You hit the nail right on he head. You have said it all for me.

Agree 100%, especially with, “If the scandal caused by this “Catholic” woman does not merit excommunication, the remedy is meaningless.  Any Catholic who is complicit in this war must be held to account, publicly.”

“Hello, Attila, my name’s Leo.  Shall we talk?”

Let’s put together a simple statement, for example:

“I will not comply with the HHS contraception mandate which I take as being a violation to my First Amendment right concerning the free exercise of my religion.”

Then we get ALL the bishops to sign it, along with as many Catholic hospitals, Universities, Schools, Community Outreach programs, and employers as possible and then combine that with another one for lay people and other religious institutions. A massive threat of civil disobedience. BACK IT UP! Anybody know a Catholic lawyer who can write up? We also need someone who has connections to the USCCBs, universities, charities, and can put this into action through social networking sites, Catholic (and secular) media, and local dioceses. Let’s get this started!

I whole heartily agree with the seriousness of this issue and I am on the side of our Church leaders. HOW-EVA… Obama will play this issue for political gain. Remember the Stupak Amendment? Obama will come riding in as a White Knight come October and reverse the decision, casting the Bishops as worry-worts and spazzes. The media will trumpet the news with praise, illustrating how important it is to have such a thoughtful President who understands all types of “worship”. (yes, double post from CMR).

And yes to the excommunication. It is a very serious action, but necessary for both her soul AND the souls of those of the Church who risk falling into sin because of this mandate.

Yes!! STAND UP CATHOLICS!

Well said…We need and must do more.  I have written my Senators and my representative (who is a Catholic).  This is a clear attack on every Catholic and religious organization that believes life begins at conception and ends with natural death.

For those who want to write their representatives:
http://www.nchla.org/actiondisplay.asp?ID=292

I am not Catholic..but I concur. To attempt to call contraception and abortion mandated health care is appalling. The government is not to make any laws respecting one religion over others. This embraces the religion of atheism…and attempts to belittle those of faith. Whether Christian or not, sanctity of life is a deciding issue today. As for me and my house ...we will serve the LORD.

Wow, don’t you think this is really irresponsible to call for violence like this? “pray for good aim”?  I’m sure you’ll try to say that you are only talking about spiritual warfare but all it takes is one unstable mind to take your words literally in order for bloodshed to occur.  Please reconsider such inflammatory language.

I really hope that, when the inevitable trolls find this post, they will understand that you are not calling for physical violence - which of course, some will say you are, for the purposes of discrediting your point.

As for that point, my pastor said to me yesterday that he hoped the Bishops sue.  Surely we have redress to the SCOTUS.  For now.  But this is scary stuff.

My worry: In my lifetime, I will see quasi-government mobs literally tearing down our churches and branding Catholicism “terrorist”.  God forbid, but it would not surprise me.  If so, they can burn me at the stake, but if they come for my family…war indeed.

You are correct that war has been declared on our religion by the state.  The Administration’s friends (like Soros) have funded the “occupy” movements in a blatant attempt to bring about a Bolshevik-style revolution.  They say, “99%” instead of “Proletariat” and “1”% instead of “Bourgeoisie”.  The words may be different by the “forced revolution” is the same.  (Americans tend to have no interest in the past, let alone any knowledge of it. Doom)

So let us all remember what Lenin did in 1918 (and after). He banned religion, destroyed the churches and murdered the priests.  (But oh yes, he encouraged free love.  Sound familiar?) I believe this President is a Marxist at heart, missed the memo about the evils of communism, and is going to do whatever he can to turn this country into his version of a Marxist state. 

I, for one, will stand up against this outrage and I hope our Bishops fight with every available (non-violent, duh!) resource up to and including civil disobedience.  Meanwhile, prayer and fasting - YES!!!  Let us pray for our leaders to have the courage to stand up to this outrage, and that we might ALL be willing to follow them.

Remember:  No one can make you violate your conscience - but you.

HA!  My post written before “Ia’s”  how long did that take?  rediculous.

Yes.  Absolutely we need to let our voices be heard (in and out of the ballot box) and we must not cooperate with laws that violate our beliefs.  But those are the LESSER actions we take against evil.  Prayer and fasting are the greater actions.  Prayer is not the least we can do, it is the most.  Believing it is the other way around is to fall into the secular trap.  Our hope isn’t in the state and its remedies but in Christ and His church.  Spe Salvi.

@ Kate Madrid
I think the title “Sometimes prayer is not enough” implies that prayer comes first, but in specific situations we must do more than just pray.

“We are in a war.  It is not a war of our choosing…”

In a way, we did choose this war.  By “we”, I mean the Catholic Church clergy which have long supported government solutions to problems better handled by private/Church charities. They have supported politicians and policies of the Democrat party, even though that party has made the right to abortion a part of its official platform for at least 20 years.  It was just a matter of time before this clash occurred. The Church leaders were duped by Obama and the Stupak Ammendment—did they really believe that Obama would honor that commitment?

@ Ia
You’re so silly! That would mean you don’t watch any movies with violence (or any sin for that matter).

Yesterday, Bishop Kagan of Bismarck had a letter read in all of the parishes which specifically emphasized that we will not comply with this latest mandate.

Matthew, that only works if we’re talking about movies that compare the U.S. government to Nazi Germany and urge people to pray for good aim as we go to war against the government.

One could point to many causes of the present crisis, one of them has to be the liberalism which swept the Church in the 60’s and after. Sebelius attended a Catholic women’s college in Leavenworth Kansas under the auspices of the Sisters of Charity. I suspect that there were a lot of new ideas tought there. Certainly there would have been a lot of ” women’s rights ” stuff talked about there. And certainly that order suffered equally with so many others in the mass exidous from their order. I just suspect she picked up her brand of ” catholicism ” there in one way or another. And I’m not picking on that particular order, they all contributed directly or indirectlys to the problem, even seminaries did.

Ia - Saying that Pat Archbold will “try to say” he’s only talking about spiritual warfare implies that you really think he’s calling people to commit murder.  It seems apparent that you’re the only commenter so far who has taken it that way.  It also seems apparent to me that, no matter how many commenters choose to twist his meaning, his meaning is perfectly clear.  We have to fight this mandate - we refuse to comply, refuse to take part in making contraception accessible, reach out government leaders on all levels, work to elect people who will represent us fairly and not attempt to make us go against our consciences.  Come on.  Don’t try to start a fight and twist the meaning here.  A tidbit of knowledge on Church teaching and knowledge of what NCR stands for will tell you that no one is advocating violence.

But did you vote in the last school board election? Other local elections? State elections? Presidential election?

Mack Hall - Is that question directed at me?  I vote in every election I possible can.  I could definitely work more at getting good information into the hands of voters, though.  Why do you ask?

Every confirmed Catholic is a soldier of Christ. Time to prove it. We won’t yield before the governmental injustice.

@Ia
I’m pretty sure you’re pulling my leg for the heck of it, because it’s pretty hard to read your original comment with a straight face. But on the off chance that you’re actually serious… You said you were worried that some ‘unstable’ lunatic would misinterpret his statement and take it totally out of context, therefore shooting a bunch of people. Now, I’m not saying it’s not possible, but it’s equally possible (if not more so) that some ‘unstable’ lunatic would misinterpret a commercial for the board game “Risk’ and take it as a call for global domination in the real world, and then go around stockpiling muskets, cavalry, and antique cannons and use them to go and kill a bunch of people while rolling dice. But if we let the irrational fear of ‘unstable’ lunatics prevent us from peacefully defending our religious freedom, then…well it’s just silly.

The Church simply won’t do it.  Period.  If it is true that over 90% of Catholics use contraceptives, (many of which cause abortion on the microscopic level) they don’t “get it” anymore than Obama does, who was indoctrinated from an early age.  I’m glad the Church is being forced to take a *dramatic stand* against this downward spiraling culture of *death*—WHATEVER the outcome.  Yes, whatever the outcome.

I have read many comments from outraged and motivated Catholics regarding the HHS mandate.  I take heart that many of my brothers and sisters are willing to stand for truth and freedom.  Yes, let us fast.  Yes, let us pray.  But let us *ORGANIZE* as well.  Otherwise our individual protests will continue to go ignored.  I want to see the USCCB create an office dedicated to organizing the laity against this affront.  Select a faithful, outspoken, and energetic Bishop around whom the willing faithful may rally.  Let him lead and direct our protests, and become the face of the fight against religious persecution in America.  Let him travel the Dioceses to educate and enlist.  Let him be seen by the mass media to draw attention to the dangers posed to all Christians.  As Catholics, we hold strategic ground: we are the largest Christian denomination in America.  Furthermore, the Church’s hierarchy lends itself to organizing resistance to corrupt public policy.  Therefore, it is no coincidence that Catholicism is first attacked; for if we are defeated, our protestant brothers and sisters stand little chance.  It is our privilege and responsibility to defend our faith, and our nation’s Constitution.  Let us all speak with one unmistakable voice so that we can not be ignored.  Saint Michael, defend us.

If one understands church law as it pertains to the procurement or assisting in the procurement of abortion SEBELIUS HAS ALREADY EXCOMMUNICATED HERSELF.  It’s a done deed.  Something tells me this doesn’t bother her.  She worships at a different altar.

Let us encourage our bishops and priests to speak out and we as catholics need to thank them when they do. It takes courage on EVERYONES part to win and to fight this battle.  The bishops and priests need to lead but they also need to know the army is with them…

Ia, please review the definition of “metaphor”, and actually read the entire article above.
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In particular, note this: “It is fine to pray that the Nazis will stop being Nazis, but it is also right and just to pray for good aim.” This sets up the use of the metaphor at the end of the article, putting it in an understandable context. “Just as I would pray for someone fighting against the Nazis to have good aim, so too do I pray that Bishops effectively direct their actions against this horrible legislation.” is summed up in “And I for one am praying that you have good aim.”
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If you see it as a call to violence, then I posit that perhaps you’re one of the lunatics you’re so worried about.

Please tell me how we ‘disobey’ this rule? The rule says insurers have to cover x, y and z at 100%. If we want health insurance, we have to buy it from insurance companies. Unless we go start our own rogue health insurance company and buy from them, I don’t see how we can ‘disobey’. Or we could not buy health insurance at all (and incur a fine).

(Maybe the Knights of Columbus, which does life insurance, would be willing to step up?)

Am I missing something here?

@ Mike. Wow!  Good idea on the KofC Health insurance.  You may have something there.  On the other hand, it would be required to comply with the law too. 

The question of how to “not comply” is a good one.  Obviously one cannot refuse to pay taxes, etc. but there are more than one way to protest.

Take the “March for Life”, maybe it is time to have something like it in EVERY CITY in AMERICA.  Maybe we need a MARCH on HHS.  This is not too hard.  (I guess I will have to set this up because, all talk and no action=lame)

I’m afraid you’re right Pat, this is war. I hope the american people is up to the challenge. It is a good time to remeber that we are supossed to be warriors of Chirst. I wonder though, if any of the calls to civil disobedience will actually see their realization.

By the way: My weapon of choice for Spiritual Warfare: THE ROSARY!  Yes, DO pray the Rosary.  DO fast!  Fasting is GREAT! (Plus-it helps you loose weight - wowie!)

Never forget the power of Our Lady at the battle of Lepanto and elsewhere!

@anna lisa: Sadly, you are right.  Most “Catholics” won’t see this as “a big deal”.  The other day I heard one say to me she thought it would be a good idea if the government just “put birth control in the water” in some areas.  Nice, huh?  Not everyone is blessed to have great priests (as we are in my area).  But we NEED them to fight now and to EDUCATE Catholics about what this means, the evils of contraception, etc.

Fine, let’s say that I am a lunatic.  Fortunately I am non-violent lunatic who shuns guns.  Now that you’ve admitted to the existence of “lunatics” like me, let’s hope that any other lunatics who read this piece share my dislike of guns and violence.

Oh, and playing a game of Risk is totally the same as verbally advocating that people kill our Nazi government party members.  Right.  You know when Muslims calls for jihad, they’re always just talking about spiritual warfare too, so that makes it okay.

I wrote this a week ago:

http://veneremurcernui.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/when-will-archbishop-naumman-excommunicate-sebelius/

There is vast difference between de facto excommunication and de jure. The scandal to the faithful is not repaired by so-called “automatic” excommunication - only a formal act by the bishop can do that.

Yes, I’m not holding my breath.

Must. Resist….. No. Cannot help it. Too much fun. Must ruffle more feathers. On. Nonsense argument.
Here’s the deal: you can’t understand that this is an analogy. Just like the Allies had to do more than pray to defeat the Nazis, so must we also do more than pray to protect our freedom of religion. Now if you’d actually read the article instead of taking it out of context, you’d see what he’s talking about. Praying and fasting (ooh super-violent there). Good, but more must be done (hence the analogy). Next is a ‘war of words’ (no, not ‘worlds’). Ok, but more is needed. Next is ‘open and vocal defiance’ by bishops speaking out (sticks and stones, my friend). Ok, but more is needed. Next is ‘very visible civil disobedience’ (not paying taxes no equal shooting someone). Ok, more is needed. And what is that last thing that is needed? Not ‘shoot people’, but ‘excommunicate’ Sebelius. Now, please stop making something out of nothing. I know sarcasm is unbecoming, but you must forgive me as I’m exhausted and this ridiculous (yet irresistible) argument is keeping me from studying. Signing off.

@Tantumblogo, yes, I agree.  The other way to approach it is to publicly announce why she doesn’t need to be FORMALLY excommunicated as that excommunication is IN PLACE.  Then noteworthy “Catholics” like Biden and every other mother, father, sister, boyfriend, school official etc. that have assisted in anyone getting an abortion might have food for thought.  Perhaps the priests and pastors need to lovingly tell their flocks the “bottom line”, and that they need to honestly consider this before receiving communion.  As for Sebelius, whose sin is public, and who has been given fraternal correction—her Bishop needs to stand in the way of desecration, and order that she not be given communion.

@used to post, One can only wonder when Pastors are going to realize how much *ignorance* has hurt the flock.  They have been so afraid of stepping on toes.  It’s no wonder they don’t get it.  I’ll never forget how when I was a newlywed 26 years ago, one of my father’s friends commented to me about artificial bc and the teachings of the church.  My response was: “You’ve got to be freaking, dark-ages, *kidding me*!”  I had gone to mass every Sunday and also on my own, when I went away to college.  I didn’t *know* what the church taught, or *why*.  My father’s friend gave me a simple tract, and then I looked into it further.  It didn’t take much to convince me of the truth.  Pulpit time!

Amen and Amen! But, she’s not the only one. You would think that maybe, just maybe, a change might be in order after 40 years of failure to help “Catholic” pro abortion politicians change and repent. With whom has it worked? It is such a scandal.

If we need boots on the ground, not heels and flip-flops, then I recommend that we start with an organized protest.  If you paid any attention at all during the healthcare debate, you knew this was coming.  I held a Tea Party meeting in my home with about 50 people to summarize the health care bill when it was still in draft form. every one attending knew that the most common phrase in the the legislation was, “The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall decide…”  They’ve loaded the cannons and are shooting straight at us.

I recommend putting a large medical waste receptacle in the front of every parish in the country for parishioners to use to dispose of any contraceptives they have.  When they are filled, take them to the local Health and Human Services Office.  When that is done, go home and make a baby if you can.  I would love to see every Catholic woman of child-bearing age voting while pregnant!  Come people, get it up, so to speak…

Parish priests in the parishes where Nancy Pelosi, Kathleen Sebelius and Joe Biden attend the Mass must refuse them Communion, otherwise they are complicit in this sacrilege. The Church must stop this scandal.

Way to go Pat.  This war has been a long time coming and I for one am glad it’s finally here.  Let’s get this over with and behind us.  Maybe we can clean some of our own house while we clean up America.

How about putting a big medical waste receptacle in the foyer of every Catholic church?  People could dispose of their contraceptives, we could take the receptacles to the local HHS office, and people would then begin to procreate freely.  I envision t-shirts that say, “I’m pregnant, Catholic, and I vote!”

exactly.  Priests, Bishops, consecrated, laity - be brave, be bold, be authentically Catholic!  Teach boldly, act with love and bravery, lead with the guidance of the Holy Spirit.  Be not afraid!

Revelation 13:7

This whole problem is easily reversed by Catholics voting in Gingrich or Santorum and Obama out. No violence. That is how the system works. Romney cannot be trusted to undo this.  No serious Catholic can vote for Obama in good faith yet many do. I remember an argument I had with the mother superior of a Catholic healthcare network in the 90s when she was publicly supporting pro-abortion Bill Clinton. It is sad that our own people are so foolish and weak. I pray they can see more clearly with Obama and what they are ultimately up to. They just keep nibbling away at our relious freedom.

Mr. Archbold,

I so appreciated your comments.  My husband and I have been living in Indiana for 4 years now, where he has been denied an attorney’s license because he was questioned in a way that he had to admit he places God’s law over man’s law.  He defended his beliefs according to the Catechism of the
Catholic Church, and was told that his views were troubling.  They denied him because they said he should unquestionably place Indiana law over all else as an attorney.  I know that many think he should have just “told them what they wanted to hear,” rather than telling the truth.  Things might be different.  But I think so many have said “what people want to hear” that we are in this terrible situation now.  The good news is that if you tell the truth, hold your ground, and are faithful to God and your Catholic faith, our Lord will see you through it.  We wait on a 7th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion that we hope will be based on our Constitution’s guarantee of Religious freedom rather than Indiana’s pro-abortion idealogues.  God bless you, and keep printing real TRUTH!

Vote them all out offfce

I a am quite opposed to the imposition of government regulations that are against the independent and free agency of religion. ” for the government shall make no law ...” I get it. BUT our faith needs to reach into our lives creating a positive alternative culture to the culture of death. Visceral reactionary words and actions like mentioned above are inflammatory and not attractive.The bomb fire of the Holy Spirit set ablaze in the heart of the Church and in our homes will draw the cold and afraid out of the dark; only then in the comfort of the truth will the hurting begin to listen.

If you do not defend freedom it will disappear and fade into slavery. All you need to do is read history and you will see what happens when you become complacent and do not stand up as Jesus did. “To turn the other cheek” means to stand your ground in the face of adversity. Catholics and other Christians are not standing up for what is right but raqther joining the what is wrong groups. Case in point—The Catholics in Indianapolis look apon the “Super Bowl” as a “GIFT” and want to open the church to everyone. Be a Catholic that does not join the secular groups..

THATS BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY CHICKEN CATHOLICS…....

The Obama Administration thinks that we Christians are sleeping—they are wrong. Let us look to God with eyes of faith and take action with our words. Yes, fasting and prayer are needed in this spiritual battle, and we must stand up for the rights of all Christians. It is unthinkable that our government is trying to force their brand of healthcare down our throats. In the 70s, we slept while Roe V Wade was passed—we thought people will surely not use it . . . we, in error, thought it will be only used in extreme cases. HA! Wake Up!

Well said.
It is time to let our government administration, this bountiful resource of ignorance, that freedom is American and they crossed the line with this healthcare mandate. Let’s not take a whole year to get our act together. This must be stopped now.

@Ia:Patrick is talking about complacent Catholics with just “talk”. His message says we should do more, like writing our Representatives and Senators and the President. We have to let them know that we KNOW what separation of Church and State is.  Obama is trying to regulate the beliefs of the Catholic Church and that is wrong. Roe -v- Wade started all this.  The State should stay out of the Church. Look what has happened today in India and what has happened in Argentina and is happening all over the world. Our country was founded on Freedom of Religion, which means we can practice as we see fit. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS A CHURCH OF “LIFE” AND NOT “DEATH”.  Makes all the difference in the world. The beliefs of the Catholic Church never harms anyone in any civic way. It is a religion of Peace & Love.

We’ve been through it all before, under the Roman emperors, under European kings who wanted to control the Church, under Islamic invasion, under the French Republic, in England and Ireland where we were second-class citizens, in Mexico, under Communism and Fascism. And we’re still here and we’ll always be here.
And there’s nothing wrong with praying for metaphorical good aim. Saints Thomas Becket and Thomas More, pray for us.

We are at this point because of failure to preach and teach HUMANAE VITAE. Contraception is the greatest scourge ever visited upon mankind, particularlly for woman.

Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas and the other Kansas bishops excluded then-governor Sebelius from the sacraments in 2008 for her aggressive repudiation of church teaching on abortion and other serious moral issues.  http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0802605.htm However, her campaign coffers had been filled for years by the notorious late-term abortionist from Wichita, George Tiller.  Judas only received 30 pieces of silver for his betrayal, and he apparently felt some shame for taking it.

ARCHBOLD, Patrick is now declared a Domestic Terrorist. Operation 54T7, place this terrorist on the Internal Surveillance List, Do Not Fly List, and Deportation List.

When I saw your lead-in title my first thoughts: NOW WHAT? Kate Madrid said what I was going to say & I agree with JS on his remarks and as for Ia and all others: please read Pope Benedict’s New Years address to the Diplomatic Corps (very long, but great) & also his address on the Bishops ‘AD LIMINA’ visit. He doesn’t mentioned dictator Obama by name (or even the so-called “catholic” Sebelius), but there is no doubt of just whom it is that he is talking about. There is a very real chance that Catholics & other God-fearing people will be coming up missing in the very near future. This war has been building up for many years as the evil one is not at rest & he knows that his time is short & now, with his stools in position (many of them “catholic”) he will let all of the stops out. Why is Obama getting ready to take ALL firearms out of the homes of Americans? Why does he have a youth movement, wearing brown uniforms, having to go at least 3 or more months training, without being able to have anything to do with God, nor, can they tell anyone about what they are doing? Sounds like SCI-FI, but folks, it is here.  We need to stop OBAMANISM NOW, & it will take prayers, fasting & maybe, jail time.  +JMJ+  my word in that little box below says: death62 is this some kind of omen or what?

“He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people and ear out their substance.”
“He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitutions and unacknowledged by our laws, giving his assent to their acts of pretended legislation.”

“In every stage of these oppressions we have petetioned for redress in the most humble words; our petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.”

 
From the Declaration of Independence.

A proofreader I am not…He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people and EAT out their substance.”

That having been said, I’m certain that John Hyde meant “bonfire” of the Holy Spirit in his thoughtful post.

On this issue the Obama Administration is following the example of the Nazi Regime. Of course Hitler was the best known practitioner of the philosophy of the founder of planned parenthood. It seems Obama himself is happy to assume his mantle.

Definitely civil disobedience but first, can we get them to break all contracts with the state to provide social services?  I strongly believe our bishops have been remiss in bringing “Catholic” legislators to task because of these revenue-producing contracts.  We have an openly gay “Catholic” rep pushing same-sex marriage at state house.  You can argue all you want about the poor needing social services, but in so doing bishops not only give “Catholic” politicians free ride.  They also let ordinary Catholics the opportunity to say, well, our Church is providing social services and getting my state taxes…so why should I contribute at the parish. 

Frankly, I don’t see ALL the bishops being courageous—not while they hide behind a national conference.  A house divided indeed.

I’m in!  Have already written my Democratic representative and Democratic Senators….yes, I want to fight for our rights to practice our Catholic Faith in it’s fullness!

It is good to hear the passion, the determination to fight this injust and very unAmerican ruling against freedom of Relegion. Hope this doesn’t just fade and become yesterdays news and the law rolls in in one year without a whimper. Whats needed is an infusion of fortitude by all, but especially the Catholic leaders, and press ,  to fire up , inspire , galvanize and lead the faithful Catholics through this fight.

MattK @10:46am is right, and what’s more, when Obama does that, 50% of Catholics and others now appalled by this will relax and vote to return him to office. Protest is impotent unless we have the stomach to say: even proposing this in the first place is inconsistent with liberty and disqualifies you from serving in office in a free nation.

God i speak against the devil spirit which has barainwashd our leader. almighty God this is your time to manifest that you are the LorLord who did forsake and who will never forsake his people.

Another “Catholic” voice is heard:
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/pelosi-dismisses-catholic-bishops-lobbyists-opposing-obamacare-reg-forcing-catholics

Yes pray ,Yes fast, Yes talk about this issue but also it is incumbent upon us all to NOW take some form of concrete action. I live in southern New Jersey and I have today told my pastor we need to respond to this situation. He agreed with me and it is my intention to organize a group of people from our parish and go to Wash DC ASAP and lobby our congressional delegation. We live close to DC to make a day trip and meet our congressman and two US senators. We are going to light a fire under their feet. I challenge those of you in close proximity to DC to do the same now

Why are not more folks adopting older kids?  There are a half million kids u p for adoption now. 

Action speaks louder than words….