Outside The Asylum

I wish I could embed this.  Perhaps someday I'll find a youtube link to it.  But when defending a conservative, CNN video is a pretty good link , This is what has gone wrong with America.

Thank you so much for your prayers and good wishes. Your prayers have been answered. My mother's growth has turned out to be benign. Thanks so much! 

Rules for my son: 1.  Do not drink away from where you have a safe bed for the night.  That means home, buddy. 2.  Do not go to parties that are not chaperoned. 3.  Do not go on dates unchaperoned. 4.  While I've encouraged you to be heterosexual, in this day and age you can't touch a girl without a written and notarized agreement first detailing the relationship.  Sheldon Cooper is right.  You need a relationship agreement. It's the only way to be safe thanks to the so-called sexual revolution.

John Hathaway  is a man with challenges.  Marfan Syndrome, Asperger's, stuck in a wheelchair.  Yet he's also a father and a very faithful Catholic. Until today. The rumor that Pope Francis turned away the American Bishops and are not going to let them even investigate the cardinal sins of homosexuality in the seminaries, has broken my heart and his. The Year of Mercy is over.  Judgement Day has arrived.  Are your sins in order?

An interesting thought occurs. Since central Europeans speaking good English are rarely if ever in contact with police, and State of Oregon officials are forbidden from inquiring into immigration status, is the sanctuary law in Oregon inherently racist?

Robert Royal has an excellent article on this today  on his experiences over the weekend, go and read it. This weekend my family was on a retreat for special needs families.  Every year, we send the kids to "respite care" - playtime with volunteers- while we care giving parents get a much needed break and a chance to talk.  This session is led by a priest. This year, Fr. Raul told us a couple of things we really didn't want to hear.  The first was that this would be the last year he was able to come to this retreat, as he's been named as the priest for the deaf community in Portland (and yes, it was a joy to watch him say mass, as he's picked up the habit of adding American Sign Language to the mass- the closest thing I've ever seen to actual honest-to-goodness holy liturgical dance in accordance with the General Instruction- quite beautiful).  And yes, I did make the suggestion that next year, we add the deaf community to the English weekend for the Journey...

The latest round of the priest abuse cases, which is about younger-but-adult people being abused, shows a crack in the very philosophy behind the Sexual Revolution. Not every act can be consented to. At least not validly. Yes does not mean yes when coercion of any sort is involved. Yes does not mean yes when selfishness replaces love. Yes does not mean yes when damage and pain is involved. Yes does not mean yes when sex is perverted away from conception. Yes does not mean yes when sex is over in a single night. Basically, sex is supposed to be a part of something larger- a lifelong relationship that brings new life into existence and raises that new life to be a functional part of society. Sexual revolution consent fails at the primary purpose of sex completely.