Bumper sticker and mortal sin

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Okay, last summer I had a conversion experience. I went to confession after not having gone in 7 or 8 years and made a firm amendment to repent from sin and learn all I can about my Faith and really LIVE it. BEFORE I made this choice I had bought two Obama bumper stickers for my husband’s car and one of them says, “Catholics for Obama” (yeah, I know–AWFUL). AFTER my conversion I asked if he would take them off, and he refused. I’m pretty sure I’ve asked more than once and every time he says “no”. I have driven the car once with removable tape over the bumper stickers and I’ve ridden in it with him several times without tape on the bumper stickers. Now today I had to ride with him (in his company vehicle) to another town to go pick up the car with the bumper sticker where he had left it in his workplace parking lot. I didn’t think about getting something to put over the bumper stickers until we were IN my husband’s company vehicle and running late because we intended to go to MASS before picking up the other car. After Mass, when we got to the work parking lot, I frantically looked in the back seat to try to find something to cover the bumper stickers up, and my husband said he would drive right behind me to lessen the chances of someone behind me seeing them (he said this to appease me although he likes the bumper stickers). I couldn’t drive his company vehicle because only he is allowed to drive it. So…I keep thinking I may have committed a mortal sin by driving the car with the bumper sticker home (an hour drive) because I may have “willingly led another into serious sin.” Let’s suppose someone saw the bumper sticker and decided to vote for Obama because of it or someone thought poorly of Catholics because of the bumper sticker? Have I committed a mortal sin by driving this car today? When we got home I asked him if we could AT LEAST get rid of the “Catholics for Obama” bumper sticker and he agreed just so I will stop bugging him about it. But I’m still worried that I may have committed a mortal sin. God knows I HATED driving home with those bumper stickers. The worst part is he would not even HAVE these bumper stickers if I hadn’t purchased them because I purchased them online and he doesn’t know how to even get online!
 
No, I don’t believe it was a mortal sin. However, if I were you (which I am not 😉 ) I would have that bumper sticker off that car so fast it would make my husbands head spin. 🙂
 
What on earth?!? Are you serious? You have been driving around covering and uncovering bumper stickers you disapprove of, asking your husband to remove them, who refuses to comply, and you are the one responsible for the bumper stickers to begin with? Yet you cannot figure out how to remove them? How helpless are you? Why do you put yourself (and your husband) through this excessive (and obsessive) work, not to mention the guilt you feel? I don’t suppose it’s a mortal sin, but you are promoting the greatest abortionist in the history of the White House, and doing it in association with Catholics, in direct opposition to one of the firmest tenets of our faith, in view of 100’s or 1000’s of drivers, so hey, I don’t know, but yes, it could be a mortal sin since you are refusing to correct the issue. Now, how about this? Drive the car (and the next day the other car) to an auto body shop and pay them to remove the stickers. I’m sure there is a method that is safe for the paint on your car. But if not, so what?!? Just REPLACE THEM WITH A PRO-LIFE STICKER!
 
Late as it is (3:00 a.m.) I went out into the garage and removed the bumper stickers! They peeled right off and I am not worried about the paint because the reason we put them on is to help hide a wrecked bumper. My hubby is not happy with me–that’s for sure–but it’s too late now. The reason I didn’t take them off before is because it was his car and he was adamant about them not being removed. I told him I will replace the with something more acceptable, such as an actual pro-life Catholic Democrat running for U.S. senator (and by pro-life I mean he even votes against funding for Planned Parenthood which most so called “pro-life” Democrats do not). In fact, he’s really the only Democrat I can vote for in good conscience in the fall. NOW that I have removed them, do I still need to confess a mortal sin?
 
I think that you and your husband have a few issues. The first being that you need to respect him, his car, and his opinions. My fiance and I disagree on a lot, but neither of us would ever start dictating what bumper stickers the other could have. That’s just disrespectful and belittling. He told you how he felt, but you completely disregarded that.

A more appropriate response would have been to refuse to drive the car, no matter what inconvenience it caused. In the future he would make sure that you had an acceptable way home. That way he gets to share his views on his car and you aren’t violating your own morals.

As for riding in the car, that’s silly. People give other people rides all the time. There’s no reason to think that a passenger had anything to do with the stickers message.
 
BlueEyedLady, if HE had bought the bumper stickers and put them on his car, then I would have to agree with you. But since I am not only the one who ordered them, but the one who put them on the car, I feel responsible and guilty for doing so. IF he now goes out and buys new ones, then that is all HIS problem and I will feel no guilt (but I will not drive the car).
 
Veronica97 said:
BlueEyedLady, if HE had bought the bumper stickers and put them on his car, then I would have to agree with you. But since I am not only the one who ordered them, but the one who put them on the car, I feel responsible and guilty for doing so. IF he now goes out and buys new ones, then that is all HIS problem and I will feel no guilt (but I will not drive the car).
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Veronica! You were divined inspired to remove the bumper stickers. 👍
We were moved by the spirit to aid you. :signofcross:
Hubby will be blessed by the same spirit as he drives the car. 👍
Get some Holy Water and put some on the seat of that car. That should put hubby in a better frame of mind and spirit. :signofcross:

You Did Good. 👍

***Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of death.

Amen
 
But do you think I’m in a state of mortal sin and need to go to Confession?
 
Veronica97 said:
But do you think I’m in a state of mortal sin and need to go to Confession?
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For What? Thou, if it would help, just go to Confession. Get off your mind. Get it off your soul. The priest will ether forgive you, or break out with a smile. That happened to me once when I broke one of my mother in law’s vases. My wife told her mother rather me. I told the priest it was because she hated me! I thought he was going to bust a gut! I got it off my chest. So all is good now. I stay away from all that is breakable at her house. She still hates me. That’s her problem! I did fess up to her and the Lord.
 
Well mainly I wondered because Ancient 1 said that it could be a mortal sin because I was refusing to correct the situation. I HAVE corrected it (for now because my husband is saying he is going to get another Obama bumper sticker but this time it won’t be MY doing.) BUT I am wondering if I was committing mortal sin because it’s been on there for a year or more and although I asked my husband to remove it, I never removed it myself and not only did I have to drive it but he’s been driving it and other people may have been influenced by MY DOING.
 
I don’t see it. In fact now that it is removed you have corrected the situation of leading people down the wrong path. Now what your husband does is up to him. But please do ask your priest first chance you get. From what I see there is no way I could indorse that bumper sticker. We as Christians have to take a stance. No way could I sleep at night knowing what the sticker stood for after all that has come forth.
 
If your husband puts a bumper sticker on a car you do not want to drive or drive in then don’t do it. Tell him it is his problem how he gets his car with his political message on the bumper home. My guess is that your marriage is headed for some stress and this is the tip of the iceberg.
 
Thank you, MS. Surveyor. I am still considering going to Confession in the morning just to “get it off my chest” as you say, even if I am not in a state of Mortal Sin. In any case, later on tonight my husband said, "Well, just get me a “Sen. So-and-So” bumper sticker (the totally pro life Catholic Dem. I mentioned) and a “Vote Democrat” sticker. I said, "Well, I’m not so sure about the “Vote Democrat” sticker (because it’s pretty BROAD) but I said okay to the “Sen. So and So” sticker and said I’d find something else that’s good. So…IT DID MAKE AN IMPRESSION ON HIM! 😃
 
grandfather said:
If your husband puts a bumper sticker on a car you do not want to drive or drive in then don’t do it. Tell him it is his problem how he gets his car with his political message on the bumper home. My guess is that your marriage is headed for some stress and this is the tip of the iceberg.
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NAW! Don’t let that happen! There are times when my wife and I don’t see eye to eye. But in the end, after many hours of prayer, we get past it. Don’t let pride, yours or his, get in the way. Just because of a bumper sticker?

***Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of death.

Amen
 
There is no way this is a mortal sin. Having a bumper sticker is not a mortal sin, especially if it is your husband who has it on there, not you. You have nothing to confess.
 
Not sure if it is mortal sin, but it seriously bugs you - therefore confess it.
 
Veronica97 said:
But do you think I’m in a state of mortal sin and need to go to Confession?
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If it’s bothering you so much, I’d suggest you go to confession anyway. It’s obviously playing on your conscience, and you need to get rid of it. So go to the priest, whether it’s a mortal sin or not.

We’re not ethical experts, and we’re not your judges. But you need to get peace of mind, and as far as I can see the only way you’re going to get it is to confess, mortal sin or not.
 
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