As we told you yesterday, San Francisco Archbishop Cordileone barred Nancy Pelosi from receiving Holy Communion over her very public support of abortion.
The conservative Catholic archbishop of San Francisco said that he will no longer allow U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to receive Communion because of her support for abortion rights. https://t.co/xYsMPoZjoC
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 20, 2022
Archbishop Cordileone informed the one-time recipient of Planned Parenthood’s Margaret Sanger Award via a letter:
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone said in he sent Pelosi a letter April 7 expressing his concerns after she vowed to codify the Supreme Court’s Roe vs. Wade decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion into law because of the Texas law banning most abortions that will take effect if the high court overturns Roe. Cordileone also said Pelosi never responded.
Cordileone said he told Pelosi in the letter that she must either repudiate her support of abortion rights or stop speaking publicly about her Catholic faith and that if she didn’t, he would have no other choice but to declare she is not allowed to receive Communion.
“I am hereby notifying you that you are not to present yourself for Holy Communion and, should you do so, you are not to be admitted to Holy Communion, until such time as you publically repudiate your advocacy for the legitimacy of abortion and confess and receive absolution of this grave sin in the sacrament of Penance,” Cordileone’s letter said.
Almost immediately something Pelosi’s defenders and others said this was a violation of the “separation of church & state” and/or calling on churches to be taxed.
Separation of church and state? If they are no longer separate then I guess churches should be taxed.
— Michael LoRé (@michaellore) May 20, 2022
I’m still waiting for that separation of church and state we were promised
— Tara Dublin (@taradublinrocks) May 21, 2022
Tax the churches. https://t.co/w35rziUwr4
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) May 20, 2022
It’s very likely that in the next 5 years we will see 501(c)(3) protections revoked for churches and religious organizations.
Essentially only big NGOs will be tax exempt.
That’s the next step. https://t.co/AjwUrVplJh
— Daniel Bostic (@debostic) May 21, 2022
“Separation of church & state”? Really?
Only morons think an archbishop blocking communion of an elected official for very publicly supporting abortion has anything to do with separation of church and state. lol #TaxTheChurch
— 🐥The🐰FOO🌸 (@PolitiBunny) May 21, 2022
Lefties seem to believe in protecting Democrat politicians from church officials’ decisions but guarding churches from the decisions of politicians doesn’t seem to be nearly as high of a priority:
https://twitter.com/RockholdJones/status/1528017371717328897
It’s certainly clear that far too many worship at the altar of Big, Overreaching Government.
Tell me you don’t understand the Separation of church and state without saying you don’t understand it… https://t.co/TPol5zYpAZ
— Artist_Angie: Sensei of Sarcasm (@Artist_Angie) May 21, 2022
It's really embarrassing how many people don't know what it means.
— Joe Funcle Buck. (@JosephBuck321) May 21, 2022
lol this isn’t a separation of church and state issue
— Jessica O’Donnell 🏈 (@heckyessica) May 20, 2022
Not that reality will stop Pelosi’s defenders from making that claim.
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