Bishop Thomas Tobin on Hardball with Chris Matthews discussing abortion Part 1 (11-23-09)

RI Bishop Thomas Tobin asked Kennedy in 2007 to avoid Holy Communion because of Rep. Patrick Kennedy's support for abortion rights.

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[bdeaner]

Your hostility is a sign that you are unresolved about your convictions. I will pray that you find your way out of the darkness.

[richardsee01]

Tingle up my leg Matthews quotes former President Kennedy's statement as it is law and that it is the litmus test we must follow.

Just because President Kennedy said it, it does not mean it is correct or existing policy.

It was only his thoughts.

[upsilon054]

I'm against abortion like most Catholics. But the good Bishop should have had better answers.

[groenlandicum]

how any leader in the rc church can continue to offer moral direction is beyond me.. after centuries of harbouring thousands of paedophiles for centuries and continues to do so today. also ironic...two men arguing over what women should do with their own bodies. Fifty percent of all pregnancies end in miscarriage without the woman ever knowing she was pregnant. So, in that case, since "God" is supposedly in control of everything, doesn't that make HIM the biggest abortionist of all time????

[addictedkoala]

Wait, Chris Matthews hears that his excellency would never support abortion in any form, then asks what laws he would write. Was he confused about "never"?

[Catholicdadof4]

Hell is full of wimps and sissies....Truth is truth is truth...no matter what opinion Chris Mathews has or any moral relavisits...I am Catholic first and then an America second. Abortion is murder...you do not have to a Catholic to know murder is wrong. Chris Mathews is a wimp and sissy. There is no NATURAL LAW that protects the murder of innocent babies.

[ZakBrownrigg123]

I didnt even mention Mother Theresa so why you bring her up I dont know. She believed abortion to be the worst of evils because it is the killing of innocent life and so far has claimed god knows how many hundreds of millions of lives. She also believed that a society ready to accept abortion is a society taking a step towards a culture of death.

To consider a woman stupid, or evil, for holding such views, even if you disagree with her, is stupid. It is not immoral to be pro life in any way.

[Chthon128]

ZakBrown, you obviously have been educated by the finest Christian propagandists in the world.

It was Mother Theresa herself who identified Abortion as the world's greatest evil. Not poverty, nor exploitation, nor any one of the other ills you mention, but the mere act of family planning and a woman's right to choose it

Take off your blinders, please. I can';t write a thesis here; clarity is sacrificed for brevity on YouTube.

[ZakBrownrigg123]

@Chthon128

Are you talking about her stance on abortion? So abortion is the cause of world poverty? Are you insane?

The cause of world poverty is far deeper than what your comments suggest your understanding on the subject is, but you have a lot of research to do as you are clearly uneducated.

If the whole world consisted of mother theresa's, there would be no greedy corporations robbing the poor of their wealth, no oppresive governments, no terrorism, no etc etc.

[ZakBrownrigg123]

@TubeManTalk

Just because an extreme minority of priests abuse children does not discredit the entire moral philsophy of a catholic church. By your logic, we should completely ignore what muslims have to say because an extreme minority of them are terrorists.

Research: Macleans magazine on the truth about homosexuality in the priesthood. Its amplified by people like you who take an extreme minority and use it to discredit an entire moral system. Think outside the box.

[SensibleFella]

Matthews clearly believes in the separation of Church and State...he'd rather worship Obama-Nation with a chill up his leg...

Out with the "gangsta" socialist administration come 2010 and 2012, repeal on the way, Hussein out in 2012.