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Catholic Answers does not endorse or oppose any candidate or party. Rather, CA seeks only to explain and defend Catholic moral teachings.

Discussions of political news among CAF members is acceptable. However, CAF is not a channel that political parties, candidates, or advocates can use to further their political agendas.

News stories discussed here should at least tangentially related to religion. When posting new threads, please keep this in mind.

When starting a new thread in a In the News subforum, please start it with a news article from a reputable news outlet.

Op-Eds, blog postings and commentary are acceptable to start a new thread if they contain links to hard news stories or press releases. However, they must otherwise adhere to CAF rules on charity.

Avoid YouTube or other video links as news articles to start a new thread, unless they are a full news report or a full speech from a first source.

Please do not post comments by radio or TV commentators or articles about comments given by media commentators to start a new thread. They are rarely news stories. Commentators are paid to make controversial statements.

No name calling or belittling anyone, including political candidates. Keep all comments charitable. Participants are strongly reminded that charity is essential to our discussions here.

If you wish to review the subject, please see Charity for specifics, or CAF rules for an overview, both of which are located in the Rules of the Road sub-forum.

This is going to be a long political season, let’s keep it charitable.

Thank you for your cooperation, let me know if you have any questions.
 
Robert_Bay said:
Catholic Answers does not endorse or oppose any candidate or party. Rather, CA seeks only to explain and defend Catholic moral teachings.

Discussions of political news among CAF members is acceptable. However, CAF is not a channel that political parties, candidates, or advocates can use to further their political agendas.

News stories discussed here should at least tangentially related to religion. When posting new threads, please keep this in mind.

When starting a new thread in a In the News subforum, please start it with a news article from a reputable news outlet.

Op-Eds, blog postings and commentary are acceptable if they contain links to hard news stories or press releases. However, they must otherwise adhere to CAF rules on charity.

Avoid YouTube or other video links as news articles unless they are a full news report or a full speech from a first source.

Please do not post comments by radio or TV commentators or articles about comments given by media commentators. They are rarely news stories. Commentators are paid to make controversial statements.

Thank you for your cooperation.
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Robert,

Just for clarification. I know we can’t start a thread with such an article, but is it okay to post such comments within a thread?
 
Robert_Bay said:
Catholic Answers does not endorse or oppose any candidate or party. Rather, CA seeks only to explain and defend Catholic moral teachings.

Discussions of political news among CAF members is acceptable. However, CAF is not a channel that political parties, candidates, **or advocates **can use to further their political agendas.

News stories discussed here should at least tangentially related to religion. When posting new threads, please keep this in mind.

When starting a new thread in a In the News subforum, please start it with a news article from a reputable news outlet.

Op-Eds, blog postings and commentary are acceptable to start a new thread if they contain links to hard news stories or press releases. However, they must otherwise adhere to CAF rules on charity.

Avoid YouTube or other video links as news articles to start a new thread, unless they are a full news report or a full speech from a first source.

Please do not post comments by radio or TV commentators or articles about comments given by media commentators to start a new thread. They are rarely news stories. Commentators are paid to make controversial statements.

No name calling or belittling anyone, including political candidates. Keep all comments charitable. Participants are strongly reminded that charity is essential to our discussions here.

If you wish to review the subject, please see Charity for specifics, or CAF rules for an overview, both of which are located in the Rules of the Road sub-forum.

This is going to be a long political season, let’s keep it charitable.

Thank you for your cooperation, let me know if you have any questions.
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How do you define who is or is not an advocate for a candidate? If a CAF member is a supporter of for instance Rick Perry and posts Perry’s positions or links to those positions, are they advocating for Rick Perry?
 
CMatt25 said:
How do you define who is or is not an advocate for a candidate? If a CAF member is a supporter of for instance Rick Perry and posts Perry’s positions or links to those positions, are they advocating for Rick Perry?
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Members can voice their support for a particular candidate, however, if it looks like someone is single mindedly promoting an agenda, they are breaking forum rules.
 
To the mod,
What if you have legitimate information exposing a candidate?
No name calling, just facts exposing a fraudulent candidate?
 
All new threads must begin with a news story, the title of the thread must be the same as the news story; gossip and unfounded innuendo is not news and is uncharitable so be careful of what you post. All threads are to be charitable.

This is not primarily a political forum, it is a Catholic forum where members can go to find a peaceful and charitable place to discuss world news that at least tangentially relates to faith and morals.

Threads started primarily to attack someone will be pulled.
 
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