February 26, 2012

A Forced Marriage of Church and State

By Fay Voshell
The Obama administration is seeking to achieve a forced marriage of Church and State, a loveless arrangement that has been attempted before. During the Middle Ages, the political power advantage most often lay with the Church.  Such was the power of the Church that pope Gregory VII forced Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV to stand in the snow and to kneel before the pope begging forgiveness as an act of penance for defying the Holy See.  But this time, the power advantage lies with President Obama and the executive branch, not the Catholic Church.  This time, the scene resembles Henry VIII's successful challenge of the Church when he defied the Pope, discarding his wife Katherine of Aragon, marrying Anne Boleyn, seizing the monasteries in 1537, confiscating the Church's wealth and declaring himself head of the Church of England. The result was the toppling of the supremacy of the Church and the establishment of the supremacy of the state. In like manner, the Obama...(Read Full Article)