Nuns to the rescue!

[Joanne98]

Run time: 02:57 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZupHlrSDwc   Posted on YouTube: January 16, 2009 By YouTube Member: doramogera Views on YouTube: 86219   Posted on DU: March 18, 2010 By DU Member: Joanne98 Views on DU: 256

 

On Wednesday, a group representing 59,000 Catholic nuns plus more than 50 heads of religious congregations issued a strong statement urging "a life-affirming 'yes' vote" in support of the Senate bill. "While it is an imperfect measure, it is a crucial next step in realizing health care for all," the statement said, adding that the bill's support for pregnant women represented "the real pro-life stance."

"We as sisters focus on the needs of people," said Sister Simone Campbell, a spokeswoman for the group. "When people are suffering, we respond."

Sister Carol Keehan, president of the Catholic Health Association, loyally refuses to criticize the bishops but argues that their interpretation of the abortion language is simply wrong. She, too, released a forceful statement in support of the Senate bill.

"We looked at the bill. We spent a lot of time with Sens. Casey and Nelson," she said in an interview. "We agreed to support it because we believe it meets the test of no federal funding for abortion. Perhaps the language is not the way I would write it, but it meets the test. . . . I was not going to take a little bit of abortion to get federal funding."

She added: "I can't walk away from extending coverage to more than 30 million people."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/17/AR2010031702440.html

[merh]

1. Thank God for the nuns.

The constant of the Catholic church - the males are political, the females are spiritual.

The English version of the song from the movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0EFlqOPTTc

[Joanne98]

2. Yay! Nuns!