Posted on 03/17/2015 11:42:10 AM PDT by NRx
...Many of his priorities during his two terms as governor of Florida aligned with those of the Catholic Church — including his extraordinary, and unsuccessful, effort to force a hospital to keep Terri Schiavo on life support, as well as less well known, and also unsuccessful, efforts to appoint a guardian for the fetus of a developmentally disabled rape victim, and to prevent a 13-year-old girl from having an abortion. He even, during his first year in office, signed a law creating a “Choose Life” license plate.
He differed from his church, significantly and openly, over capital punishment; 21 prisoners were executed by the state on his watch, the most under any Florida governor since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. But he has also won praise from Catholic officials for his welcoming tone toward immigrants, and his relatively centrist positions on education — two issues in which he is at odds with the right wing of his party.
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So what makes him a bad Catholic?
I agree with you, he seems to be a very good Catholic, and too liberal for the party, that only a minority of Catholics support.
Terri Schiavo was NOT on “life support.” She was NOT dying.
She was being starved and dehydrated, and she was being murdered.
Jeb asked many, many other people to save Terri’s life. But they refused.
When it was HIS turn to save her life, he refused.
So what makes him a bad Catholic?
Theres good catholics?..
Nobody is as religious as a liberal Statist...
Givernment IS THEIR GOD.. a God with a MASK..
Holy Obamanomics.... MoonBatman..
Among pro-abortion politicians, and covertly pro-abortion Catholics, opposition to capital punishment serves to provide cover for pro-abortion politicians who want to claim that opposing capital punishment makes them “pro-life.” Mario Cuomo said, “The bishops are saying, ‘Pro-life’ doesn’t mean just abortion.” And he was right. That’s exactly what the Seamless Garment bishops were saying, and do say.
Bush’s position on capital punishment is NOT in conflict with the teaching of the Catholic Church.
No 3rd Booshies.
Wrong. Three are Jewish: Breyer, Ginsberg, Kagan.
FABULOUS!!
Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice from 1836 to 1864, was Catholic. I'm guessing more Associate Justices were probably Catholic as well.
So being a Christian & an amnesty advocate makes his chance of being the nation's 2nd Catholic president very slim.
The election of JFK is what gave us this immigration, it was his political goal to replace the anti-democrat American voter, and his dream was passed upon his death.
And you get a big BINGO, too. Bush is totally in line with the NWO Globalist agenda and always has been, but had to throw crumbs to “the base” to get as far as he did. If you read his wife’s alleged life story, you will scratch your head. Did he “shelter her” from the big meanie immigration laws of America as well? Jeb’s complicity in not using his authority to save Terri or Elian are unforgivable and disqualify him from any higher elected office...not that it even matters any more...but I still like to pretend that it does.(
“Bush’s position on capital punishment is NOT in conflict with the teaching of the Catholic Church.”
Yes, that is what I wrote in my post.
Bingo Souix-san. Totally agree.
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