OK, Folks, Let's Rub Our Bishops

For a while, Republicans have been backing the Catholic Church's decrees on who pays for contraception, while Democrats have been telling the Catholic Church to keep out of it. Guess what is happening now? The Catholic Church is telling Congress to leave food stamps and other aid to poor people alone. As on cue, Republicans and Democrats have traded places, with Liberals backing the Catholic Church and Conservatives telling the Church to butt out.

OK, what's up with that? I thought Jesus didn't represent Liberals, Conservatives, Democrats, or Republicans. But, depending on the issue, the Catholic Church is both an angel and a demon to each and every political animal in the United States. One moment, Republicans praise the Catholic Church while Democrats demonize it, and the next moment, Republicans have some not very nice things to say about the Church, while Democrats think the Church is the greatest thing since sliced bread.  It just goes to further my own belief that politics is nothing more than various collections of political interests disguised as ideologies, and that the use of the Catholic Church as a pawn in various agendas amounts to no more than mental masturbation......

Hang on a minute, I think the Catholic Church is about to make another statement. 3 - 2 - 1.....

OK, folks, time to whip it out and, once more, rub your bishop.