Recall the profile of Mass. state rep Eugene O’Flaherty called a social conservative by the Boston Globe in a profile last week. As I said at the time, only in Massachusetts and the Globe would a “personally opposed on abortion, but ...” Catholic politician be called a social conservative, but apparently that was because he was opposed to gay marriage and embryonic stem-cell research. Well, no longer.
Apparently, O’Flaherty felt the heat from the Globe, the number-one cheerleader for the gay agenda, and he now thinks it’s time to move on from the gay marriage debate. What’s done is done, and now there are more important issues to deal with. Funny, but how did a guy who was vociferously and adamantly opposed to gay marriage and was in fact a legislative leader on the matter suddenly “see the light” and switch sides?
This switch was predictable because the gay lobby now has the leadership of Beacon Hill firmly in its grasp and as head of the Judiciary Committee I’m sure O’Flaherty has had both the carrot of increased donations from gay groups and the stick of opposition activism in his next election waved in his face.
Anyone want to take bets on how long before O’Flaherty jumps the fence on stem cells? And can someone call the Globe and ask them if O’Flaherty still qualifies as a conservative?
Hey Dom….
Has thel website of Fr. Michael Monti Parise been shut down?
Maybe the St Andrews one, but I have his other “art” pages linked <a href=“http://withissue.blogspot.com/2005/11/oh-for-heavens-sake_15.html”> here.<?a>
Let’s keep these comments on topic. I’ll post a new entry and any comments on this can be posted there.
CS Lewis said somewhere that courage is the form of every virtue when it is at its point of greatest reality—when it is tested to the utmost. It is also said that civic virtue is the rarest of all virtues. Perhaps that can explain the long sad list of *formerly* pro-life politicians.
Unfortunately in Massachusetts we corner the market in “formerly pro-life” politicians.