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To: Olog-hai

Kerry is Skull and Bones......

It was discovered in 2003 by Felix Gundacker, a genealogist[7] working with The Boston Globe, that Kerry’s paternal grandparents, who had been born “Fritz Kohn” and “Ida Löwe” in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, changed their names to “Frederick and Ida Kerry” in 1900 and converted from Judaism to Roman Catholicism in 1901[8][9] or 1902.[10]

A Roman Catholic, Kerry was said to carry a rosary, a prayer book, and a St. Christopher medal (the patron saint of travelers) when he campaigned. However, while Kerry is personally against abortion, he supports a woman’s legal right to have one, which puts him at odds with the Catholic Church. Discussing his faith, Kerry said, “I thought of being a priest. I was very religious while at school in Switzerland. I was an altar boy and prayed all the time. I was very centered around the Mass and the church.” He also said that the Letters of Paul moved him the most, stating that they taught him to “not feel sorry for myself.”[22]

In an interview with Christianity Today, Kerry said of his faith: “I’m a Catholic and I practice, but at the same time I have an open-mindedness to many other expressions of spirituality that come through different religions. ... I’ve spent some time reading and thinking about [religion] and trying to study it, and I’ve arrived at not so much a sense of the differences, but a sense of the similarities in so many ways.” He said that he believed that the Torah, the Qur’an, and the Bible all share a fundamental story which connects with readers.[23]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry

America Undecided: Catholic, Independent and Social Justice Perspectives on Election 2012

“Before he was a devoted husband and father, or a U.S. Senator, or a presidential candidate of historic accomplishments, Barack Obama took a job working as a community organizer for a group of eight Catholic parishes in one of the nation’s largest cities. With funding from the U.S. Bishops and working for three years out of an office in a Catholic church rectory, he embarked on a campaign to empower the lives of thousands of people who were suffering through economic circumstances not unlike what has befallen our country today. “
http://www.catholicdemocrats.org/cfo/the_catholic_case_for_obama.php

US Returns to Pressuring Israel on 2-State ‘Solution’
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/164595#.UQUml_Ja5fx

Door Closing on Peace, Warns Jordan’s King
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/164575#.UQUsb_Ja5fw

Kerry: Door for ‘Two-State Solution’ May be Closing
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/164557#.UQUsnvJa5fw

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23 posted on 01/27/2013 5:40:49 AM PST by haffast (Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all. -Abe Lincoln)
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To: haffast

Don’t worry! Chuck Hagel is an Episcopalian, not Catholic

http://davidgibson.religionnews.com/2013/01/09/dont-worry-chuck-hagel-is-an-episcopalian-not-catholic/


25 posted on 01/27/2013 5:56:32 AM PST by haffast (Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all. -Abe Lincoln)
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