The War Room

DOSSIER # 17B : SHOULD PAUL MARTIN BE EXCOMMUNICATED? PART II

The concept of ‘separation of church and state’ is merely a ruse used by many politicians at this point in history to fear monger to an increasingly ignorant populace.

Let’s be clear. It is explicitly found nowhere in the Canadian constitution or our Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Indeed the first line in the Charter is…

“Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law:”

This might shock same law professors.

The Separation of Church and State is an American concept. It’s origins have been debated but some trace it to Thomas Jefferson in a letter he wrote dated January 1, 1802 to the Danbury Baptist Association who were being persecuted at the time. Here is the phrase:

“Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God; that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship; that the legislative powers of the government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should `make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between church and State.”

The true intent of this concept is the exact opposite of what Paul Martin and so many left-wing politicians believe. It means the state cannot enforce its will upon the people of the church nor enforce a state church…it is there to protect freedom of religion not restrict it.

It does not mean that the church cannot try to lobby and influence the state. In a democracy everyone has a right to do so.

The concept of separation of church and state that Paul Martin and so many other ‘Catholic’ politicians refer to is the one bastardized by John F Kennedy. When he ran for president, America still had a very protestant ethic which was fearful of Catholics or (papists) and they worried that at the end of the day the Catholic politician would pledge allegiance to the Vatican over America. Kennedy in order to get votes said he would never choose the Vatican over America nor let his beliefs influence who he was and thus the notion of the non-Catholic-Catholic politician was born.

Fop extraordinaire, Pierre Elliot Trudeau perfected this hypocrisy.

Now, it didn’t matter so much then because many had the same morality regardless of religion. However, as the left-wing parties of both America and Canada have become more dominated by the ideology of the New Left which places a prime emphasis on abortion and gay rights, usually propagated by activists who vehemently hate Catholics it has shown itself to be a problem.

Now, Catholic politicians such as Paul Martin, John Kerry, Joe Volpe, Ted Kennedy find themselves in power in parties where Catholic values are not just disagreed with but vehemently opposed. Because these men care more about power than faith…they co-opt the original meaning of separation of church and state to mean something it does not.

The Vatican now has serious problems with it. As they should.

I’ll be blunt. I think Paul Martin should be excommunicated. I say that with no joy and I get no satisfaction out of it. But he has mocked and ridiculed the Catholic Church openly. More so, he has allowed for the passage of laws that will indeed make to very difficult for Catholics to raise their children as such in Canada. The Vatican should make a very world-wide visible example out of him.

No one is forced to be a Catholic but if one is going to be they should act as such.

And yet the Liberal Party of Canada is dependant on Catholic votes. It is a huge part of their base, especially in amongst ethnic communities. I suspect this will wean away gradually in the future as more young people begin to see the effects of New Canada on their families. As more Liberal politicians encounter this I suspect they will get more and more hysterical.

They will (and already have) called Catholics (and Evangelicals) a threat to democracy etc. The old allegiance to Vatican or country question will come up. Let it.

Jean Chrétien was a vehement anti-Catholic. Paul Martin claims not to be yet under him the New Left have virtually taken over the Liberal Party and made it very hostile to any one of serious religious faith. Unfortunately they still rely on the vote of many religious constituencies to get into power.

They fear monger to the Italian, Portuguese and Asian Catholic communities about the Conservatives while behind the scenes they themselves work with those who pose the biggest threat to them.

This issue is not going to go away but the ball is now in the Vatican’s court.

For almost four decades ‘Catholic’ politicians have courted ethnic Catholic votes during election cycles only to betray them once behind the corridors of power. No one more so than Paul Martin.

Merely denying him communion is not enough.

Paul Martin should be excommunicated.

Verbally, publicly and internationally. He should be made an example of.

Only then will this issue come to a head and will the exploitation of poor and ethnic Catholic voters stop.

They will kick and scream and yell if this happens…and that’s how you will know it counts.

posted by Nicol DuMoulin @ 9:17 AM