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Alexia Kelley: WTF, Obama?

Obama appointed Alexia Kelley to head the Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships at the Department of Health and Human Services. Source. This sucks.  She heads the Catholics Alliance for the Common Good, a needling organization that has resigned itself to the legality of abortion in order to dedicate itself to destroying all access to it.

If this is the “common ground,” then the pro-choice voice is lost.  When  Obama and Clinton waxed on about making abortion safe, legal, and rare, I suppose we should’ve taken a close look at the “rare” part. I figured that was about sex ed and contraceptives, maybe even adoptions counseling and increases in resources for struggling moms. I did not think it would mean cutting off access to abortions. Might as well go to the back alleys at this rate.

And what’s worse is that this all emerges from Obama’s pledge to grow the Executive’s faith-based agencies.  It’s separation, not accomodation, of church from state, Mr President. How does a faith-based agency not establish religion? Double-speak. I don’t know what he’s thinking. Obama is compounding two lousy elements in this move: A faith-based agency with a kniving anti-choice zealot. This is not a good way to go. My suggestion here for Obama? Abort!