Kerry can do anything he wants as a Catholic (My Title)

New York Times ^ | 4/6/04 | KATHARINE Q. SEELYE

[Andyman]

(Excerpt)

He (Kerry) added: "I'm not a church spokesman. I'm a legislator running for president. My oath is to uphold the Constitution of the United States in my public life. My oath privately between me and God was defined in the Catholic church by Pius XXIII and Pope Paul VI in the Vatican II, which allows for freedom of conscience for Catholics with respect to these choices, and that is exactly where I am. And it is separate. Our constitution separates church and state, and they should be reminded of that."

Mr. Kerry apparently meant John XXIII, as there is no Pius XXIII.

[Andyman]

I cannot argue with one thing you said.

[bobo1]

have I met you on CARM?

Blessings, Bobo

[Belisaurius]

Pope Nuance explains his own personal version of Catholicism.

[sr4402]

A Christian does not believe that it is okey dokey to kill the unborn, to practice homosexuality, let alone have them marry or have a civil union

You forgot, leave a wife and take another.

[vanmorrison]

He may be arrogant, but he's right as rain. The American Catholic Church has allowed itself to be debased by the Democrats for a very long time. Now, because of the continued and sustained moral laxity of the Church's hierarchy, any admonitions against lapsed Catholic depravity the Church might make is no longer credible, and is considered laughable.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Kerry Dismisses Critics of Time That He Took Off Campaigning

[dmanLA]

Apparently, Kerry thinks his thinking trumps Scripture. Can we say god complex?

You WILL reap what you sow, Mr. Kerry.