john Kerry: A Call To Service Excerpt (on being a practicing Catholic)

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[Land_of_Lincoln_John]

" Anticipating my candidacy, the Boston Globe looked into my family history… the paper discovered that one hundred years ago, my paternal grandfather was an Austrian Jew named Fritz Kohn, who changed his name to Kerry and converted to Catholicism shortly before immigrating to Massachusetts. I didn't know this because my grandfather died when my father was just five years old...

One thing that hasn't changed for me as a result of this revelation is my Catholic heritage. I am a believing and practicing Catholic, married to another believing and practicing Catholic. And being an American Catholic at this particular moment in history has three particular implications for my own point of view as a candidate for presidency.

The first two follow directly from the two great commandments set forth in the Scriptures: our obligations to love God with all our hearts, souls, and minds and to love our neighbors as ourselves. The first commandment means we must believe that there are absolute standards of right and wrong. They may not always be that clear, but they exist, and it is our duty ti honor them as best we can.

The second commandment means that our commitment to equal rights and social justice, here and around the world, is not simply a matter of political fashion or economic and social theory but a direct command from God…Christian bigotry and intolerance are nothing less than a direct affront to God's law and a rejection of God's love.

There is a third facet of being an American Catholic. To a larger extent than Catholics elsewhere, we have supported and relied upon the constitutional principle of the separation of church and state to guarantee our right to worship and our liberty of conscience. That tradition, strongly advanced by John F. Kennedy in his quest to become our first Catholic president, helped make religious affiliation a nonissue in American politics. It should stay that way." John Kerry, A Call to Service, pp. 23-4.

[Land_of_Lincoln_John]

This from the guy who tried to annul his first marriage (which produced two kids). Oh, and a bunch of other stuff...

[Dan from Michigan]

Real Catholics are not backers of partial birth abortion. PERIOD.

[tomahawk]

He votes to keep killing viable children legal if the mother wants to do it. I don't care what his supposed religion is, he may as well be a Satanist.

[Burkeman1]

Wow- I thought Kerry was a Scotch Irish protestant and I am from Mass.

[longtermmemmory]

I thought kerry was party Jewish? But not part catholic.

Does anyone know what the deal is? Just want to know.

[Hon]

Kerry is about as Catholic as he is Irish.

[wadeintothem]

Does Kerry have an original thought.. or does he really think he's JFK.. someone needs to do an expose on the attempts at similarities.. hmmmm

[Hon]

Kerry is a made up name. His grandfather's name was Kohn and he and his wife were Jewish. They came to this country from Czechoslovakia. They supposedly converted to Catholicism.

Kerry has pretended to be Irish to get votes. He has even made speeches about being Irish. He will lie about anything. He is a fraud.

[Dolphy]

To a larger extent than Catholics elsewhere, we have supported and relied upon the constitutional principle of the separation of church and state to guarantee our right to worship and our liberty of conscience.

Hold on a minute, isn't this the same Kerry who said that the separation of church and state meant that religious beliefs should not serve to instruct a politician? It seems to me that he meant he would be instructed by those beliefs that make good politics and disregard the rest.

[longtermmemmory]

So he is of Czechoslavakian of Jewish parents.

Then as an adult, for whatever reason, kerry has converted to Irish and practices kennedy catholicism.

[secret garden]

Today he's a Catholic. Who knows what he'll be tomorrow?

[mass55th]

Too bad he doesn't practice the 7th amendment: Thou shalt not commit adultery.

[longtermmemmory]

not? NOT? are you sure that's not a typo? (/s)

[lilylangtree]

Kerry is a lying, smarmy practicing Catholic.

[mass55th]

Kerry's Ten Commandments

1. I am a Gigolo. Thou shalt not have any other Gigolo before ye.

2. Thou shalt not use my name without first donating large sums of money to my Presidential campaign fund.

3. Thou shalt emulate my greatness in all you say and do. But remember, under penalty of death, there is only room for one JFK in this universe.

4. Remember my birthday, and always keep it. My gift registries are at Tiffany's, Sach's 5th Avenue and Bloomingdale's, New York.

5. Honor my Vietnam War service and my medals. But ignore my anti-war activites and my affiliation with one Hanoi Jane.

6. Thou shalt kill all Republicans and unborn babies. Thou shalt not kill murderers, rapists and child molesters.

7. Thou shalt commit adultry and when you get tired of your wife and children, disavow your marriage and seek annulment to erase any record of its existence.Then become a kept man by marrying a rich widow

8. Thou shalt not steal from me, but I can steal from you.

9. Thou shalt bear false witness against all Republicans, no matter what.

10. Thou may covet my wife, but not my house, my servant or any other damn thing I own. In fact, what's mine is mine, and what's yours is mine.

So be it!!

[NYer]

I am a believing and practicing Catholic, married to another believing and practicing Catholic.

2270 Human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception. From the first moment of his existence, a human being must be recognized as having the rights of a person -- among which is the inviolable right of every innocent being to life.
Catechism Catholic Church

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[Salvation]

An annulment does not make the children illegitimate.

[Salvation]

**Real Catholics are not backers of partial birth abortion. PERIOD.**

You are correct, sir! Or any kind of abortion, euthenasia, etc.

[Salvation]

John Kerry is what we Catholics call
CINO
Catholic in Name Only.

See the links below.

[Dan from Michigan]

As someone with a little bit of Czech blood and a lot of Irish blood, I have to correct this. I'm fairly certain his dad's side is Austrian.