Thank God, I am a nobody so people don’t point out my sins in the media. Catholics fail, it is the the beauty of the faith that we are not required to be impeccable.
Yes, he did, past tense. Even if he is still in favor of some in certain instances, that’s still far, far better than Biden, who does not seek to impose any limit on abortion whatsoever.
The death penalty is a matter of prudential judgment. He is allowed to support it, as are Catholics. (And yes, I am aware of Pope Francis’ position and teaching on this. That does not change the historic, dogmatic teaching of the Church, that governments have a right to exercise the death penalty if the situation requires it.)
No, he didn’t. He lessened the brutality of Obama’s policies. Trump’s position is that you should come here legally, and we’ll let you in if there is merit in doing so.
There probably are imposter Catholics in the Trump supporting group, but not for any of the reasons you listed.
I’m sorry, but that is not true. Trump supports abortion in cases of rape, incest and mothers health. He has been adamant is his support for these exceptions… and continues to be.
It’s not just Pope Francis… The Church insists on a very narrow road for use of the death penalty. If you look in to it, you will see that the Trump administration has been very aggressive in pursuing the death penalty for cases outside of that narrow rode… which is an anti-life policy.
The mark or sign of faith may be lost through sin, yet the character is not lost, just as explained in the Catechism below. Original sin is removed with baptism, for example.
You make an excellent case for elevating as many leaders as we can, from outside the sphere of politics, who have nothing to lose by speaking the truth, and when their time is done, can return to the field, the ox, and the plow as Cincinnatus did.
I think that’s fine for people who aren’t running around in public life proclaiming themselves Catholic and doing things like performing same sex marriages.
And why is this?I thought we are supposed to hate dollar general
Some things can’t be helped, and stores like Dollar General and Walmart have vastly improved the lifestyles and standards of living of millions of Americans. Economies of scale are a juggernaut against which those who don’t share those economies of scale can’t compete.
The good news, the Equality Act applies to public authorities and public sector, not to private Catholic institutions.
Last election I was very loudly encouraged not to hold Mr. Trump’s past public life and public sins against him. I think that holds true for our fellow Catholics.
Hence the second half of that rebuttal, which said that even if Trump does support those things, he’s still better than Biden, who supports no limits whatsoever. Lesser of two evils given the lack of a truly pro-life third option.
I’m not familiar with Trump’s administration pursuing capital punishment in any cases. Not saying they don’t exist, I’m simply unaware of them.
No, there isn’t. The two issues are not even remotely comparable. Abortion kills an innocent child in the womb. Capital punishments kills a presumably-guilty individual who has commit a crime grave enough to warrant a death sentence.
To be clear, I’m not make an moral equivalence between abortion and capital punishment.
But you were just suggesting that people did things out of a desire for moral superiority, so I think there is some middle ground as long as it done with good will and tact.