Posted on 07/05/2004 10:38:19 AM PDT by BigSkyFreeper
OK. But what about these reports I hear that Catholics vote Dem whether their guy is pro-life or not? I just wonder what the real deomographics are.
No. Nothing of the kind. If someone called you stupid, it wasn't me.
It's reported that Bush made inroads in the Catholic vote in 2000, but most political pundits characterize this as a Dem voting block. Other than you and your neighbors, do you have a reason to believe this isn't true?
Too clever by half.
Come on. This is the kind of misstatement that costs elections.
No, you have only got it half right. It is much more preposterous than that. He believes life begins at conception but instead of doing what you said he is doing "nothing to safeguard" he is actively campaigning FOR infanticide. He was one of the few, if I remember correctly, campaigning actively and passionately FOR partial birth abortion.
Many, many thanks. Yours is the definitive statement on Kerry's calculated "pro-life" position. It's the one we should all be using. Thanks, again.
I doubt if pro-lifers will let Kerry get away with that. His votes on partial birth abortion tell every pro-life Catholic what they need to know about what Kerry says is his position on abortion.
Don't hold your breath.
I personally believe life begins at conception. However, I respect that many of my constituents disagree with me on this and I do not want to force my beliefs on them. I will therefore only try to enact legislation regarding abortion that I know my constituents support.
However, with this latest little pronouncement Kerry is saying the unbelievable:
I personally believe life begins at conception. However, I do not respect that many of my constituents disagree with me on partial birth abortion and I do want to force what I personally do not believe on them. I will therefore actively campaign passionately to enact legislation regarding abortion that I know my constituents do not support.
I don't see it that way. I hope someone catches him on a clear-cut contradiction, but Kerry saying, "I vote for women's right to choose, but I don't morally support abortion" seems to me takes care of the left and the right.
If they are single-issue voters, probably not. If they're are already leaning toward Kerry, they can give him the benefit of doubt on the issue. It doesn't change the status quo.
I won't since I wouldn't dream of doing anything to help him!
his vote against banning partial-birth abortion.
Liberalism is a religion.
It has articles of faith and sacraments. For the past two decades liberals have been tryng to make liberalism the state religion of the US. Under the guise of "separating church and state," they have systematically been removing any reference to (our) God from public view. It is only (our) God that may not be mentioned. Their God (government control of all aspects of our life) is praised continually. We need to tell our friends that the reason we cannot argue with liberals is because it is virtually impossible to rationalize anyone away from the dogmas of their faith.
Since it is their religion, John Kerry, perhaps under the influence of being in an actual church on Sunday, committed a heresy to the religion of Liberalism, when he said Life begins at conception.
We can point out to liberal acquaintances that Kerry is a heretic, who said that he believes the unborn is a "life.". We can also argue that he cannot be trusted to always vote their way, if he is "unclear" on such a primary article of their faith = a fetus is just protoplasm, and the property of the woman carrying it, to be dispensed with as she wishes.
A lot of Catholics do 'overlook' the abortion stance, because they believe in the Dem principle of "helping the poor and needy."
When regular churchgoers are questioned (gently) about voting for dem politicians, they say they are praying for the person to change their heart re abortion.
These, however, are the same people who feel they would be insulting the poor, if they were asked to help in providing for themselves, or cleaning up after themselves, etc.
Whenever you meet a Catholic who puts the highest priority on Social Justice, you have met a pro-abort Catholic. Some have even convinced themselves that the poor deserve (or need) to have the abortion option.
It is a very condescending attitude, and one held by a lot of today's activist nuns.
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