Oscar Romero

That name might not mean much to younger people, but this was the Priest that was murdered by the Salvadoran government 30 years ago for preaching against the government in his church. Though I didnt see it on the Catholic website I researched, I seem to remember that there were a couple of Nuns that were also murdered by that government at the same assassination.

"As the Archbishop of San Salvador during El Salvador's brutal civil war, Romero became the "bishop of the poor" for his work defending the Salvadoran people. After calling for international intervention to protect those being killed by government forces, Romero was assassinated on March 24, 1980." (from the uscatholic.org website)

Now, I am not a Catholic and I am not necessarily a crusader for the poor. But this man was a Priest that stood for what he believed and preached it from the pulpit. He died in the pulpit for his political beliefs.

I have many friends that are pastors in the Lutheran church. Many are not afraid to preach politics from the pulpit, when it serves the interest of preaching the word of their God. Some ARE afraid to even pray for our soldiers who are in harms way. Those that are afraid worry that they might be attacked by the government and loose their tax free status or maybe more.

BUT, I submit that if they DONT defend their freedom of speech, they could very well loose it for their silence! Was the freedom of the priesthood in NAZI Germany worth their silence about the atrocity's that were being committed? Some would argue that it was because they were there to protect their flock and not jailed in a concentration camp. But that is not the function of the priesthood. Their job is to point out injustice WHEREVER it exists. And when they DONT, they are guilty of immorality. If a pastor/priest cannot speak up when it is needed, then he or she should not have taken the job. It is like a soldier on the battle field that joins to defend his country but when faced with an enemy turns and runs. The soldier should never have gone to war and that priest/pastor should never have taken on the mantle if he or she would not honor it.

We should be hearing more preaching about the sanctity of the US Constitution being preached from the pulpits around this country. After all, it is that same Constitution that grants them the freedoms they have. If they dont defend its slow erosion by the Progressives, they may very well lose everything.