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Planned Parenthood as I said endorsing President Obama and spending nine and a half dollars and a new attack and today against governor Romney the group's endorsement.
Coming just a week after 43 Catholic groups file lawsuits over the health care was contraception mandate and move the Planned Parenthood called.
Unbelievable.
Joining me now Catholic league president bill Donahue and he has a brand new book out and -- talk about that in just a moment why catholicism.
Matters.
-- -- -- virtues can reshape society in the 21 century ago great to have you with us.
It we'll get to why.
Anyone would think our society needs any help but that's our first century adjustable all -- -- Planned Parenthood.
Your reaction to.
This is after all a nonprofit it is stepping directly into a presidential political rates.
-- don't forget this president absolutely loves abortion rights is no question about it in 2007 he went before Planned Parenthood he says if I become president.
The very first thing I'm gonna do is -- -- on the freedom of choice act.
Focus it -- got there because of this other group with a Catholic bishops which resisted.
He's actually love them look even the New York Times came out today and said that Planned Parenthood and -- walk this back they said it was quote misleading.
What they said -- said things like the president -- with -- should be any federal funding.
When compared to then screams -- -- says my -- ridiculous as if it's a cynic you as if they have a right to pick the pocket.
Other of the taxpayers and -- there -- questions so yeah if Obama was the way I don't -- and were they.
I don't understand where they get the right bill to be involved in a political campaign.
As an active participant supporting one candidate that is that seems crazy.
Why isn't it amazing with the Catholic Church opens up -- -- shut up unless we're.
Let's us have issued that liberals into what is -- talk about Planned -- -- right to do about it that is because -- we've seen the stories of Stanley Rothman and many others over the years.
Overwhelmingly.
People in the media people in the economy.
People disseminate the ideas of the culturally a leak in -- decided to publish it well they tend to be very much -- up pro choice so to speak on abortion they don't see anything wrong with -- If this weren't that the national right to -- people they'd be told to get your place and shut up or you're gonna get to tax exempt status bald Planned Parenthood does that they say well you up there on the right side that's all that others are the left thinks there's -- -- -- -- principle it's all.
Politics.
In in politics indeed and -- -- you talked about in your -- the -- the four cardinal Berkshire's if you will prudence justice fortitude temperance.
I'm trying to I think our golf werewolves bailed out perfectly good as a human being.
-- The idea of changing society and in the importance of catholicism.
-- tell our viewers where you think catholicism is important to them irrespective of whether a non.
They are Catholic irrespective of whether they intend to be Catholic.
Different services.
Look good news for the Romans gave -- Aristotle -- -- -- they gave us an awful lot of rich material to work with.
They didn't operate -- founded -- single university.
That was left up to the Catholic Church who pioneered the scientific -- scientific revolution.
The Catholic Church.
The word freedom didn't even exist in the language the Chinese and the Japanese until the nineteenth century it wasn't Greece they gave -- freedom it was the temporal.
Up -- -- in collision with the Catholic Church which created the Kravis upon which we force that freedom.
That the war against slavery the great try -- up do -- with dealing with the dispossessed the -- The hospital's.
The fight against fascism the fight against communism.
The primacy of the family and sexuality.
And and and marriage in the family.
In terms of temperance -- being if you look at the great strength of the Catholic Church if there indispensable for western civilization.
All the great technological breakthroughs -- -- very pointed out either in North America Europe or in Europe yes what that was home to christianity.
You think you can -- Barack Obama.
He's if he's that there are going secularist okay listen I was a professor for a number years.
I -- what these people I know what they worship they what they worship at the altar of of liberalism of NPR.
-- the New York Times and if you're Catholic that'll be the national Catholic reporter I don't wanna do with those people I wish them well but that I don't have a deal with them.
Although I hear you and I are gonna have a -- yes celebrate to bring you absolutely Wallace's on matters great to have you here -- is among the best for the book and it's like -- we're dobbs dot com recommended I -- to --
