QUOTE(Kate @ Aug 23 2008, 07:14 PM)
I never understood why Catholics were Democrat. Sure, Democrats are big on social issues yet the Catholic Church prohibits abortion, homosexuality, taxes, etc.
I am an Irish Catholic.................
What does religion have to do with political affiliation? Seems like a strange statment? Do you agree 100% with every edict of the Catholic church? Do you agree 100% with every talking point of the Republican party. Particularly what the Republican party has become today? Bigger government, corporate wellfare, infidelity, wars of agression/occupation, pandering to oil companies, cronyism, ineptitude, deficit spending, etc.?
In regards to your points above, its actually pretty simple for a Catholic. Don't have an abortion and don't be a homosexual. For most catholics, those things are pretty easy to do. I'm not sure what political affiliation would have to do with one's own actions. How about electing the candidate that you think will be able to best run the country, whether its a rebuplican, democrat, or other party.
Most Catholics are catholic because that is what their parents chose for them at a young age. Most of the kids I went to catholic school with still consider themselves catholic, and still go to church. But, they are pretty much going through the motions engrained in them as a child.
Later...Shawn
QUOTE(Kate @ Aug 24 2008, 11:53 AM)
Yes, they did. It will be interesting to see how they deal with Joe Biden.
Isn't that pretty much extortion? Perhaps we could pursue some RICO violations agains the church if they were to make such threats. At the very least, interfering directly in the actions of government figures by threat should cause them to lose their tax exemptions.
Later...Shawn
