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So voting for those who would further impoverish the poor and destroy the downtrodden is not sinful? When will Catholic ethics recognize a moral reality beyond sexuality? -- and yes, I can distinguish...
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"So voting for those who would further impoverish the poor and destroy the downtrodden is not sinful?" No, voting for the Democrats is sinful for those reasons as well. "When will Catholic ethics...
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Think of the voting question from this angle: What would those unborn babies likely advise the US electorate if they were capable of a voice in their own self-interest? And then vote accordingly. -...
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It is unfortunate that as Catholics we have debased ourselves into thinking that we are required to vote for either a Democrat or a Republican. We can vote third party or a write in all the while...
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Well said. I believe abortion breaks God's sixth Commandment (Exodus 20: 2-17). - Paul V
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I suggest that "pro life" needs to also apply after birth. I'd be more sympathetic to the anti abortion vote if that vote also was pro education for kids, pro school meals, pro maternity leave, pro...
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The Church needs to quit trying to accomodate "progressives" who reject it's teaching on life issues and sexual morality. Let them go to the Episcopal Church, where they will fit right in. Maybe...
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"There are good reasons to despise both major parties." I have plenty of problems with the establishment GOP, but there is only one party that has declared war on the Church and is attempting to drive...
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" I'd be more sympathetic to the anti abortion vote if that vote also was pro education for kids, pro school meals, pro maternity leave, pro equal pay, pro living wage, pro free healthcare, especially...
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Most Catholic Democrat voters are, in effect, Protestants. They are not Catholic in any real sense. They reject the Church's Magisterium and they vote accordingly. Or, they rationalize voting for...
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The answer to the question posed is clearly "yes." Suppose a candidate identified himself as a servant of Satan and stated that his goal, if elected, were to promote and endorse Satanism with the full...
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"irenaeus" has a comment here justifying a vote against Republican candidates because (oh no, not this old song) George Bush invaded Iraq. After the Pope asked him not to. irenaeus points out that now...
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First of all to imply that voting Democrat could be a mortal sin because they vote for abortion is flawed since the majority of Republicans vote for the death penalty. Both positions are opposed by the...
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Trytoseeitmyway is absolutely right. It is not George W. Bush's fault, or the fault of the Republican Party, that Muslims are slaughtering Christians in Iraq and elsewhere around the world. Saddam was...
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Josh - I am opposed to the death penalty. But, abortion and the death penalty are not morally equivalent. First, aborted babies are completely innocent; convicted murderers are not. Second, at most a...
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@Josh: Abortion is against the natural law and the Fifth Commandment, and has been condemned by the Church since the beginning of Christianity. This is not the case with capital punishment, which is...
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"Both positions are opposed by the church. Both are equally wrong." No they aren't and no they aren't. "Human life cannot be measured in terms of numbers." Over one million innocent lives v. the lives...
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So it is a mortal sin to vote for Obama. Does that mean that Benedict XVI committed a venial sin when he called him twice to congratulate him on being elected? - George Marshall
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@George Marshall: After the fait accompli of election, those of us who voted against Obama may pray for him frequently as leader of the country. No "venial sin" there, I believe. - Howard Kainz
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From CRISIS Oct 16, 2012 Guy McClung My view: Mortal Sin: Vote Democrat Is it a Mortal Sin to vote for Obama? Finally bishops, archbishops and cardinals across the USA are making it crystal clear: no...
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