Ted Kennedy, Another View

In recent days there has been a glorification of Senator Edward M. Kennedy. I have a different view. We should never judge others, that is solely up to God. Yet we have a right to an opinion and we have a right, even a duty, to point out something that we consider very wrong, especially when something has been given such wide spread attention.

While Kennedy has been glorified as a hero I think about the millions of babies lives that were lost through abortion under his "leadership" in the senate. I think about him voting 6 times in favor of partial birth abortion. I think about a meeting at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port, Mass in 1964, where the Kennedy family and supporters were coached by theologians and "Catholic" college professors on how to accept and promote abortion with a "clear conscience." This then set the model and pattern for many "Catholic" politicians thereafter to rationalize going after the pro-abortion vote, thanks to Ted Kennedy.

This did not change, however, that the Catholic Church considers abortion a grave sin against God and humanity.

I think about a beautiful young woman, Mary Jo Kopechne, and how she was left to die.

I think about his lifetime of womanizing and adultery, but worse how he degraded women and used them as objects.

I think about how he viciously attacked a good man like Robert Bork simply because Bork believed in preserving the life a an innocent child. Bork who is not only a good man, but one of the best judicial scholars in the country and would have made an excellent Supreme Court Justice.

I think about how he lectured and publicly criticized Pope John Paul II for standing firm on the issue of abortion following TRUE Catholic beliefs and doctrine. Ted Kennedy lecturing the Pope, the ultimate hypocrisy!

I think about the near treasonous acts of Ted Kennedy in 1983 as depicted in now released Soviet documents where he attempted to undercut the United States under President Ronald Reagan in return for political favor from the Soviet Union while we were involved in a Cold War.

I think about his ex-wife Joan being found lying in the gutter on the streets of Boston and the impact of he had on Joan Kennedy's life.

I think about the sorry state of our country today, much as a result of Ted Kennedy's leadership. This includes the erosion of our values and our current financial crisis.

I think about his quest of healthcare for "all", yet the Bills he supported will most certainly neglect the elderly, the handicapped, and the disabled through the rationing that will occur.

Yes, we should all pray for his soul and forgiveness, but another view of Ted Kennedy needs to be brought out vs. the current glorification. His funeral services seemed to imply how "Catholic" he and the Kennedy family are, yet they violate the most fundamental and important Catholic doctrine concerning the dignity of life through their support of abortion. All other good works diminish if the life of an innocent, helpless child is not protected, and even encouraged to be taken! His example needs to be criticized so that younger people and other people can see him for what he REALLY was.

Having now had the opportunity to meet Our Lord, if he were to come back, I wonder what Ted Kennedy would now say about abortion.