Which side is hateful?

took a gander at the items available for purchase at NOW and had to take a breather after a few minutes. I've seen pro-aborts at clinics and marching around at various events, so I shouldn't be surprised by the vitriol, but the irony is that they always paint Christians and pro-lifers as hateful, mind-numbed bigots.

I suppose this is because they are operating from a platform of sweetness and light, which would explain the following bumperstickers for sale:

Against Abortion, Have a Vasectomy!

Better a Bleeding Heart Than None at All

Back off -- I'm a Goddess

Don't Pray in My School and I Won't Think in Your Church

Hatred is Not a Family Value

Nothing in a Man's Pants is as Important as What is in a Woman's Mind

Sorry I Missed Church -- I've Been Busy Practicing Witchcraft and Becoming a Lesbian

U.S. Out of My Uterus

A Closed Mind is a Wonderful Thing to Lose

Behind Every Successful Woman is Herself

I'll be Post-Feminist in the Post-Patriarchy

Lots more where those came from. (Interesting that they also have "Support Women's Sports" and "Diversity is Our Strength." Reminds us of the broad spectrum of the agenda and the seemingly innocuous parts.)

Now, let's consider the "patriarchy" that they rail against, in the words of the recently-decesased Uber-patriarch:

By defending the dignity of women and their vocation, the Church has shown honour and gratitude for those women who - faithful to the Gospel - have shared in every age in the apostolic mission of the whole People of God. They are the holy martyrs, virgins, and mothers of families, who bravely bore witness to their faith and passed on the Church's faith and tradition by bringing up their children in the spirit of the Gospel.

In every age and in every country we find many "perfect" women (cf. Prov. 31:10) who, despite persecution, difficulties and discrimination, have shared in the Church's mission. It suffices to mention: Monica, the mother of Augustine, Macrina, Olga of Kiev, Matilda of Tuscany, Hedwig of Silesia, Jadwiga of Cracow, Elizabeth of Thuringia, Birgitta of Sweden, Joan of Arc, Rose of Lima, Elizabeth Ann Seton and Mary Ward.

The witness and the achievements of Christian women have had a significant impact on the life of the Church as well as of society. Even in the face of serious social discrimination, holy women have acted "freely", strengthened by their union with Christ. Such union and freedom rooted in God explain, for example, the great work of Saint Catherine of Siena in the life of the Church, and the work of Saint Teresa of Jesus in the monastic life.

In our own days too the Church is constantly enriched by the witness of the many women who fulfil their vocation to holiness. Holy women are an incarnation of the feminine ideal; they are also a model for all Christians, a model of the "sequela Christi", an example of how the Bride must respond with love to the love of the Bridegroom (Mulieris Dignitatem, 27).

And now, the Bastion of Patriarchy has opened the cause of beatification for this "woman hater." There are no eyes so blind as those which refuse to see. Their hatred and rage must be received in love and gentleness, for we know that they are wounded in ways that leave no outward marks. "Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do."

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[Teresa]

"Back off I'm a Goddess"
(yes, but only in your frozen and barren world)

"Behind every successful woman is herself"
(successful at being alone and angry)

It makes me long for the "Free Tibet" bumper stickers. Say, did those stickers actually actually free any Tibetans anyway??