https://catholicmaniacs.com/2004/06/05/the-late-great-renaldus-magnus/ It's CRAZY Everyone's Not Catholic Sat, 05 Jun 2004 23:22:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://catholicmaniacs.com/2004/06/05/the-late-great-renaldus-magnus/#comment-28 Sat, 05 Jun 2004 23:22:49 +0000 http://blog.catholicmaniacs.com/?p=86#comment-28 While there is much to admire about Mr. Reagan, and I am not one to speak ill of the dead, I have serious concerns about the eulogization that has just begun. I was a child in California during his governorship, and he set in motion economic and social changes that are still reverberating in increasingly negative ways. He signed one of the most liberal abortion laws, pre Roe V Wade, making California a haven for the pro-abortion camp. He began the dismantling of the state’s education policies, such that public education in California went from being a national icon to a national disaster. His economic policies, started in Callifornia and continued in the White House, had the effect (I do not know if it was intended or unanticipated) of further widening the gap between the rich and the poor.
The most recent Mrs Reagan (let us not forget that in true Hollywood fashion Mr. Reagan has at least one failed marriage in his past) has made it clear that she is pro-choice on abortion and supports the sacrifice of embryos for research purposes. Hardly a candidate for sainthood, although she does deserve kudos for continuing to care for her husband at the end of his life. Of course, she was fortunate to have the financial resources to get whatever help she needed in his care. The same cannot be said of the vast majority of Social Security recipients with Alzheimers.

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