Trying to form my conscience on this issue

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You keep saying that, but it obviously isn’t convincing anyone. Perhaps you should stop doing so?
Oh, I think it very effective.
It’s kept you engaged, hasn’t it?

Besides, the Bishops are the ones saying abortion is the preeminent issue.
Are you saying their words are ineffective?
One could say inaction on climate change is far worse than abortion
But without real statistics, they have no grounding with which to back the claim.
The preeminent issue wins out.
 
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Depends on how into the faith you are. MANY try to rationalize their vote because of “other issues”.

The murder of God’s innocent created by the millions far supercedes any other issue. As many Catholics have started to loudly decree:

You cannot be Catholic and be in a state of Grace and vote KNOWING someone will help continue this atrocity.
 
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Oj, I think it very effective.
It’s kept you engaged, hasn’t it?
Only to correct the misinformation you’re trying to spread.
Besides, the Bishops are the ones saying abortion is the preeminent issue.
Are you saying their words are ineffective?
I’m saying that preeminency does not mean it’s the only thing we can vote for.
But without real statistics, they have no grounding with which to back the claim.
No statistics? Really? Climate change has no statistics saying we’re on track to seriously mess up the planet?
The murder of God’s innocent created by the millions far supercedes any other issue.
Which is your personal opinion.
 
What is more important than the protection of innocent life by the millions?
A large group of other issues may outweigh it in the minds of voters, as has been said countless times by others on this forum.

Are you saying their votes will take them out of good standing with the Church?
 
Helping put someone in power that openly admits they will help continue abortion?

Yes. Absolutely.
 
Name one statement I have made that is untrue.
One may try to convince themselves that the other issues somehow are of greater importance than life itself, but that is ultimately a dishonest endeavor.
Right there. The thing you’ve been saying this whole discussion, which is absolutely false.
No one has said that.
Then what have you been saying?
Helping put someone in power that openly admits they will help continue abortion?

Yes. Absolutely.
And that is not the opinion of the Church. That is your own, and is not necessarily true.
 
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So you are trying to lay claim to a possible future
A guaranteed future without action by governments to solve the problem.
as a sufficient reason to ignore the solid death count that is abortion?
Yes. Babies need a planet to live on. Destroying it is far worse.
Prove it.
I already have. The idea that your weighting of issues is objective is preposterous. Others have weighted the issues differently than you and found abortion came up short compared to the coalition of issues they see elsewhere.

Let me say it again: You are not the Church and you never will be. Stop acting like your opinions are Truth and realise that others may see issues differently than you do.
 
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Then what have you been saying?
Exactly what I said earlier.
It is not difficult to understand.
Here it is again…
In the US, our bishops have also specified that abortion is the preeminent issue.

So while you should consider all the issues on the table at election time, abortion is the preeminent one.

Since you are in Canada, our bishops do not exactly have jurisdiction. So you may want to check with your priest.
 
And its preeminency does not automatically mean it’s what we need to vote for.
 
This says much.
When one cannot defend the argument, attack the person.
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“A candidate for office who supports abortion rights or any other moral evil has disqualified himself as a person that you can vote for. You do not have to vote for a person because he is pro-life. But you may not vote for any candidate who supports abortion rights.” - Fr. Stephen F. Torraco, PhD
 
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The murder of God’s innocent created by the millions far supercedes any other issue. As many Catholics have started to loudly decree:

You cannot be Catholic and be in a state of Grace and vote KNOWING someone will help continue this atrocity.
Apparently this amounts to mear collateral damage in pursuit of fuzzy, lofty ideals. I mean, who would be better suited to care for the poor and end world hunger than a candidate that has no problem with healthy, innocent babies being dismembered with enough precision to leave usable organs unharmed. . . .
 
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