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

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@anon10271182 Republicans are, by definition, U.S. citizens or politicians with a conservative viewpoint, so Republicans don’t need the beating. I can understand why you think we need the beating, but in truth, we don’t. I’d vote for a Republican anytime, and my views can be strongly backed by Prager University, the channel I mentioned in my reply to @Lemuel, but as I said, party is simply a choice. One can be a Republican with liberal viewpoints, or a Democrat with conservative viewpoints (John F. Kennedy, for instance). Conservatives argue for basic human rights, and being a Catholic entails having these viewpoints.
 
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Democrats are definitely a no-no (because supports abortion etc). What about the Republicans?
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My view is this. It’s much easier to be an orthodox Catholic, supporting all of the positions of the Catholic Church as a politician in the Republican Party. Meaning, you are not going to be ostracized by the Party for publicly living out the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

But a Democrat will face backlash for publicly living out the Catechism of the Catholic Church - esp at the federal level.
 
The Republicans are pro-life, the Democrats are anti-life.

Believe me when I tell you I have no intention of entering politics, but if you’re pro-life it would be pretty futile to joint the Democrat Party.

Our late governor, Bob Casey Sr. was pro-life and a Democrat- unlike his senatorial son-and he wasn’t permitted even to speak at the Democrat Convention.

I guess theoretically, Democrats can be pro-life, but its pretty futile especially if someone is in politics.
 
Great reply!~“Democrats for Life” is a fantastic organization that takes into account all stages of life for which many pro-lifers only consider the earliest stages and everyone else can pull themselves up by their boot straps without one inkling of consideration of whether someone has bootstraps in which to do it. Rugged individualists can be easily ruled out. Funny, many of them call themselves republicans though.
 
If a Catholic becomes a politician in the US, which party should he associate himself with?
I’ve always preferred the “Cocktail Party”. :clinking_glasses:

Cheers!

(and on a serious note, the politician would have to run “independent” if they were unwilling to compromise religious views to suit the party)
 
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I still find it interesting that virtually all republican seat-holders at the national level are vocally pro-life (despite of few of them having been involved in abortions themselves).

But a third of republican voters are also pro-choice. That’s got to require some serious gerry-mandering intra-party! :clinking_glasses:
 
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DENNYINMI said:
Great reply!~“Democrats for Life” is a fantastic organization
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I’ll take your word on this, that D4L is “fantastic”, but they are also quite ineffectual. No voice in the national party, no chance of getting anyone nominated in 2020, no one in elective office above the level of township commissioners
 
Augustinian said:
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DENNYINMI:
Great reply!~“Democrats for Life” is a fantastic organization
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I’ll take your word on this, that D4L is “fantastic”, but they are also quite ineffectual. No voice in the national party, no chance of getting anyone nominated in 2020, no one in elective office above the level of township commissioners
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Interesting reply.

By that token, the heavily pro-Catholic American Solidarity Party should be tossed in the trash-heap as well. Right? 😅
 
I believe you may be uninformed. They have passed legislation they can boast of. One of the bills passed into law for 17 states (all of them should take heed) is a bill that assists with after the birth of the child while the parent/parents find meaningful work. Education, medical expenses and food for the welfare of the child is imperative. I do not believe it was introduced by a republican. Also, I believe many are uninformed of the justices that were the Supreme Court decision makers for Roe v Wade. You would find they were majority Republican. Unless we are concerned with the needs of the child once the child is born, the pro-life movement should relabel itself as pro-birth. Also, the death penalty is something the government has no business being involved in if you truly believe there is no sin big enough that the Lord did not die for. It can deny them repentance.
 
Vonsalza said:
By that token, the heavily pro-Catholic American Solidarity Party should be tossed in the trash-heap as well. Right?
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No one should be tossed in the trash heap.

I would just say tthis about the American Solidarity Party. They received less than 7,000 votes in 2016, in an election where it takes more than 60,000,000 to even be competitive.

Not much of a chance that they will be assuming power any time soon.
 
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I would just say tthis about the American Solidarity Party. They received less than 7,000 votes in 2016, in an election where it takes more than 60,000,000 to even be competitive.
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We have to start somewhere! Their platform is most closely aligned with Catholic Church teaching.
 
JanetF said:
We have to start somewhere! Their platform is most closely aligned with Catholic Church teaching.
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It just isn’t the platform, but the candidate. Mr. Maturen, the standard bearer for the party, is a salesman and part time magician.

There is nothing disgraceful or dishonorable with either gig, but I don’t think its a proper background or qualifications to serve as an American President. The other candidates were much more qualified and President Trump was able to hit the ground running
 
Personally I would become an independent. But I am neither Catholic or American so you can brush me off on this. 🙂
 
mrsdizzyd said:
I don’t think Catholic should just cede the Democratic Party to the pro-choice crowd. Choose the more difficult path and fight to make a difference.
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The problem with this is that there are no prominent pro-life Dems in office nowadays.

If they could recruit John Kasich or Jeff Flake or Bob Corker or the Bushes into the Democratic Party, it might become a viable path.
 
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mrsdizzyd:
I don’t think Catholic should just cede the Democratic Party to the pro-choice crowd. Choose the more difficult path and fight to make a difference.
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The problem with this is that there are no prominent pro-life Dems in office nowadays.

If they could recruit John Kasich or Jeff Flake or Bob Corker or the Bushes into the Democratic Party, it might become a viable path.
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Or someone new with the courage to fight the good fight could rise to prominence. There are already a good number of elected Democrats that fight the party in other ways.

Pro-life politicians seem to cede victory before the battle is even fought.
 
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There are already a good number of elected Democrats that fight the party in other ways.
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“in other ways” is the key phrase here.

Abortion almost has “sacrament” status in the Democratic Party, the anti-life crowd ponies up a lot of money to run their campaigns.
 
Augustinian said:
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mrsdizzyd:
There are already a good number of elected Democrats that fight the party in other ways.
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“in other ways” is the key phrase here.

Abortion almost has “sacrament” status in the Democratic Party, the anti-life crowd ponies up a lot of money to run their campaigns.
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And, so, the answer is to just let them have it?! Despite the fact that the majority of democratic VOTERS are actually pro-life?!
 
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