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Former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, who lost this crucial swing state in November, sounded Friday as if he were still stumping for Florida's votes. The Massachusetts senator, at a National Head Start Association conference to tout his plan to provide health care for uninsured children, hammered on familiar themes of values and unity while repeatedly criticizing the Bush administration and Republican leaders in Congress. "I went back and reread the whole New Testament the other day. Nowhere in the three-year ministry of Jesus Christ did I find a suggestion at all, ever, anywhere, in any way whatsover, that you...

OPINION - Picture in your mind an angry caricature of a man who was shaking his fist in the face of the Almighty. It is quite likely that the man would be a Democrat. And most likely his name would be John F. Kerry. It was a tough week for the "has been" presidential nominee. Hillary is beating him in anything resembling a poll for 2008. Tom DeLay is ready and waiting to go before the House Ethics Committee, but the Democrats can't seem to get their act together to accept the challenge. The leader of the body he serves...

DAYTON, Ohio, Oct 31 (AFP) - Democratic nominee John Kerry on Sunday pledged to heal America's "wounds" as he preached to African American worshippers in the crucial swing state of Ohio, two days before the toss-up US election. Kerry, at the altar of the Shiloh Baptist church, tempered his raw meat political message with lessons from the Bible, to chide the social and economic policies of his opponent, President George W. Bush. "As the scripture teaches us, those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength and they will soar on wings like eagles and they will run and...

Subj: Kerry Scolds Vatican Over Gay Marriage Date: 10/31/2004 8:37:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time From: "Fr. Peter West" To: Kerry Scolds Vatican Over Gay Marriage Associated Press BOSTON - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry scolded the Vatican Friday for saying Catholic politicians like himself have a "moral duty" to oppose laws granting legal rights to gay couples. "I believe in the church and I care about it enormously," said the Massachusetts senator. "But I think that it's important to not have the church instructing politicians. That is an inappropriate crossing of the line in America." The Vatican had urged Catholics...

I HAVE BEEN following John Kerry's career for 22 years, ever since his 1982 run for lieutenant governor of Massachusetts. I have encountered him in small private gatherings and in large public settings. I have spoken about him often with people who know him well. I have read innumerable accounts of his non-political passions and pastimes. And if at any point during all those years you had asked me whether I thought Kerry was a religious man, I would have answered without hesitation: ''No, not at all.'' I would have had plenty of company, too. A Time magazine poll in...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Democrat John Kerry on Sunday tried to persuade late-deciding voters that they can put their faith in his leadership by describing the values and beliefs that he says have guided him and would shape his presidency. Kerry said the Bible - and the American dream - says society must take care of its most vulnerable members, but in many ways that test is not being met under the country's current leadership. And he responded to some leaders of the Catholic church who have criticized his support of abortion rights and stem cell research. "I love my...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites) on Sunday tried to persuade late-deciding voters that they can put their faith in his leadership by describing the values and beliefs that he says have guided him and would shape his presidency. Kerry said the Bible — and the American dream — says society must take care of its most vulnerable members, but in many ways that test is not being met under the country's current leadership. And he responded to some leaders of the Catholic church who have criticized his support of abortion rights and stem cell...

Friday, October 22, 2004 Kerry: Does he or doesn't he? Posted: October 22, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern By Rebecca Hagelin © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com Sen. Kerry is trying to make the practice of faith an issue in the presidential election. But if you listen to what he says, it's extremely difficult to figure out exactly what is and isn't an acceptable application of one's faith in the public square. Quite frankly, his message on faith and policy sounds like gobbledygook. So ... does he, or doesn't' he? Does Sen. Kerry believe that an elected official's faith and moral values should influence his or her...

John F. Kerry is evolving from a reserved Catholic reluctant to discuss faith in the public square into a Democratic preacher of sorts.. From the pulpit to the pastures, Kerry is increasingly spreading a more spiritual messag... ...In what has become a familiar refrain of Kerry's sermons, he told the story of the Good Samaritan to illustrate God's calling to help the least of America's people. "This," he said, "is how you reach the kingdom of Heaven."

Kerry picks and chooses. He invokes God's guidance on the little stuff, the easy stuff, the boilerplate. He turns his back on God on the big issues,abortion and, with a wink, gay marriage. Goldberg says that Kerry seems to have it backwards. God doesn't take a position on the minimum wage or the Superfund, so politicians shouldn't feel the need to consult HIM. Beyond the naked pandering, Kerry's positions are morally and religiously empty. When it comes to tough issues, what Kerry wants is GRACE ON THE CHEAP. Bush says God guides him in everything he does. Kerry says that...

NewsMax.com's Fr. Michael Reilly zeroes in on John Kerry's little-noticed debate flip-flop on religion in politics. "Now, with respect to religion, you know, as I said, I grew up a Catholic. I was an altar boy. I know that throughout my life this has made a difference to me," Sen. John Kerry told the audience at Arizona State University during Wednesday night's presidential debate. Kerry explained that he can't rely on his faith when it comes to issues like abortion and gay marriage, but by the end of his answer, he was arguing that his faith influences his positions on...

I Noticed Kerry looked up a couple of Bible verses to recite during the debates and I’m not real sure how he was trying to use them in what he was trying to say. The President, however, has not quoted verse in the debates, but a belief that comes from a lot of verses, specifically a belief that freedom is a gift from God. I thought I would post a few of those in hopes that maybe Kerry might read one or two of them. Hopefully he will pay special attention to the Final verse. Sorry for the vanity guys

JOHN KERRY'S RELIGION September 28, 2004 by Joe Sobran In his convention acceptance speech, John Kerry made a brief, vague reference to his "faith" and skipped over the subject even more quickly than he did his political career. A few months ago, it appeared that Kerry might have trouble with some Catholic bishops if he tried to take Communion, because of his consistent advocacy of abortion. But Kerry and his defenders insisted that he was a Catholic in good standing, and the issue faded away. Still, there were unanswered questions about how seriously Kerry took his Catholicism. Had he...

The Lord has a way of revealing those of us who really know him, and those that don't! Kerry gave a big speech last week about how his faith is so "important" to him. In this attempt to convince the American people that we should consider him for president, he announced that his favorite Bible verse is John 16:3. Of course the speech writer meant John 3:16, but nobody in the Kerry camp was familiar enough with scripture to catch the error. And do you know what John 16:3 says? John 16:3 - "They will do such things because they...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry has begun speaking more openly about his faith, a move political experts say is crucial to chipping away at President Bush's advantage among churchgoers. Kerry, a Roman Catholic, rarely addressed his faith during the primary season, but from his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention last month to regular visits to black and non-denominational churches, he is talking in more detail about God's role in his life. At the Greater Grace Temple in Springfield, Ohio, last Sunday, Kerry told hundreds of worshipers he was running as a "lay leader" but added:...

Many American’s watched John Kerry, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Presidency give his acceptance speech before a raving audience at the Democratic Party Convention in Boston, Mass. Kerry was well rehearsed, and had his lines down pat as he stood before the masses his far-left-wing supporters. He came, he spoke, he made his points, but did you catch what he was really saying? Were you able to discern what he really meant when he said, “help is on the way”? He talked about Jobs, wealth, and prosperity claiming that President Bush has cost America too many jobs, and that...

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) - John Kerry is talking more openly about his personal connection to God and guns as he kicks off the general election campaign asking for support from conservative-leaning independent voters. As his post-convention bus tour rolls through blue collar and Republican-leaning districts, Kerry has repeatedly described how he began a lifetime of hunting and fishing as a young boy. And lately he's been speaking in more detail about a faith that he and running mate John Edwards share in God. "We're running to be lay leaders, but there isn't any way that you're not affected by...

Kerry has a different language, a different connection to ritual, and a different relationship to Jesus than that of Bush. John Kerry was never a Prodigal Son. His faith journey contains no leave-taking and triumphant return, no revival, no conversion on the road to Damascus. Unlike President Bush--a Protestant who experienced a profound conversion at age 40 under the Rev. Billy Graham's tutelage--Kerry has been a steady, churchgoing Catholic literally since the day he was born. For Americans who have grown accustomed in the last four years to a certain kind of spiritual biography, Kerry's will seem starkly different. He...

Sen. John Kerry revealed a lot about himself in his speech last night at the Democrat convention, such as when he paraphrased fellow Democrat Ron Prescott Reagan: "I don't wear my own faith on my sleeve." He failed to mention that those Catholic bishops who actually practice the Catholic faith ban him from receiving Holy Communion in their dioceses. But today he's probably regretting how much he exposed about himself when he said, "I don't want to claim that God is on our side."

As you may already know, one of America's two political parties is extremely religious. Sixty-one percent of this party's voters say they pray daily or more often. An astounding 92 percent of them believe in life after death. And there's a hard-core subgroup in this party of super-religious Christian zealots. Very conservative on gay marriage, half of the members of this subgroup believe Bush uses too little religious rhetoric, and 51 percent of them believe God gave Israel to the Jews and that its existence fulfills the prophecy about the second coming of Jesus. Liberals could read these statistics and...

Following in the Howard Dean tradition, Hanoi John French Kerry took the stage before the Anti-Defamation League and preached the teachings of Jesus, "love thy neighbor" as Old Testament theocracy found in the 10 Commandments.

Just a webpage from a newcomer... about 80 or so quotes/citations from the Catholic Church's present and past about why "Kerry-esque" politicians are rubbish--some are rather amusing. This was made with a lot of articles/references from all you FR folks ..I appreciate it, lemme know what you think :) http://www.geocities.com/danny_444_plus/kerrycath.htm

"My oath privately between me and God was defined in the Catholic Church by Pius XXIII and Pope Paul VI in the Vatican II, which allows for freedom of conscience for Catholics with respect to these choices ..." Thus did John Kerry rebuke fellow Catholics who are demanding that the bishops sanction him for supporting abortions and homosexual unions. Katharine Seelye of the New York Times graciously points out that Kerry surely meant John XXIII, as there was no Pius XXIII. The gaffe does suggest, however, that Kerry is about as conversant with Catholic doctrine as Cardinal Ratzinger is with...

On Tuesday, New York Times reporter Katherine Q. Seelye reported that Senator John Kerry "became combative when told that some conservatives were criticizing him for being a Roman Catholic who supported policies, like abortion rights and same-sex unions, that are at odds with Catholic teaching." After demanding, "Name them. Are they the same legislators who vote for the death penalty, which is in contravention of Catholic teaching?" Senator Kerry made the following statement: "I'm not a church spokesman. I'm a legislator running for president. My oath is to uphold the Constitution of the United States in my public life. My...

Some have advanced the theory that John Kerry's alleged Catholicism will hurt his prospects in the general election. The idea is not that he will lose the votes of non-Catholics concerned about his possible "allegiance to a foreign power." Rather, it is thought that he might lose the votes of Catholics turned off by their "fellow Catholic's" public flouting of their church's teachings on abortion. Of course, many Catholic voters are generally with Kerry (half of them voted for Gore in 2004) and the Democratic party; a split by Catholics is not likely to be immediate or direct. This, however,...

If you know a Roman Catholic bishop or priest, please pass this along to him with a request for a response. If they don't mind, ask them to copy me on the response at hhewitt@hughhewitt.com. John Kerry is the second most visible American right now, and the most visible self-identified Roman Catholic in the country. The most influential newspaper in the world, the New York Times, reported on Tuesday that Kerry had issued the equivalent of a new catechism for the Roman Catholic Church. Here are the key paragraphs: Mr. Kerry became combative when told that some conservatives were...

(Excerpt) He (Kerry) added: "I'm not a church spokesman. I'm a legislator running for president. My oath is to uphold the Constitution of the United States in my public life. My oath privately between me and God was defined in the Catholic church by Pius XXIII and Pope Paul VI in the Vatican II, which allows for freedom of conscience for Catholics with respect to these choices, and that is exactly where I am. And it is separate. Our constitution separates church and state, and they should be reminded of that." Mr. Kerry apparently meant John XXIII, as there is...

Responding to concerns in his own party that he may have taken too long off the campaign trail, Senator John Kerry said Monday that he had plenty of time to define himself for voters despite millions of dollars worth of what he termed "the equivalent of nuclear attacks" on television by the Bush campaign that have cast him as a tax-and-spend liberal. "I'll put out a positive message, define myself to people — there's plenty of time here," Mr. Kerry, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, told reporters for regional newspapers in wide-ranging discussions here on Monday, his first day...

Catholic League president William Donohue commented as follows: “The Catholic League does not possess a theological micrometer that judges, with digital precision, how ‘good’ a Catholic is. Furthermore, it is not our business anyway. But it is also true that we will not pretend disinterest in subjects that touch on the issue of Catholics in public life. “This week’s issue of Time magazine says Senator John Kerry ‘sought an annulment of his 18-year first marriage before marrying again.’ News reports indicate, however, that Kerry didn’t seek an annulment until after he married Teresa Heinz in a civil ceremony in 1995....

"Catholic involvement in political life cannot compromise on" the principle of "respect for the human person," because "otherwise the witness of the Christian faith in the world, as well as the unity and interior coherence of the faithful, would be non-existent," says the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in a January 2003 document approved by Pope John Paul II. "In this context, it must be noted also that a well-formed Christian conscience does not permit one to vote for a political program or an individual law which contradicts the fundamental contents of faith and morals," the document continues....

.Silence won't work any longer Posted: March 31, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com "People in Rome are becoming more and more aware there's a problem with John Kerry," a Vatican official – an American – told Time Magazine this week, "and a potential scandal with his apparent profession of his Catholic faith and some of his stances, particularly abortion." When John Kerry attended Mass during his skiing-snowboarding-upbraiding-the secret-service-agent-falling-down-repeatedly vacation, and then jetted off to make a rare appearance in the United States Senate to vote against a bill defining an unborn child as, well, an unborn child, devout Catholics across the...

For the American politician working the stump there is seldom anything risky about quoting the Bible. Doing so has been one of the most effective ways of winning over the mass of American voters. Unless, that is, one happens to be a Roman Catholic who quotes a certain verse from the Epistle of James, which Sen. John Kerry did last Sunday in St. Louis. "The Scriptures say, 'What does it profit my brother if someone says he has faith but does not have works?'" preached Kerry at the North Side Baptist Church, paraphrasing James chapter two, verse fourteen. "When we...

Kerry’s Dirty Deeds By George Neumayr Published 3/30/2004 12:08:37 AM John F. Kerry is a more checkered Catholic than the first JFK. Unlike Kennedy who had some residual sense of respect for the Church, Kerry uses his Catholicism as a campaign prop while sabotaging its teachings. The irony of Kerry's Sunday sermon on George Bush's faith -- visiting a Baptist Church Kerry used scripture to suggest Bush has "faith but has no deeds" -- is that the verse describes the spin Kerry usually places on his own religion. He claims the Catholic faith but insists it should not influence his...

John F. Kerry is a more checkered Catholic than the first JFK. Unlike Kennedy who had some residual sense of respect for the Church, Kerry uses his Catholicism as a campaign prop while sabotaging its teachings. The irony of Kerry's Sunday sermon on George Bush's faith -- visiting a Baptist Church Kerry used scripture to suggest Bush has "faith but has no deeds" -- is that the verse describes the spin Kerry usually places on his own religion. He claims the Catholic faith but insists it should not influence his public deeds. "What good is it, my brothers, if a...

For the American politician working the stump there is seldom anything risky about quoting the Bible. Doing so has been one of the most effective ways of winning over the mass of American voters. Unless, that is, one happens to be a Roman Catholic who quotes a certain verse from the Epistle of James, which Sen. John Kerry did last Sunday in St. Louis. "The Scriptures say, 'What does it profit my brother if someone says he has faith but does not have works?'" preached Kerry at the North Side Baptist Church, paraphrasing James chapter two, verse fourteen. "When we...

John Kerry (news - web sites) says he is a proud, churchgoing Catholic, but the former altar boy insists he won't be bossed around by the Pope. "As John Kennedy said very clearly, I will be a President who happens to be Catholic, not a Catholic President," Kerry, whose pro-choice stance violates church teaching against abortion, told Time magazine. "We have a separation of church and state in this country," said the Massachusetts Democrat, who would be the nation's second Catholic commander in chief if elected. "I don't tell church officials what to do, and church officials shouldn't tell American...

<p>March 29, 2004 -- WASHINGTON - John Kerry says he's not worried over rumbling in the Catholic Church that his political positions are out of step with its teachings.</p> <p>Despite positions on abortion and fetus-protection laws that oppose the church's, Kerry insists his faith will not be a campaign issue.</p>

John Kerry's support for abortion and gay marriage, both condemned as mortal sins by the Roman Catholic Church, is raising serious concerns in the Vatican over the clear apostasy of a nominal American Catholic politician. "People in Rome are becoming more and more aware that there's a problem with John Kerry, and a potential scandal with his apparent profession of his Catholic faith and some of his stances, particularly abortion," a Vatican official and an American told Time magazine. Taking such positions at odds with Church teaching could subject Kerry to excommunication, but the Massachusetts senator says he's comfortable...

Text of Remarks by John Kerry at New Northside Baptist Church in St. Louis March 28 3/28/2004 4:14:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk, Political Reporter Contact: Stephanie Cutter, 202-712-3000 or David Wade, 202-528-7475, both of John Kerry for President ST. LOUIS, March 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is the text of remarks by John Kerry as prepared for delivery today at the New Northside Baptist Church in St. Louis: Thank you for inviting me to this house of God and home of good works. Thank you my good friend, Lacy Clay, and Bishop Ellis, for your light and leadership...

St. Louis - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry is quoting the Bible to question President Bush's claim to be a compassionate conservative. Kerry campaigned from the pulpit today at New North Side Baptist Church in St. Louis. He told worshipers, ``The Scriptures say, 'What does it profit, my brother, if someone says he has faith but does not have works?''' The Massachusetts senator added, ``When we look at what is happening in America today, where are the works of compassion?'' Kerry noted that three (m) million jobs have been lost since President Bush [related, bio] took office. Kerry is Roman...

The Bible and homosexuality Posted: March 11, 2004 Sen. John Kerry suggested to an audience in Mississippi recently that the Bible is ambiguous on the topic of homosexuality. "Well, I know the deep beliefs, I respect, I'm a Christian, I've read the Bible, and I know you can find the clauses that go both ways," he said. "I'm not here to argue that with you." Well, I'm here to argue with Kerry. The Bible is clear on homosexuality – Old Testament and New Testament: Homosexuality is an abomination. Kerry may not believe it. You may not believe it. But the...

The Bible and homosexuality Posted: March 11, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com Sen. John Kerry suggested to an audience in Mississippi recently that the Bible is ambiguous on the topic of homosexuality. "Well, I know the deep beliefs, I respect, I'm a Christian, I've read the Bible, and I know you can find the clauses that go both ways," he said. "I'm not here to argue that with you." Well, I'm here to argue with Kerry. The Bible is clear on homosexuality – Old Testament and New Testament: Homosexuality is an abomination. Kerry may not believe it. You...

Democrat presidential candidate John Kerry is not sure God is on America's side in the war terrorism. Kerry made the startling comments during the Feb 29 Democrat presidential primary debate in New York City. Elizabeth Bumiller of the New York Times asked Kerry: "President Bush has said that freedom and fear have always been at war, and God is not neutral between them. He's made quite clear in his speeches that he feels God is on America's side. "Is God on America's side?" Kerry replied, "Well, God will -- look, I think -- I believe in God, but I don't...

Until yesterday, Senator JOHN F. KERRY, the Massachusetts Democrat, had been reticent about his efforts to have his first marriage annulled, issuing only a terse statement last month. But that changed, as he joked on national radio that the process of annulment can be confusing to non-Catholics, The Associated Press reported. He also spoke about the annulment obtained by another Catholic Massachusetts politician, Representative Joseph P. Kennedy 2d. Representative Kennedy's former wife, Sheila Rauch Kennedy, is trying to persuade the Vatican to repeal the annulment, and she has written a book about her struggle. "Seventy-five percent of all the annulments...

http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/mali/277/music/music.htm MIDI - SIDE BY SIDE He knew that he had to marry for money Interns think that's really funny Now what he says is odd We don't have God...on our side We fight for our Western civilization Why has John turned on his nation Now what he says is odd We don't have God...on our side As we fight Islamists...whackos who want us dead We can ask the way he'd ask it...is he F'd up in the head While we're at war he has morphed into traitor He is a weaponry hater Now what he says is odd We...

Sun Feb 29 2004 ET Democrat frontrunner John Kerry is not sure God is on America's side in the war terrorism. Kerry made the startling comments during Sunday's Democrat presidential debate in New York City. Elizabeth Bumiller of the NEW YORK TIMES asked Kerry: "President Bush has said that freedom and fear have always been at war, and God is not neutral between them. He's made quite clear in his speeches that he feels God is on America's side. "Is God on America's side?" KERRY: Well, God will -- look, I think -- I believe in God, but I don't...

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