If a Catholic becomes a politician in the US, which party should he associate himself with?

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Democrats are definitely a no-no (because supports abortion etc). What about the Republicans?
 
Looks like you’ve answered the question for yourself. :+1:t2: Republicans aren’t perfect but the right to life is the most important right.
 
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Democrats are definitely a no-no (because supports abortion etc). What about the Republicans?
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Politically, I am personally a moderate who begins by saying that he is pro-life. In my view, one can begin from the Pro-Life position, and extrapolate that one single position into a “consistent ethic of life” that informs many of the policy decisions needed for a working government.

I do not rule out the Democrats, as it is possible and certainly praise-worthy to be a pro-life Democrat. One of my favorite examples of this is Congressman Dan Lipinski and the “Blue Dog Democrats”. They take extremely moderate views on most topics.

https://bluedogdems.com/

http://www.lipinskiforcongress.com/
 
There’s no authoritative answer.

Prayerful discernment, my friend.
 
Politics are about much more than party. Honestly, if I were to become a politician, I wouldn’t feel at home in any of the major parties.

Personally, I am very sympathetic to the plight of pro-life Democrats.
 
YIRI-U-RIHO said:
Looks like you’ve answered the question for yourself. :+1:t2: Republicans aren’t perfect but the right to life is the most important right.
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I would argue that given the present attitude of Republicans, rather than being pro life, they are only pro birth…huge difference!
 
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They’d have better luck in the Republican Party. The two party system sucks tho
 
I’d say Republicans, considering the Democrats are only moving further to the Left every day. But, one must not be afraid to call out members of their own party for doing or saying something morally wrong or stupid. If you want to win elections, join a party, but act as an individual.
 
Ugh. Clearly, one party is much more in alignment (far from perfect I might add) than the other. The other has some good beliefs in its platform, but has been usurped by radical progressives. The rainbow represents perversity rather than diversity.

I would rather see the Republican party dissolved and reformulated into the Lincoln Party - one which is labeled for and clearly represents all voters and actively works toward effective, moral solutions instead of consolidating power.
 
I think I’d go Independent. Both Republicans and Democrats have been moving in directions that go against Catholic sensibilities, and the biggest minor parties (Libertarians, Greens) are arguably worse.

If I absolutely had to choose, I’d probably try to be a pro-life Democrat. There’d be more ways that I’d be more conservative than a lot of modern-day Democrats, but my biggest issue with the party right now is their vehemently pro-choice stance. Still, I think I’d have a better chance there than in the current Republican party.
 
I will backtrack a little by stating that an active priest should really not consider politics. If he is active he hardly has time for anything else other than the priesthood. There was a Jesuit that went to Congress 30 years ago but I think he at some time left the priesthood. You"can’t serve two masters."
Both parties are full of corruption and self-serving individuals that do not have the best interest of the country at heart. There are some good people in both parties but they are lone voices in the wilderness and seldom heard. Also to say that one belongs to one party or another is to proclaim that you support the party line or agenda. While Independents are not considered a third party those that advocate another venue in politics are picking up momentum.
Now I get back to Trump. I don’t care for him, but he has presented some good ideas(and bad one)and intentions for the good of the country-and Trump himself. However, when he has the welfare of the nation at hear he is butting his head into a stone wall. You just can not make a stone fly. As an Independent, you need to own your ideals, take the best from both parties. and re-engage Americans to want to build up and not to tear down. This works for a while and then the negative filter in from the other parties. Follow the $$ and see which way America goes. Note: I like history. Do you know that Democracy generally last for about 300 years or so and then goes into a slow decline and tends to collapse inward? Yes, it is true.
 
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Let’s not forget Blue Dog Democrats and Democrats for Life. There should be more politicians standing for pro-life issues in the Democratic Party.
 
SacredHeartBassist said:
The two party system sucks tho
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The two party system is one of our strengths. There is always a winner. In multi party systems governing is much more complicated. Maybe like what has happened to our protestant brothers, they keep fracturing.
 
Hereiam said:
I would argue that given the present attitude of Republicans, rather than being pro life, they are only pro birth…huge difference!
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What evidence do you have to back up this claim? Not thoughts or feelings but evidence. And please don’t quote leftist liberal news as a source of evidence. Use unbiased research to prove your claim Republicans are only pro-birth.
 
Horton said:
Use unbiased research
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I’m guessing this means conservative research.
bobperk said:
The American Solidarity Party
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Unfortunately, such a third party would essentially be political suicide. The Libertarians and Greens are large by minor party standards, and even they together can barely disrupt the election, despite what the whining of the losing party say.

To make matters worse, the closest you can get to them in the major parties is probably the aforementioned Democrats for Life, but even they’re effectively fighting an uphill battle against their own party.
 
Both of our major parties are becoming so stretched to their respective leanings that it may not be so inconceivable to have some alternative parties emerge in the coming years. A long shot, I agree, but not as much as an impossibility as years before.
 
Perhaps, but it is hard to say where that is going to go. Third parties don’t really seem to, at the moment, be based around offering a less extreme alternative. In some cases, they’re actually more extreme. In other cases, they’re targeting a niche that might be hard to get progressively more extreme people behind. For instance, in the last election, many conservatives angry with Trump started looking favorably at the Libertarians, only to find that the Libertarians’ social policies weren’t in alignment with their own. Of course, that didn’t stop the mental gymnastics to justify a vote for them, but whether they were sticking by their beliefs or performing mental gymnastics, it didn’t really give a good impression of what third parties could offer. I’d imagine the American Solidarity Party, should it ever have the visibility of the Libertarian Party, would face a similar fate.

I guess to me, the issue isn’t so much a party offering. Yes, both parties have ideologies that they’re selling, but I don’t see Christians offering much resistance. Most seem perfectly content to back one of the parties fully and change their beliefs or attempt to morph reality to justify that. The rest of us are coming onto the Internet to complain but will probably do little meaningful. (Yes, I’m including myself in that group.)
 
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