Posted on 10/16/2008 1:09:16 PM PDT by NYer
When 0bama signs the Freedom of Choice Act what will their reaction be then? How will Kmiec and others like him explain their feelings at that time? They are doing a stupid thing. Either that or their commitment to the pro life cause is a lie.
The Catholic Church is going to be a big factor for McCain.Clinton got a majority of Catholics both times,Obama will not.At 9am mass today,our priest came out against abortion and euthanasia.He also downgraded candidates that try to use slick language to obscure their positions on life in debates.
All other important questions revolve around "issues," but the difference between liberty and tyranny revolve around the question of whether life and liberty are gifts from a Creator or whether they are grants, or permissions, from other human beings.
Creator-endowed right to life and liberty is the foundation upon which this nation was founded.
If a nation devalues that concept, basing an individual's right to life and liberty on judicial fiat and a woman or girl's decision, then where is the security for liberty for any?
The elephant in the room in this election is the Radical Left's absolute determination that it, alone, will decide who sits on the Supreme Court of the United States! They talk about "change," they talk about war, they talk about everything else, but the "elephant" is the question of the unfettered right of a woman to destroy her unborn child. They can call it "privacy rights," "reproductive rights, or the "right of a woman to choose," but one can see from their hatred of Palin that the so-called "right to choose," is only valid if the woman's choice is to permit taking the life of the unborn. To the Left, this is a declared war on all opposition.
Yes, it is time for John McCain to take off the gloves on exposing the real culprits in the government who forced banks to make risky loans to unqualified people, but for the sake of liberty for generations yet unborn, it is far more important that he clarify the importance of life, and the threat to liberty if Obama carries out the Left's agenda. Soft pedaling this issue, as if it is just a personal preference, overlooks a far more significant principle.
"The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them."- Thomas Jefferson
"The world is different now. . . . And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forefathers fought are still at issue around the globe--the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God."- JFK, Inaugural 1961
Kennedy, Biden, Kerry, Pelosi and many other CINOs think so.
The problem with religion is that it doesn’t change the heart of man within. An individual who has undergone a spiritual transformation (new birth), would never vote for someone like Obama who sanctions the murder of both the born and unborn, not to mention his support for the homosexual agenda. Religion destroys and corrupts, being truly born again changes the heart from within and causes decisions to be made on biblical absolutes, rather than what a man thinks, feels, or wants. Jesus Christ would never vote for a left wing nutcase such as Barak Hussein Obama. No one who has followed the biblical mandate to “put on the mind of Christ,” would vote for him either.
That “Catholic” has been told by BOTH of his bishops (Washington DC, and Delaware) that his support for abortion has rendered him unworthy to present himself for Holy Communion.
Didn’t Kmiec used to be at Sidley Austin, Michelle’s and Bernadine’s old law firm (a long time ago)?
Makes you wonder if something happened at “the firm” which is making Kmiec go off the deep end in this way.
The Catholic Church is going to be a big factor for McCain.”
He hit life and vouchers back to back last night. Big plus for the Catholic vote!!!
According to Wikipedia, one of his 5 children works for Sidley Austin, but it doesn’t say anything about him having done so.
Can you be a Catholic and support the death penalty?
My sister-in-law (the Godmother of my children!) has adopted Kmeic's "alternative," as have my brother-in-law (former seminarian, yet!) and my in-laws. My stance is as yours is: abortion is the gravest of mortal sins, and no one who claims to be Catholic can support Obama. In fact, I've stated that I do not believe that my SIL can continue to stand as Godmother if she continues on her path.
Needless to say, most of the family now considers me persona non grata.
These are dark, testing times. I pray daily that the scales will fall from their eyes.
The Priest at my Church has stated repeatedly in his homilies that we as Catholics have a responsibility to vote for Pro Life politicians. I have seen a couple of obama stickers on cars in the parking lot (only a couple in a very large Parish) and I just can not understand why.
From the Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 2267 (http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/2267.htm)
Assuming that the guilty party’s identity and responsibility have been fully determined, the traditional teaching of the Church does not exclude recourse to the death penalty, if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives against the unjust aggressor.
If, however, non-lethal means are sufficient to defend and protect people’s safety from the aggressor, authority will limit itself to such means, as these are more in keeping with the concrete conditions of the common good and are more in conformity to the dignity of the human person.
Today, in fact, as a consequence of the possibilities which the state has for effectively preventing crime, by rendering one who has committed an offense incapable of doing harm - without definitely taking away from him the possibility of redeeming himself - the cases in which the execution of the offender is an absolute necessity “are very rare, if not practically non-existent.”
Short answer is, yes, Catholics can support the death penalty.
Yes, as a Catholic you can support the death penalty.
Yes. You can also be a Catholic and support or even participate in a "just" war.
Abortion is always wrong because abortion is always the destruction of innocent life.
Bernardine and his "seamless-garment" crowd always gloss over that little word.
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