Ironically, the priest I had in Georgia, whom I loved dearly and who marched against abortion, favored Kerry in the ‘04 elections.
You say “ironically.” I say “tragically.”
How did he justify that?
My entire parish (priests and nuns) favored Kerry in 2004, except for our Monsignor/Pastor who was independent (politically)but favored Bush because of his pro life stand. Our former monsignor/pastor was probably a liberal on most things but was conservative on abortion and wouldn’t support anyone who was pro abortion. He gave a sermon the sunday before the 2004 elections and said everyone who votes should vote their conscience and any Catholic who votes should vote their faith. Many in our parish were appalled he even mentioned the election and politics during MAss. We’re a liberal parish/area and a priest telling us that abortion is an important issue sent fireworks through the community. Many were astounded that it was mentioned in Church during Mass with the whole separation of Church and State (I’m serious).
He died a few months ago and the new pastor seems really liberal but the parish is liberal too so I’m sure that won’t happen again.
Catholics for the most part vote democrat. For some reason, many nuns and priests support dems who are everything opposite what the church teaches. I don’t understand it and the only reason I can come up with is ethnic.
What did you say in reply? When I talked to my parish priest about this issue, I stated that people are voting for abortion just as much as they’re “voting to help the poor” when they vote for pro-choice politicians. He said he had “never thought of that”.