Wow, a lot of finger pointers. Face it, Catholics voted as the nation voted. Those who identify themselves Catholic, but don’t attend Mass, etc. shouldn’t count.
The heart of the matter is simple. We are living in a time of moral decay, egoism, and a general lack of personal accountability.
Instead of pointing fingers at the Church, we should recognize the roll each of us plays in spreading the Gospel. Preach the Gospel everyday, use words if you must.
**Flame Alert*** Perhaps much of this current decline can be traced to acceptance of contraception, both by the state and mainline Protestant churches. The Episcopalians, in the 1930 Lambeth Conference (http://www.lambethconference.org/resolutions/1930/1930-15.cfm) were the first to allow it.
What we continue to see is the separation of procreation from marriage. We have lost the beauty of our participation in the Divine plan of life. When we focus on our own desires and use barriers to fertility, we create a barrier between us and God.
How quickly we have gone from condoms to abortion. How fully selfish we have become in putting ourselves first.
We are not living our physical and spiritual lives in accordance to Divine law and are now reaping the reward.
May we focus on repentance, humility, and stand as witnesses to the Truth.
Unfortunately, people of faith in this country are virtually indistinguishable from the rest of society: the divorce rate is nearly identical, the crime rate is similar, drunkeness and drug use are similar, the incidence of loan defaults is almost the same, etc.
So, for one to say they are a Catholic or Christian has almost no meaning.
THAT is the reason 0bama won and that is why we are facing God's judgement.