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To: Kolokotronis
You seem to be missing the point ...

These pro-death bozos are going around

1) Claiming to be Catholic
2) Supporting in every way possible the bloody murder of unborn children.

Their behaviour is scandalous. They need to be told, flat out, that (2) above is incompatible with (1) above ... and that if they persist in (2) that (1) will be declared null. Bishop Martino (and others) should simply declare them excommunicated and be done with it. If Bishop Martino's skull becomes a flagstone in Satan's Courtyard, it may very likely be because of what he hasn't done. And the flagstone next over may well be Casey's skull.

You seem to forget that part of a Bishop's job is to teach.

15 posted on 04/30/2009 6:38:51 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: ArrogantBustard

“You seem to be missing the point ...”

I don’t think so. My point is that I, as an Orthodox Christian, do not hold that a pro-life position trumps all other Christian positions, or conversely, that a pro abortion position necessarily outweighs all other Christian positions. I can and I have voted for politicians whose public positions support what you and I call a pro abortion stance, and I have done that while being active in our state’s Right to Life movement. My Church does not teach me that a pro life position is the only test for my vote. Under the circumstances, I don’t want to be represented by someone who votes a certain way because his/her bishop holds a position not held by Orthodoxy and insists that a politician under obedience to him vote in accordance with that theological position.

“Their behaviour is scandalous. They need to be told, flat out, that (2) above is incompatible with (1) above ... and that if they persist in (2) that (1) will be declared null. Bishop Martino (and others) should simply declare them excommunicated and be done with it.”

AB, that’s fine with me. Like I said, its the bishop’s call. But if I lived in his diocese, I’d NEVER vote for any pol who qualifies as or hopes to qualify as a good Latin Rite Catholic.


20 posted on 04/30/2009 6:50:32 AM PDT by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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