voting

[RachelsAlumni]

Can you really expect to stand before Him with a straight face and say 'oh but I was one of the 36% that they can logically deduce didn’t vote etc etc… ’ Not nearly good enough when you’re talking about fighting legalised murder of the unborn.

Yes. I am ready and willing to stand before God as my Just Judge and say that I took a stand for life and would not cast a vote in support of any candidate who’s policies are contrary to the demands of the moral order, to the fundamental rights of humans, and contrary to the Gospel of Life.

Because the CHURCH has made it compulsory. The Catechism says in black and white that we’re all obliged to vote.

not exactly true.

CCC 2240 says:

Submission to authority and co-responsibility for the common good make it morally obligatory to pay taxes, to exercise the right to vote

There is a huge difference between exercising a ‘right to vote’ and being obligated or compelled to vote. Compulsory or obligatory voting is considered a violation of the First Amendment’s prohibition against compelled speech. The only way to get around this 1st Ammendment prohibition would be for the ballot to contain a none of the above choice which is basically the same thing. A voter is simply forced to enter the poll to cast their protest by selecting none of the above.

Now continuing on in the Catechism just two paragraphs further:

The citizen is obliged in conscience not to follow the directives of civil authorities when they are contrary to the demands of the moral order, to the fundamental rights of persons or the teachings of the Gospel. Refusing obedience to civil authorities, when their demands are contrary to those of an upright conscience, finds its justification in the distinction between serving God and serving the political community. "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s."48 “We must obey God rather than men”:49

It is a no-brainer that politicians who support or defend abortion as a woman’s right ‘are contrary to the demands of the moral order, to the fundamental rights of persons or the teachings of the Gospel.’

According to “A Brief Catechism for Catholic Voters”
by Fr. Stephen F. Torraco

If a political candidate supported abortion, or any other moral evil, such as assisted suicide and euthanasia, for that matter, it would not be morally permissible for you to vote for that person. This is because, in voting for such a person, you would become an accomplice in the moral evil at issue. For this reason, moral evils such as abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide, are examples of a “disqualifying issue.” A disqualifying issue is one which is of such gravity and importance that it allows for no political maneuvering. It is an issue that strikes at the heart of the human person and is non-negotiable. A disqualifying issue is one of such enormity that by itself renders a candidate for office unacceptable regardless of his position on other matters.

I am under absolutely no obligation whatsoever to vote for any politician who supports or promotes abortion or any other instrinsic moral evil. In fact, by my ‘refusing obedience to civil authorities, when their demands are contrary to those of an upright conscience, finds its justification in the distinction between serving God and serving the political community.’

I choose to serve God rather than serve the political community.

I choose to serve God rather than man.

 

[bobzills]

But’Could be taken’ that you’re dissatisfied? Wishy-washy.

Whether or not it is wishy washy, I still don’t see any reason to vote for someone that I don’t like. I think it is better just to refuse to vote in a case like that.