Does Obama have a Catholic problem?

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There is a dissident segment of Catholics, and Obama could not possibly fail to know that. For those who fundamentally reject the magesterium of the Church, the option, for years and not because of Obama, has been a sort of "Liberation Theology Lite", a vague notion that somehow pursuing "social justice" in the form of taxing others for presumably altruistic purposes is a superior moral course over following the laws of the Church (including charity) in all respects.
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Excellent points above that deserve repeating. For the liberal catholic, the emphasis is on using the government to pursue social justice. In this mindset, the chief responsibility the individual has is to continue to vote for those who would continue the tax and redistribute policies. No matter that those policies create more poverty and misery. Its the intentions that matter.

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ishii said:
Excellent points above that deserve repeating. For the liberal catholic, the emphasis is on using the government to pursue social justice. In this mindset, the chief responsibility the individual has is to continue to vote for those who would continue the tax and redistribute policies. No matter that those policies create more poverty and misery. Its the intentions that matter.

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“The intentions that matter”. Puts me to mind of certain brands of 19th century morality, in which the entire objective was to have a “charitable disposition”, most of which, then, really amounted to having genteel manners.

I would not say that all “liberal” Catholics are the same. I’m sure they aren’t. But there is a remarkable congruency between those who advocate redistributive policies (particularly if aimed at some amorphous group like “the rich”, not at oneself) and dissent when it comes to moral teachings of the Church.
 
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Maybe Lutherans will be the first to be forced into becoming a “state church” officially, or at least some segment of them will. online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204138204576603221206193838.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

When is a Lutheran minister not a Lutheran minister? When the state (not the Lutheran church) says so, or so the Justice Dept’s argument goes.
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Yet another example of regulation gone wrong. It’s the ADA–the Americans With Disabilities Act–that’s being used by the Feds to challenge who can be a Lutheran minister.

Simple, seemingly innocuous regulations just have a way of being used in bad ways. Because they give the government too much control.
 
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