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Kerry can do anything he wants as a Catholic (My Title)
New York Times ^ | 4/6/04 | KATHARINE Q. SEELYE

Posted on 04/06/2004 10:34:40 AM PDT by Andyman

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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.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2004; catholic; catholicpoliticians; freeagency; heretic; kerry; kerryandgod
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To: bobo1
I cannot argue with one thing you said.
21 posted on 04/06/2004 11:36:39 AM PDT by Andyman
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To: Andyman
have I met you on CARM?

Blessings, Bobo
22 posted on 04/06/2004 11:46:35 AM PDT by bobo1
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To: bobo1
Pope Nuance explains his own personal version of Catholicism.
23 posted on 04/06/2004 11:49:23 AM PDT by Belisaurius ("Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, Ted" - Joseph Kennedy 1958)
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To: bobo1
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.

24 posted on 04/06/2004 12:24:55 PM PDT by sr4402
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To: Andyman
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.
25 posted on 04/06/2004 1:27:15 PM PDT by vanmorrison
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To: Andyman
Kerry Dismisses Critics of Time That He Took Off Campaigning
26 posted on 04/06/2004 2:04:40 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
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To: Andyman
Apparently, Kerry thinks his thinking trumps Scripture. Can we say god complex?

You WILL reap what you sow, Mr. Kerry.
27 posted on 04/06/2004 4:18:41 PM PDT by dmanLA
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