Who's a wing-nut now?

One reason many people have said they will vote for McBush rather than Obama is because of their religious leanings...whatever they might be. The whole Catholic church is in an uproar over whether taking away abortion rights is more important than the economy, the war, and our foreign policy. Now, for many of us, that is pretty much a no-brainer...while abortion is a choice to be made by one, the others are forced on the many.

So, knowing this - I found it fascinating when I read a report of a 106-year-old nun who plans on voting for the first time since 1952. Yep, the lady last voted for President Eisenhower! Why is this significant? Because this nun, who lives in a convent in Rome (I would have LOVED to see the Pope's face when he heard about this!) is planning on voting for...wait for it...Barack Obama! Once again, this Catholic nun, who lives in a Catholic convent, in the city of the Vatican and the Pope, is voting for an actively pro-choice Presidential nominee. Even better - not only is he against revoking Roe vs. Wade, but he is co-sponsoring a bill that would invalidate any Federal or State law already in place that interferes with a woman's right to have an abortion. Pick a saint...any saint...and according to their religious laws, he or she must be rolling over in the grave right about now.

The nun, Sister Cecilia, says that she is "encouraged by Senator Obama", that he seems to "be a good man with a good private life...". She hopes that a presidency under Obama would bring "peace abroad".

I have to wonder how the Catholic "establishment" will take this particular development. This goes against so much of what they believe - though there are some who are promoting the idea that the economy and the war are a much higher priority than the abortion stance. However, those who are doing so are going against the explicit direction given by the Pope. Those renegades! Those mavericks! Oh, wait - Wrong party...

Poor Sister Cecilia has become such hot news that she is "startled and a bit anguished" by all the attention her position has caused. I sincerely hope that the anguish has not been caused by the extreme believers who have been shocked! Just shocked! that such a personage as a nun in the service of the Lord would espouse voting for a pro-rights proponent.

Brings me back to a question I asked a while ago - if I'm praying McCain and Palin do not win, and my prayers are answered, does that mean that their agenda is in the wrong? I'm guessing that this gentle nun has a much closer line to God than the Wonder Twins (particularly since if you're Catholic, you can't talk to God directly - you need a priest to do it for you).

Oh, never mind. It won't be God's will if they lose. It will be - it must be! - Satan working against them. Because like all extremists, they firmly believe that theirs is the one, the only, way to salvation. God save the wing-nuts!