Speaking days before his audience with Pope Benedict XVI, President Obama lauded the late Joseph Cardinal Bernardin and his "seamless garment" approach to social issues.
After strong criticism from the pro-life movement for its apparent ambiguities, Bernardin clarified things somewhat, singling out abortion as a unique, intrinsic evil that cannot be placed on the same plane as the death penalty. The distorted form of the "seamless garment" view, while discredited and flatly rejected by the pope (see his '04 letter to US bishops, written while still a cardinal), nonetheless remains a powerful and preferred weapon of the left to neutralize and muddle the strength of the pro-life position. It's frustrating to hear Obama resurrect this, yet even more maddening that he can disingenuously make reference to a Prince of the Church for the ratification and vindication of his own erroneous view. Should Obama bring this up in his meeting with the Holy Father it will prove an awkward moment.
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