Posted on 11/03/2010 9:03:36 AM PDT by marshmallow
I assumed until this morning that Marco Rubio, the pro-life new senator-elect from Florida, was a Catholic. That’s because I kept reading in articles that he was “a conservative Roman Catholic”. Then I came across this curious article from Politics Daily which (without apparently realising that it is doing so) reveals that he has abandoned the faith of his Cuban parents:
What is Marco Rubio’s religion?
Rubio is a Roman Catholic.
Where does Marco Rubio worship?
Though he is Catholic, Rubio belongs to the Christ Fellowship nondenominational Church in West Kendall, Fla., where he has attended for the last six years.
Was Marco Rubio born Roman Catholic, or did he convert?
Rubio was born Roman Catholic.
What has Marco Rubio said about the Roman Catholic Church?
When asked about how his faith has sustained him, Rubio said that he derives his family’s strength from faith. “If you get the personal part of your life wrong, nothing else makes sense,” he said, adding that his most important job is father and husband, and “I try to get that right, … and certainly that comes from our faith.” As a Catholic potential senator, he has expressed a possible division (as well as an inference that his Christianity informs his morality): “For those who have the Christian faith and are in politics, there is a constant struggle between a desire to do what is right and how that sometimes may not coincide with what is popular,” he said. “I hope that, more often than not, I make the right choice.”
All very confusing: the author of the piece seems to think that attending Christ Fellowship Church is compatible with Catholicism. It is not. The congregation believes the following about the Eucharist:
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.telegraph.co.uk ...
Original headline:"Marco Rubio, the 'Catholic' senator-elect from Florida, attends and 'donates thousands' to a hardline Protestant church "
I guess it does no harm at election time in a place like Florida to tout ones "Catholicism". Votes are what counts, right and hey..........., this is politics!!
Catholic or Protestant...so what? He still has a belief if the one true God.
More then you can say about most of Washington.
I don’t remember Rubio saying he was Catholic, just that he had faith.
he’s NOT a Catholic if he isn’t a practicing one.
Personally, I don’t think it prudent to make an issue out of this. Far better to pray....
So what? Are you IRA or something?
You are correct Catholics and Protestant differ, remembrance is for the same reason.
Get back to me when he claims to be Christian but is in actuality Muslim.
Yeah, we should have realized you can't get a real conservative from your church.
What a great way to try and diminish a rising star. Did you see his acceptance speech?
So What...
I’m sure Florida’s voters would have voted for Crist, if only they’d known Rubio attended a Protestant church.
Flying purple freepers, can’t you see how absurd this is?
Who cares? I mean really.
Agreed.
But it can't be both.
Just make up your mind what you are and tell people the truth.
Would it be too hard to say "I've quit the Catholic Church and now attend a pentecostal church"?
One’s religion has shown to have very little effect on one’s political beliefs. That makes no sense but it’s true.
Those more interested in Protestant/Catholic split than is probably healthy for their soul cannot stand the fact that most Christians are not nearly as concerned as they are.
“One’s religion has shown to have very little effect on one’s political beliefs. “
Actually, my faith has had a profound influence on my political beliefs. On what research do you base your statement that it has little effect?
I attend a very conservative church and will not even belong to a church if the pastor is a Democrat because it shows me he doesn't get the big picture BUT that said, one of the most famous members of my denomination would NEVER have gotten my vote.
Catholics believe that a lapsed Catholic is still Catholic. Sounds like an internal matter to me.
Do you regret your vote now?
Not your district? Well then okay.
What about Kennedy, Pelosi, Kerry, Harkin, and a whole host of other extremely liberal so-called "Catholics" who do not practice the Catholic beliefs at all and most do not care one way or the other.
Just keep redistributing the wealth.
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