Quote from Forum Archives on June 7, 2007, 5:02 pm

Posted by: prophetic <prophetic@...>

"Lightning Cuts Off Mic Twice During Giuliani's Defense of
Abortion Support"

-Occurred just as Giuliani took mic to answer question about
sharp criticism of his position from Bishop Tobin.

-By Gudrun Schultz and John Jalsevac
[LifeSiteNews.com]

NEW HAMPSHIRE, June 6, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In what is
being perceived as an eerie instance of coincidence, a series of
lightning strikes caused audio disruption at the exact moments
when pro-abortion presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani attempted to
defend his support for abortion despite his supposed Roman
Catholic faith. The lightning storm occured during a New Hampshire debate.

The first bolt hit just as the former New York mayor took the mic
to answer a question about the sharp criticism his position on
abortion garnered him from Rhode Island Catholic Bishop Thomas
J. Tobin, who publicly condemned Giuliani for his abortion stance
earlier this week.

Bishop Tobin compared Giuliani's refusal to oppose abortion to
Pontius Pilate's role in the crucifixion of Christ.

"I can just hear Pilate saying, 'You know, I'm personally opposed
to crucifixion but I don't want to impose my belief on others,"
Bishop Tobin wrote in a column for the Providence Catholic news.

As Giuliani began to brush aside Bishops Tobin's view, a crack of
lightning caused the sound system to give out and cut off his mic.
Wolf Blitzer of CNN, who was moderating the debate, pointed out
the electronic disturbance was caused by lightning.

The audience burst into laughter, evidently recognizing the
possible interpretations of the eerie event.

Giuliani said, laughing, as his debate opponents backed away
from him in jest, "For someone who went to parochial schools all
his life, this is a very frightening thing." However, a second bolt
crashed moments later, just as Giuliani opened his mouth to
answer the question again, cutting him off as he attempted to say
he "respected" the views of Catholic and religious leaders.

He finally completed his answer audibly, despite two more
lightning strikes, reiterating his position that while he believes
abortion to be wrong, he does not believe it should be illegal.
Giuliani's insistence of remaining on the fence over the issue was
condemned by Bishop Tobin as "preposterous", saying he had
"defected from the Catholic faith" on the issue.

"Rudy's preposterous position is compounded by the fact that he
professes to be a Catholic," Bishop Tobin wrote. "As Catholics,
we are called, indeed required to be pro-life, to cherish and protect
human life as a precious gift of God from the moment of conception
until the time of natural death. As a leader, as a public official,
Rudy Giuliani has a special obligation in that regard."

Source URL: www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/jun/07060603.html