The "Religious Right" Strikes Again!

This goes back a few days, but I couldn't resist commenting on Fabian Nunez's pathetic attempt to spin the defeat of his wretched assisted-suicide bill. Why did death-by-doctor go down for the third straight time? Because it was "demonized by the religious right," says Nunez.

Really? It was the Religious Right that kept the Assembly's Democratic members -- gerrymandered to be among the party's most liberal -- from backing the euthanasia bill? (Democrats could have passed this without a single Republican vote.) Who knew that the Religious Right held such sway among Assembly Dems? And where was this powerful force last week when the very same Assembly Dems endorsed "gay marriage"?

Or by "Religious Right," does Nunez mean the vast coalition of disability-rights and medical organizations that fought to defeat his bill? Because you know, the CMA, AMA and disability-activist groups are well-known stooges for the Moral Majority.

Or maybe Nunez meant Cardinal Mahony, who rightly called out Nunez, a Catholic, for supporting this legislation that is gravely sinful in the eyes of the church that Nunez claims to recognize as the Mystical Body of Christ. But Roger Mahony? Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's best friend, the guy who leads all the immigration marches? This would be the first -- and probably last -- time he's been described as politically "right."

No, it's not the religious-right bogeyman that's to blame here. Assisted suicide failed in California -- as it has in every state but Oregon -- because it's a creepy, bigoted idea that not even the super-secular-left Assembly Democrats could abide.

If there is any demonization going on here, Nunez is the one doing it.