Yeah Right!
(He believed it before he didn't believe it.)
(Or something like that)
Posted on 07/05/2004 12:58:47 AM PDT by miltonim
DYERSVILLE, Iowa — As Sen. John Kerry campaigned across Iowa yesterday with Gov. Tom Vilsack, widely reported to be on Kerry's vice-presidential short list, both men dodged repeated questions about whether their joint appearance might be a preview of the Democratic ticket.
But even as he tried to avoid making news, Kerry broke ground in an interview that ran in the Dubuque, Iowa, daily, the Telegraph Herald. A Catholic who supports abortion rights and has taken heat recently from some in the church hierarchy for his stance, Kerry told the paper: "I oppose abortion, personally. I don't like abortion. I believe life does begin at conception.
"I can't take my Catholic belief, my article of faith, and legislate it on a Protestant or a Jew or an atheist," he continued. "We have separation of church and state in the United States of America."
The comments came on the final day of a three-state Midwest swing, during which Kerry has repeatedly sought to dispel stereotypes that could play negatively among voters in the Midwest.
President Bush's campaign said these instances are further evidence of what it says is Kerry's propensity for misleading flip-flops.
"John Kerry's ridiculous claim to hold conservative values and his willingness to change his beliefs to fit his audience betrays a startling lack of conviction on important issues like abortion that will make it difficult for voters to give him their trust," said Steve Schmidt, a Bush campaign spokesman.
A "Life begins at conception" ping!
"I can't take my Catholic belief, my article of faith, and legislate it on a Protestant or a Jew or an atheist," he continued. "We have separation of church and state in the United States of America."
Kerry wants to be president so badly that he'll forsake his religous views before he'll forsake support from the abortion enthusiasts. He's just pretenting to be religous because he knows there's not enough atheists voters to get elected.
John, a hint: If this is really your belief, it can be supported by DNA testing, which has nothing to do with the church.
The flowing continuum of the life cycle, complete with tributaries. Yet many folks oddly believe there is a magical "poof" at which a human being suddenly pops into existence.
From what I've read, Robert Drinan (a Jesuit who served in the House until Rome told him to get out of politics) was the first to use this argument.
Kerry 150 years ago: "I personally oppose hanging your slave from a tree, but I won't stand in the way of someone doing with their property what they will. I believe slaves are human beings."
From what I read, there are lots of Protestants, Jews and atheists who oppose abortion. (There's even a gay group formed to oppose it!) Anyway, Kerry has no "Catholic beliefs."
He is so utterly disgusting! (On the other hand, his internal polling must be showing his pro-abort stand and votes -- e.g., his leading the NARAL pro-abort pep rally around January -- is hurting him.)
" From what I read, there are lots of Protestants, Jews and atheists who oppose abortion. (There's even a gay group formed to oppose it!) Anyway, Kerry has no "Catholic beliefs."
Kerry is running on his Catholicity. He brought it into the race, posed for photo-ops, and courted the Catholic ethnicity. He has only himself to blame.
Besides, for a faithful Catholic, receiving Communion at a Protestant church as he did at an AME church is anathema.
He has denied the basic tenet of the faith which is the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist.
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That's not a "belief." It's a scientific FACT.
Over the last seven years, John Kerry has voted against every anti abortion bill he was presented with. He has come in from the campaign trail just to vote against a ban on partial birth abortion. He is an evil person who will say anything to anyone to be elected president.
His saying that "life begins at conception" coupled with his unswerving support for all forms of abortion make him the greatest danger to the American Catholic Church since the Know Nothings.
Help us fight this guy. Don't let this evil come directly to our door while we do nothing.
catholicsagainstkerry.com needs you to stand up now. Come to the site volunteer as a coordinator, tell all you family and friends.
Do you really think he believes in God? As far as I can see, he believes in money.
Kerry is confused. Abortion is NOT a "Separation of church and state" issue. Opposition to legal abortion is not due to revealed theology or some esoteric theological mystery exclusively tied to Catholicism. That an unborn child is a living human being is scientific fact. It's not a frog or a stone.
Then why doesn't he vote AGAINST abortion?
It's just another fli-flop by this CINO. Nothing new here, folks. Just speaking apeasement to the conservative crowd in Iowa.
Go ahead, take a look at the images.
Catholic ethical teaching on surgical abortion is not an "article of faith. " Kerry doesn't understand Catholicism. That the killing of an unborn child is a murder, unlawful and immoral, is not a revealed theological mystery.
The part of Catholic teaching which binds Kerry as a Catholic is that having or assisting an abortion is a mortal sin barring one from Holy Communion. Before 1973 when abortion was illegal in the U.S., American citizens were not bound to Catholic sacramental discipline or theology by observing the unlawfulness of murdering an unborn child. Kerry is a kook. Legal restrictions on abortion do not make Americans subject to Catholic theology or "articles of faith."
I suggest that Bishop O'Malley, Cardinal McCarrick, and the Jesuit superiors of Fr. Drinan (advising Kerry) exercise their pastoral functions and inform Kerry of his confusion and errors. Why would they NOT do this? And why would the Pope NOT instruct them to do this? Now.
Yeah Right!
(He believed it before he didn't believe it.)
(Or something like that)
In other words, "Sure, I believe that abortion is murder, but women must have that right to decide whether to murder or not." -- Standard-bearer of the oh-so-compassionate Democratic Party
Unfortunately, a good number from both groups continue trust him.... and ignore him.
"Unfortunately, a good number from both groups continue trust him.... and ignore him."
Of course! When I made my comment about Kerry not being trustworthy, I only considered individuals with some degree of intelligence. That left out the hardcore Kerry supporters.
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