You forget that most in America is center-right. Plus I am happy to be Catholic as it is the mother church of all the other Christian churches.
The Catholic Church is much more conserivitve then given credit for.
By the way Einstein, Salvation is a gal not a fellow.
First off, Salvation is a lovely, retired older woman who I did have the privilege to meet once. She's very dedicated to what she does here and we thank her.
Second, there are studies out there that do support the claim that the vast majority of Americans are to some extent pro-life. They do not, however, vote with pro-life as their primary issue. As far as friends are concerned, it depends on who you know. I've been rather stunned to find like-minded people in some very strange places. The difference is, we have knowledge of not simply the baby-killing but what it does to women. Stop by the websites for Rachel's Vineyard or Project Rachel sometime. Roe v. Wade was one of the single worst acts to ever happen regarding the dignity of women and most people out there have no clue.
The problem I have with your post is contained in your first sentence. I am a Roman Catholic. I don’t describe it as a “Catholic thing” and non-Catholics who do are just ignorant. Shame on you.
Poll after poll has proven that the vast majority of Americans are not in favor of abortion on demand for any reason through all nine months of pregnancy, which is effectively what we have today in the US.
The number of people who actually agree with Obama on abortion (no parental consent, no conscience clauses, let babies who survive die of neglect) is well below 20%.
The reason why Father Frank Pavone made the statement in this article that a majority of Americans are pro-life is because it is true that a majority of Americans support restrictions on abortion. A majority are not absolutely and purely pro-life in terms of advocating no abortion under any circumstances, but they are pro-life to some degree.
Even a recent NBC News poll (obviously biased) finds that only 25% of Americans believe that abortion should always be legal. Pew Research found the number was only 17%: http://www.pollingreport.com/abortion.htm Father Frank discusses why even these polls are most likely slanted toward the pro-abortion side here: http://www.priestsforlife.org/columns/columns2001/01-12-17pollthepolls.htm
| Over 100 Bishops Have Spoken Out on Priority of Life Issues Posted on October 28, 2008, 11:59 AM | Deal W. Hudson |
How is that going to help? It's so many people NOT voting their faith that is the problem already.