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For the same logical reasoning, I could never vote for Trump.
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Please understand, Victoria, this is not a personal attack on you, but it is a general observation about the sad state of our society.
“Black Lives Matter” as a political movement, and “Black Lives Matter” as a moral imperative are two different things, and some might view the confusion of the two, if it is done for political expediency, as disingenuous.
Black lives, and all lives, matter. To deny the fact that Black Lives Matter is to reject the pro-life teachings of the Church, that says all human life has value, and ultimately matters.
Those who righteously espouse outrage against abortion, and make excuses for not embracing the value of the lives of all living beings, whether by abortion, capital punishment, euthanasia, or turning a blind eye or making excuses for treating the marginalized with less favor than Christ would have are just as much a part of the “Culture of Death” as abortionists, mercy killers, or those in favor of state sanctioned execution.
“Black Lives Matter” as a political movement, and “Black Lives Matter” as a moral imperative are two different things, and some might view the confusion of the two, if it is done for political expediency, as disingenuous.
Black lives, and all lives, matter. To deny the fact that Black Lives Matter is to reject the pro-life teachings of the Church, that says all human life has value, and ultimately matters.
Those who righteously espouse outrage against abortion, and make excuses for not embracing the value of the lives of all living beings, whether by abortion, capital punishment, euthanasia, or turning a blind eye or making excuses for treating the marginalized with less favor than Christ would have are just as much a part of the “Culture of Death” as abortionists, mercy killers, or those in favor of state sanctioned execution.
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I can accept that black lives matter. In small caps only. If and only if all lives matter. Also in small caps. Any other interpretation does nothing but stoke division in the Body of Christ. Remember the word catholic comes from the ancient Greek word “katholikos” which means “universal”. Which means that the Catholic Church is the universal church, not just the church for this race or that race only. Remember that part of the Creed “I believe in one holy, catholic and apostolic church”. The African Catholics, they believe this too, God bless them.
Do American black people have concerns particular to them? Most definitely yes they do. I have often observed that the Democrats have not served them any better than the Republicans have. Witness the inner cities run almost exclusively by Democrats for generations now. The party that trumpets the deaths of 9 unarmed black men at the hands of cops, but is too quiet about the deaths of thousands of blacks at the hands of other blacks. I have said before that it is long since time that blacks went their own way politically and stopped allowing themselves to be used as pawns by either side.
Finally allow me to offer this very well written perspective of a Catholic retired police officer that I posted in another thread:
Billie Eilish Slams ‘All Lives Matter’ and White Privilege: ‘This Is Not About You' World News
Do American black people have concerns particular to them? Most definitely yes they do. I have often observed that the Democrats have not served them any better than the Republicans have. Witness the inner cities run almost exclusively by Democrats for generations now. The party that trumpets the deaths of 9 unarmed black men at the hands of cops, but is too quiet about the deaths of thousands of blacks at the hands of other blacks. I have said before that it is long since time that blacks went their own way politically and stopped allowing themselves to be used as pawns by either side.
Finally allow me to offer this very well written perspective of a Catholic retired police officer that I posted in another thread:
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what does turn a blind eye mean, objecting to continuing what clearly isn’t working and destroying the family unit in the process?
does it mean we must accept the hedonistic lifestyle, the death of the unborn and aged, the anti-science identity politics, the lawlessness promoted by the party that claims they are doing right?
seems like we are doomed no matter what side of the fence we are on
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Nobody on the side of righteousness is doomed; see the Gospel of Matthew (the Beatitudes, and the Judgment of Nations); those teachings will determine what side of the fence one is on.
Pax et Bonum!
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what side is righteousness on? those pushing a hedonistic lifestyle or those means testing
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