Who will you be supporting in the U.S. presidential election with our Catholic values in mind?

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As to sexual morality, The Democrats generally support same sex marriage, transgenderism, contraception, even government funded and mandated contraception, and a whole variety of deviant sexual practices. Plus of course promoting abortion.
 
Democrats know of one case of adultery on Trump’s part, and he later married the woman. But they have defended Bill Clinton, Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein and shielded them from public condemnation.
 
Is abortion “murder”? No, it is not.

First of all, "murder is a legal term, and since abortions are legal in the States, “murder” cannot be applied to it.

Secondly, “abortion” is not mentioned as such in the scriptures, but a close reference to it can be found in the OT whereas if a person causes a woman to miscarry, that person is subject to a fine-- not execution. If abortion was murder, then the person causing it would be subject to execution. Therefore, abortion is clearly a sin, but it’s not “murder”.

Finally, if one really believes it’s “murder”, then what should be legally done if a woman has an abortion? If it’s “murder”, then I guess she’d have to be executed for premeditated murder or given a life sentence. Is that what some here really want: yes or no?
 
Prove Trump’s affairs, other than the one with the woman he later married. If you can’t, you’re just slandering the man for political reasons.
There is a lot of evidence that Trump has had many affairs, including accusations of him approaching women while married, accusations of having sex by the women he had sex with, and his famous comments to Billy Bush. Now, let’s also note that abortions mostly occur outside of wedlock, so sexual relations outside of marriage are also an issue where Trump has admitted to having a very active sex life including his avoidance of VD in the 70s being his personal Viet Nam.
You might want to prove the preposterous assertion about the “older generation” of prolife advocates. At one time, there were Dem prolife advocates too. Not anymore of course.
What is preposterous about that? The pro-life movement tied itself to Republicans and the movement hasn’t moved forward since it did. I personally blame the Jerry Falwell types.
And let’s see the proof of racism and misogyny. Just saying “many consider” (i.e. you) think it doesn’t mean it’s so.
You mean having a President that says “Grab them by the py" doesn’t suggest misogany to you. Or pardoning Sheriff Apraio who used his office to harass Hispanics. Or calling African American football playing who kneel during the national anthem "son of b**s”. That’s enough for most people and that’s why the Republican Party is thought of as the party of racism and misogany.
Yes, Democrats have been pushing “sexual morality” for decades while simultaneously pushing the killing of millions of children. Do you really think anyone who sees the Democrats pushing that slaughter really think anything of “sexual morality”? Many Nazis, I understand, were kind to animals.
No, the Democrats certainly haven’t pushed for sexual morality any more so than the Republicans have. The Democrats also haven’t pushed for the killing of millions of children, so that is just another falsehood. They believe it should be legal. That’s different. But the reality is that a social (not political) movement is needed to reduce sexual practices that result in abortion and that isn’t going to happen from the political sphere.
I have no idea. Neither do you.
I think I do based on Trump’s comments, and comments of women that have either been approached by him or had sex with him while he has been married. You seem to ignore all of that.
 
This is really not a very good defense of abortion or the Democrat platform. Lusting after the wife of another isn’t illegal either, but Jesus said it’s adultery. It’s perfectly legal in the U.S. to get drunk, but it’s a serious sin in the eyes of the Church. The moral teachings of the Church do not correspond with the legal prohibitions of the United States in all respects.
 
There is a lot of evidence that Trump has had many affairs, including accusations of him approaching women while married, accusations of having sex by the women he had sex with, and his famous comments to Billy Bush.
No evidence. I thought not. And even with Billy Bush, Trump never said he actually did any of those things, just that one could when it came to groupies.

You just want to accuse Trump of abortion when you haven’t the slightest proof of it, in hope that it will somehow justify the millions of deaths Democrats support.
The pro-life movement tied itself to Republicans and the movement hasn’t moved forward since it did. I personally blame the Jerry Falwell types.
The prolife people have nobody to vote for except Republicans and that one remaining prolife Democrat, Lipinski I believe is his name. The Democrat party rejected Catholics and other prolife people. It has nothing to do with Jerry Falwall. I’ll be not one in a thousand prolife Catholics even know who he is, let alone care what he thinks.
“Grab them by the p y" doesn’t suggest misogany to you
It suggests a low opinion of groupies and nothing more.
Or calling African American football playing who kneel during the national anthem "son of b **s”.
He didn’t call them that because they were black. He called them that because they disrespect this country.
The Democrats also haven’t pushed for the killing of millions of children
It’s in your platform and your last two presidential candidates supported abortion. And you support them. So own it.
But the reality is that a social (not political) movement is needed to reduce sexual practices that result in abortion and that isn’t going to happen from the political sphere.
A society or portion thereof, that supports legalized murder, is corrupt to its core and can claim morality in no other way.
I think I do based on Trump’s comments, and comments of women that have either been approached by him or had sex with him while he has been married. You seem to ignore all of that.
Still no proof at all.
 
A society or portion thereof, that supports legalized murder, is corrupt to its core and can claim morality in no other way.
16 Six things I will tell thee, and name a seventh for good measure, the Lord hates and will never abide; 17 the haughty look, the lying tongue, the hands that take innocent life, 18 the heart that ever devises thoughts of mischief, the feet that hasten upon an ill errand, 19 the false witness whose every breath is perjury, and the sower of strife among brethren.

As well as anyone who supports someone who displays these behaviors. I guess they have no claim to morality.

Yes, taking innocent life is in there, but then again so is a liar, one who’s every word is perjury, sewing strife, mischievous thoughts.

Sound like anyone we know about?
 
No evidence. I thought not. And even with Billy Bush, Trump never said he actually did any of those things, just that one could when it came to groupies.
You seriously read what I wrote and come the conclusion that there is no evidence? Wow.
You just want to accuse Trump of abortion when you haven’t the slightest proof of it, in hope that it will somehow justify the millions of deaths Democrats support.
No, I want to blame the real reason for abortion, which is sex outside of marriage. You want to blame Democrats, but really, it is the individuals that get abortions and the vast majority of them are a result of sexual immorality.
The prolife people have nobody to vote for except Republicans and that one remaining prolife Democrat, Lipinski I believe is his name. The Democrat party rejected Catholics and other prolife people. It has nothing to do with Jerry Falwall. I’ll be not one in a thousand prolife Catholics even know who he is, let alone care what he thinks.
If you believe there is a political solution to abortion.and are a single issue voter, I agree that you should vote for pro-life Republicans. I don’t believe there is a political solution and the Church teaches us not to be single issue voters.
He didn’t call them that because they were black. He called them that because they disrespect this country.
Just a coincidence that they were black, I’m sure. And, no, it’s not disrespect, but that’s why you don’t understand why there won’t be a political solution to abortion.
It’s in your platform and your last two presidential candidates supported abortion. And you support them. So own it.
I’m not Democrat, so there is nothing for me to own.
A society or portion thereof, that supports legalized murder, is corrupt to its core and can claim morality in no other way.
I guess this gives you the excuse to consistently misrepresent Democratic positions and pass falsehoods that have been debunked over and over again. The Republicans have been in charge many times. Abortion is still legal. The political solution does not work.
Still no proof at all.
Another falsehood about proof.
 
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the Church does not teach that we are to be single issue voters
No. Nor did I make that claim. What Pope Benedict said was:
I didn’t say you did. I was responding to the initial question of, “So you won’t say whether you would vote for abortion-supporting candidates against a prolife candidate.” The question cannot be answered unless one is a single issue voter.
Tell us what your “proportionate reasons”
One example would be to compare the likelihood of change that law versus others, which is becoming more an issue every year. Another would be the likelihood of starting an unjust war, versus how much abortion can be legitimately limited. Another is the danger to making the planet poisonous to millions. Another is actually electability, which is why one might have voted for Trump in the first place, versus a more solid pro-life candidate. So this works both ways.

Yet even if one considers abortion the single issue, there is still the matter of whether the best way to combat it is through the states, the court, or economic reform. For me, I see the only hope of ever doing more than a minor reduction in abortion, which is still a laudable goal, is through moral revitalization.

That brings up another proportional reason. Salvation of souls is proportional, which is an argument for avoiding candidates that one feels set the worst moral examples for today’s children. The point is, bumper sticker thinking does not work for moral soul-searching.
 
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Still no proof at all.
You keep asking for proof, as if there is such a thing as absolute proof. If you do not believe the evidence is significant, then do not consider that in your voting. Other voters will are free to do the same, with no need to convince others. Those who are partisan cannot be convinced. Donald Trump said once he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and not be prosecuted. His more ardent supporters will not believe it even if there was video. Likewise, there are many that despise him so much they will believe anything bad said about him, regardless of how outlandish.

Because of my own opinions and moral compass, I will never vote for him, and do so with a well-informed conscience, it keeping with Church teaching.
 
I was responding to the initial question of, “So you won’t say whether you would vote for abortion-supporting candidates against a prolife candidate.” The question cannot be answered unless one is a single issue voter.
It doesn’t, but in any event, it does isolate the reasons why a person would support one candidate over another, all other things being equal.
One example would be to compare the likelihood of change that law versus others, which is becoming more an issue every year
Too vague.
Another would be the likelihood of starting an unjust war
No war in this century or the last half of the last century has even come close to the death rate abortion has caused in this country alone. Not proportionate. And the Church has never declared any of them “unjust”.
versus how much abortion can be legitimately limited
It’s more than that. It’s a matter of a society countenancing, even supporting killing millions of innocents. It is almost impossible to find a society in history more unjust or corrupt than that. And we then wonder why the young do not marry or raise children and engage in all sorts of sexual perversions as if they were moral. A killer society is unlikely to accomplish anything good or moral.
moral revitalization.
Which will not happen as long as the young are taught that it’s okay to kill innocent babies. There will only be the downward spiral we have been witnessing in the last decades.
The point is, bumper sticker thinking does not work for moral soul-searching.
So saving lives and teaching the young that it’s wrong to kill is to be dismissed as “bumper sticker thinking”. It’s no wonder half the population thinks it’s okay to kill children and, increasingly, others who are not deemed useful.
His more ardent supporters will not believe it even if there was video
Ah! Those awful “deplorables” and “smelly Walmart shoppers” who believe in God and employment. They’re so stupid they wouldn’t believe anything bad about Trump. They really should believe those who countenance killing children and call them names. :roll_eyes:
there are many that despise him so much they will believe anything bad said about him, regardless of how outlandish.

Because of my own opinions and moral compass, I will never vote for him
"Nuff said. I think these lines say it all.
 
You seriously read what I wrote and come the conclusion that there is no evidence? Wow.
Listen to the Billy Bush tape. Trump never says he did anything but kiss women himself. He only said one “could” do other things with groupies.
I want to blame the real reason for abortion, which is sex outside of marriage
No it’s not. The real reasons are the decision to abort and its availability. The MAJORITY of abortions are had by married women. So do you now want to condemn all married politicians? Let’s see now, who among the recent married presidents has had only one child or two? They would be the most suspect, wouldn’t they, particularly if they support it?

 
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Trump never says he did anything but kiss women himself. He only said one “could” do other things with groupies.
Trump said not a word about groupies. He did speak about a fried’s wife, he did speak about the female TV person meeting them. Nothing aobut groupies though. Where does this stuff get started?

Also thanks for your link:
Study Finds Married Women Have More Abortions Than Anyone Else
Key quote in it:
The World Health Organization and Guttmatcher Institute found that 73 percent of women around the world who have abortions are married. As a disclaimer, this number is dramatically lower in America where about 85 percent of women who have abortions are unmarried, …
emphasis added
 
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Listen to the Billy Bush tape. Trump never says he did anything but kiss women himself. He only said one “could” do other things with groupies.
Oh, well, that certainly declares his innocence. He only kisses other women while married. Yep, totally innocent.
No it’s not. The real reasons are the decision to abort and its availability. The MAJORITY of abortions are had by married women. So do you now want to condemn all married politicians? Let’s see now, who among the recent married presidents has had only one child or two? They would be the most suspect, wouldn’t they, particularly if they support it?
Oh, my goodness. Did you even read the article that you just cited?

“this number is dramatically lower in America where about 85 percent of women who have abortions are unmarried”

We are talking about abortions in America since you are seeking an American political solution.
 
Oh, my goodness. Did you even read the article that you just cited?

“this number is dramatically lower in America where about 85 percent of women who have abortions are unmarried”
So what? Your attack on Trump is to suggest that he has caused abortions because he had one provable affair. You claimed the real reason for abortion is sex outside marriage. That’s not true. Whether it’s true in the U.S. alone or not makes no difference. Your claim of cause/effect is simply invalid.
the real reason for abortion, which is sex outside of marriage.
 
So what? Your attack on Trump is to suggest that he has caused abortions because he had one provable affair. You claimed the real reason for abortion is sex outside marriage. That’s not true. Whether it’s true in the U.S. alone or not makes no difference. Your claim of cause/effect is simply invalid.
Umm, okay, the article you cited said that 85% of abortions in the United States are had by women that are unmarried and you are trying to claim that the real reason for abortion is sex outside of marriage is untrue. Wow. I guess in the face of overwhelming facts, you can still deny the truth.
 
Umm, okay, the article you cited said that 85% of abortions in the United States are had by women that are unmarried and you are trying to claim that the real reason for abortion is sex outside of marriage is untrue.
It’s obviously untrue if the great majority of abortions worldwide are had by married women.
 
It’s obviously untrue if the great majority of abortions worldwide are had by married women.
And we’re talking about the US in this thread. Which do you think is more relevant in discussing how to lower abortions in the US, data from the US or data from the entire world?
 
This is really not a very good defense of abortion or the Democrat platform.
I’m not defending the Democratic position on abortion, and how many times do I have to tell you that!!! This is why it is simply fruitless to try and have a serious discussion with you.
 
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