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Professor Doug Kmiec

Washington D.C., Jul 2, 2009 / 07:02 pm (CNA).- Today the White House announced that President Obama will nominate Douglas Kmiec, a Catholic and self-described pro-life law professor, as the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Malta.

If approved, Kmiec would become the ambassador to the Catholic island nation, located in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Sicily.

Dr. Kmiec, who is currently a law professor at Pepperdine University, came under fire last year when he announced his support for Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election. He has held firm that Obama will reduce abortions through his policies, though the President favors legalized abortion.

In contrast to the Obama Administration, Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Mercieca of Malta has previously spoken out about the role Christian politicians must take in respecting life in all stages. During a Maltese Independence Day celebration in 2004, he noted that these politicians “should reject abortion and euthanasia, work for sustainable economic and social development and be in solidarity with the weakest and most vulnerable.”

Along with the announcement of Kmiec’s nomination, President Obama named four other ambassadors to the countries of: Mongolia, Burkina Faso, Swaziland and the Netherlands.

He added, “I am confident that these fine individuals will represent our nation abroad with distinction, and strengthen our diplomatic efforts to meet 21st century challenges. I look forward to working with them in the months and years ahead."

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Published by: Jon in Keizer
Keizer, OR, USA 07/06/2009 10:59 PM EST

This is what happens when you drink the Obama kool aid

Published by: Rotbart
Andover, MA 07/06/2009 07:29 PM EST

Such a meager reward for giving up his basic principles.

Published by: Dan
Santa Fe 07/06/2009 05:12 PM EST

Sorry Malta but he's your headache now. Prof. George wiped the floor with Kmiec's drivel--Princton vs. Pepperdine--what a shock that George is lucid, clear and logically consistent whereas Kmiec creates his trite reasoning after his emotional need to support the President fogs his mind. Also next time Doug please answer the questions.

Published by: Al
The Villages/ Fl/USA 07/05/2009 06:56 PM EST

I don't think the ambassadorship will save his soul, the tradeoff he made. Hopefully he will reconsider his error.

Published by: Robert Lockwood
Lafayette, CA 07/03/2009 04:22 PM EST

Malta is one of the most Catholic countres in the world and should not be saddled with the likes of Kmiec and his pick and choose Catholicism.

Published by: Germaine Murray
St. Louis, MO 07/03/2009 04:03 PM EST

Kmiec has been lobbying for this kind of job for almost 2 years with the Obama groupies. He's got his wish and I hope the contortionist arguments he has used to defend the Obama administration's fanatical advocacy of abortion has been worth it for him. He reminds me of Richard Rich in a Man for All Seasons: More looks at Richard after he has sold his soul and says to Rich, "Why Richard, it profits a man nothing
to give his soul for the whole world.But for Wales.

Published by: Dan in Calgary
Calgary Alberta Canada 07/03/2009 02:45 PM EST

Isn't there somewhere further away that he could be sent?

Dan in Calgary

Published by: JAMES
Tampa/FL 07/03/2009 12:43 PM EST

Hooray! Yeah! Go gettem' Dougie you 'prolifer' weakstroadinaire! I will be glad you are no longer living in America putting forth your anti-Christ promotion of Obama-the illegitimate President!

Published by: Don
St. Meinrad/ IN/USA 07/03/2009 12:16 PM EST

Congratulations Judas!
MALTA? You would have done better with the 30 pieces of silver. Can you possibly be so simple as to buy into the OBAMA myth?

Published by: Jeff Johnson
Collegeville, MN 07/03/2009 10:57 AM EST

It obviously was not enough for Barack Hussein Obama to garner the support of American Catholics to win his office. Now, in many ways, he has acted to further confuse and divide The Church. From his completely inappropriate appearance at Notre Dame, to the recent flurry of liberal "Catholics," his strategy is obvious.

Kmiec is a classic example; like the rest, he does not realize that to support politicians like Obama is to assent to the horrors of abortion and euthanasia, and Obama exploits this to harm us all.

Published by: Lee
Rochester/NY/USA 07/03/2009 05:59 AM EST

He finally got his 30 pieces of silver.

Published by: Dr. W. Luckey
Front Royal, VA 07/02/2009 08:49 PM EST

I predicted in previous comments in this forum, and on my blog site, that Kmiec was pushing for an ambassadorship from Obama, and that is why he was compromising his principles. sure enough, here is the payoff. Pay up!

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