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TobyLue
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The list of “Importance of Campaign issued by party” does not break it down as to how many of those polled are Catholic.
I know of some priests saying that its OK to vote for a pro-abortion candidate if in your conscience you believe other things have equal weight, like the debt, poverty, immigration and I believe that is why many, many Catholics will vote for Democratic candidates. However, I believe that Catholics should be guided by a well-formed conscience and understand that not all issues carry he same moral weight like, does abortion carry the same weight as the debt, or immigration? I believe that intrinsic evils carry more weight than immigration, or the debt or how to take care of the poor. Those things can be negotiated but you can’t negotiate an abortion. All abortions kill while taking are of the poor in different ways does not.
How can many in good conscience ignore those things that are evil in and of themselves,. If some were to say that the best way to take care of the poor is leave them outside and let them die, that would be evil. But I may want to give them beans, you may want to give them rice, or someone else may want to give them a gift card to Red Lobster; those things can be negotiated.
So for Catholics to say that they oppose abortion but believe in the woman’s right to choose apparently have not formed a correct conscience because they rather brush aside intrinsic evils and vote for other things. Sure, other things are important but as the Declaration of Independence says in part “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”.
So we are all created by God and that truth is self-evident and ALL are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights." Notice that the first one is “Life”. How can we fight for the poor, immigration, debt, etc. when life is snuffed out in the womb and never given a chance for liberty and to pursue happiness. That child is never given a chance to immigrate, to live in poverty with a chance to get out of poverty. To be able to afford good health-care, play and laugh as a child, and be held in the arms of their mother and father, to be cuddled, to be tickled, go to school, have children of their own. In other words, the best way some think to avoid poverty is NOT to exist. God is the author of life and death, NOT the supreme court.
Sorry if I’m venting but personally, (again me personally) am sick and tired of Catholics going out en masse and pulling one lever for all Democrats. I know, I have lived it and see it in my parish and I used to do that because as Hispanics, we MUST vote against the evil republicans because they are for the rich with complete disregard to the evils of abortion, gay marriages, etc. All my family members from both sides, feel the say way but unfortunately many people prefer to remain ignorant.
I know of some priests saying that its OK to vote for a pro-abortion candidate if in your conscience you believe other things have equal weight, like the debt, poverty, immigration and I believe that is why many, many Catholics will vote for Democratic candidates. However, I believe that Catholics should be guided by a well-formed conscience and understand that not all issues carry he same moral weight like, does abortion carry the same weight as the debt, or immigration? I believe that intrinsic evils carry more weight than immigration, or the debt or how to take care of the poor. Those things can be negotiated but you can’t negotiate an abortion. All abortions kill while taking are of the poor in different ways does not.
How can many in good conscience ignore those things that are evil in and of themselves,. If some were to say that the best way to take care of the poor is leave them outside and let them die, that would be evil. But I may want to give them beans, you may want to give them rice, or someone else may want to give them a gift card to Red Lobster; those things can be negotiated.
So for Catholics to say that they oppose abortion but believe in the woman’s right to choose apparently have not formed a correct conscience because they rather brush aside intrinsic evils and vote for other things. Sure, other things are important but as the Declaration of Independence says in part “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”.
So we are all created by God and that truth is self-evident and ALL are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights." Notice that the first one is “Life”. How can we fight for the poor, immigration, debt, etc. when life is snuffed out in the womb and never given a chance for liberty and to pursue happiness. That child is never given a chance to immigrate, to live in poverty with a chance to get out of poverty. To be able to afford good health-care, play and laugh as a child, and be held in the arms of their mother and father, to be cuddled, to be tickled, go to school, have children of their own. In other words, the best way some think to avoid poverty is NOT to exist. God is the author of life and death, NOT the supreme court.
Sorry if I’m venting but personally, (again me personally) am sick and tired of Catholics going out en masse and pulling one lever for all Democrats. I know, I have lived it and see it in my parish and I used to do that because as Hispanics, we MUST vote against the evil republicans because they are for the rich with complete disregard to the evils of abortion, gay marriages, etc. All my family members from both sides, feel the say way but unfortunately many people prefer to remain ignorant.
We put them there.
