Because it’s the most consistent denomination when it comes to life. No other approaches it. Not only is it church policy, but the vast majority of Catholics, leaders or followers, actually subscribe to it.
Unfortunately, too many see it as a “tradable political issue”. IOW, if one candidate is pro-job and another is pro-life, there’s this logic that says that’s an even trade off. “Life” is not an issue. It’s the premier God-given right.
Don't drink the Kool-Aid:
...The disagreement over Notre Dame and Obama is essentially the same as the disagreement among clashing American Catholic camps over the issue of the moral and legal status of abortion itself. In fact, 61 percent of the “attend less often” Catholics believe that abortion rights should be protected in all or most cases, as opposed to 30 percent (still an interesting number) among the “attend weekly” Catholics.How Catholic Universities Support Planned Parenthood-- from the thread Those consistently complex “Catholic voters”
Because it’s the most consistent denomination when it comes to life.
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and more. like gay marriage, women priests, reading the Quran in church and “Chrislam”, etc.
certainly i admire many of my Baptist brothers and sisters.
their faith, Bible knowledge, etc.
but the Catholic Church has built-in “checks and balances”,
that prevent most “drift” and inconsistencies.
however, most important, sincere praise to ALL Christians, who fight for the unborn lives, that God has created.
(and thanks to NYer for posting this)
We are called to duty and the problem is when we focus on preaching to non-Christians and forgetting to preach to ourselves
That's the result of the 'Seamless Garment' gang. I forget if it was Bernadin or Weakland that started it.
Fantastic words from you!
The majority of Catholics vote Democrat, so how are they following an anti-abortion route?
Here is an example of the California voters and pro-life/pro-abortion voting for leaders and issues, the Catholic Church opposed prop 71, but Catholics supported it.
