in our mid-year fundraising, but we’re slowing down. And that just can’t happen. Not until we get to where we need to be for the rest of 2024 and beyond. If you need convincing, just look at today’s column. David Carlin makes a strong case about not only President Biden but all those Catholics like him who have rationalized their heresies way beyond being mere “cafeteria Catholics.” To use an old phrase, they’ve embraced a different Gospel. And are proud of it. What then is to be done? To tell the truth, truthfully. And not to stop even when we’re ignored, mocked, called “suicidal” conservatives, and much more. So don’t wait to be generous. The challenges aren’t slowing down. Neither should we. — Robert Royal
Joe Biden, in addition to holding the exalted title of President of the United States of America, holds a number of informal and unofficial titles. For instance:
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Head of the Democratic Party.
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Commander-in-chief of the US armed forces.
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The second Catholic President of the USA.
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Leader of the free world.
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Father of Hunter Biden.
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“Cafeteria Catholic” – this title having been recently bestowed upon him by the cardinal-archbishop of Washington D.C., Wilton Gregory.
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America’s foremost champion of abortion rights.
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America’s foremost champion of homosexual rights.
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America’s foremost champion of transgender rights.
John F. Kennedy, the first Catholic President, was no model of Catholic virtue, at least when it came to the Sixth Commandment. But Kennedy took the trouble to keep his sexual sins concealed from all but his friends and a co-operative press. He didn’t broadcast them. We (the general public) didn’t learn about them until after his death. More important still from a Catholic point of view, Kennedy, unlike Mr. Biden, didn’t make public pronouncements declaring certain sins are morally good. He didn’t, for instance, shout from the rooftops that fornication is good and adultery even better. …
