No surprise that the Red Star Tribune would write an article trying to create a divide between Catholics and the Roman Catholic Church.
The quote from the Church spokesman says it all: Catholics who actually attend mass regularly support traditional marriage (and, I would add, the right to life), while “Catholics” who aren’t truly part of the Church (and only attend mass maybe twice a year, on Easter Sunday and Christmas Day) may take socially liberal positions and will skew polling.
The Red Star Tribune wants (i) the marriage amendment to be defeated and (ii) to create a greater rift between “cafeteria Catholics” and the Church. Their concern-trolling articles, much like their ridiculous polls that—year in and year out—oversample Democrats and end up being proved terribly incorrect, should be ignored.
The marriage amendment will be approved in Minnesota, and it could have the secondary effect of defeating Obama in the state.
Exactly.
I can tell you for a fact that this is not just a Catholic problem. We have our own Easter Sunday and Christmas members too. If every person who says they are Christian attended church regularly, new churches would have to be built to accommodate them. My own little church lists over 300 members, we do well to have 50 in church on Sunday morning. That's a very sad assessment.
My 13 year old daughter is sick this morning and my wife is staying home with her but my 12 year old son and I are getting ready to go to Sunday school and church. That doesn't make me better than anyone else but it is an outward manifestation of dedication to Christianity.
Jesus went to "Church" even taught there, he died for me, it's the least I can do, attend church and importantly take my family with me.