Actually I am not so sure that this is true but first, what I meant was that the “Vote Party Line” lever should be removed.
Now I understand what you meant and to that I can agree with you.
Is there? Go to the Democrats For Life website and see how many Democratic congressmen and state politicians are pro-life.
I don’t think anyone is saying that. I certainly don’t think so. But I do think it can safely be said that the overwhelming lion’s share of pro-abortionist politicians are Democrats. Additionally the the likelihood of a Democratic Presidential nominee who was pro-life is akin to going to the store and buying a “football-bat” or “soup-sandwich”.
Louis,
The problem I have with the argument that the RNC is more pro-life is that I’m not convinced legislation is the answer. I think you need **both **legislation restricting abortion and greater support for pregnant women (living wage, affordable housing, health care, child care). Neither party has been all that impressive in this regard.richardols,
I resent people who do not own up to the truth. So there, we are even on ther resenting stuff…(teasing btw).
Instead of looking at dems who claim to be prolife (which I acknowledge there dems who are prolife), we should instead look at the incredibly strong voting record of the dems against even slowing the rate of abortions through law. That is the true reflection of where the dems sit on the issue of life.
As for morality, no party has a lock on morality. The republicans are morally weak in many ways, it is just that abortion trumps those.
I would suggest a closer read of the Democratic Party platform’s unequivocal support of abortion-on-demand. Contrary to your bogus claim above, the Democratic Party platform does support killing unborn children.
Louis’s reason isn’t really a reason. It’s nonsense. It’s nothing more than one person’s drivel that “wealthy” people don’t deserve tax breaks.
Ah, now that looks rather similar to the guide that was available to everyone from the England and Wales bishops for the UK general election in May. A wide range of issues that all Catholics should be taking into consideration when voting. Hmm, that’s cheered me up, the leaders of the US Catholic Church are evidently on the same page as the UK ones.
Still to be found at
That must be why it’s called the Catholic (universal) Church
YesThat must be why it’s called the Catholic (universal) Church
Our society already accepts rape as evil. If we lived in a society in which this was not the case, a law prohibiting rape would be largely ineffective. In fact, we can see this historically - for a long time, it was assumed that it was impossible for a wife to be raped by her husband. This was based on a corrupt vision of human nature which denied women’s humanity. We no longer view women as subhuman, and recognize that a woman is not obligated to submit whenever, wherever, even if the man accosting her happens to be her husband.
You are indeed mistaken.Yes
I dunno, I’d just gotten the opinion from posts here that Catholics in the US had been told ‘you absolutely must vote Republican because the abortion issue outweighs everything else.’ - even to the extent that it was a sin to do anything other than vote Republican.
I suppose I need to have more confidence in my - indeed ‘Catholic’ - Church.
Mike
I understand your point, but why do think there is a dichotomy between changing society or changing the law? I would say we can and should pursue both approaches simultaneously. Therefore shouldn’t we as Catholics vote for legislators who are pro-life in their approach to making laws as well as taking other actions to change societies outlook on infanticide?
, but you didged my question.