Posted on 10/18/2004 9:57:38 AM PDT by Lando Lincoln
It will hurt him. The ex-communication does carry some weight. It is another level of exposure to skerry's real character. I think this is great news for all us catholics who are pro-life. Skerry will receive 3% of the CINO vote. Those psuedo CINOS would vote for the JAMF even if satan were his official running mate. Bush/Cheney 2004 Pro-Life Let's Roll!!!
Dang it! This was taken out of Breaking News. What's going on here?
That would be nice. I'm just worried about backlash from the anti-Catholic zealots out there.
Murdering innocent babies but against the legitimate execution of convicted cop killers. This character really has his priorties out of kilter.
BTTT
Posted and debunked here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1246841/posts
I've only somewhat digested the article, but it appears that the Vatican response does not identify any person by name. I'm sure that will provide plenty of opportunity for Kerry and others to claim (wrongly) that the response was not directed at them and that they believe (again, wrongly) that they remain in good standing with the Church.
The media has already made the Catholic Church a pariah, given all the press about the priests and the molestation cases. If this were the case, they'd hold Kerry up to be some sort of modern "Martin Luther," rebelling for social and religious justice. Every story you read would start, "The Catholic Church, most-infamously known for its sexual abuse scandals..."
That said, it would probably be a wash in the end. More Catholics may not vote for Kerry, but there's probably other groups that would.
This is the google news search for Kerry excommunicated. It should auto update throughout the day if this story has legs. Right now there is only one news article listed: http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=32830
ooops, here's the link http://news.google.com/news?q=kerry%20excommunicated&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=wn
It would have more weight if some Vatican official came out and made this declaration, but they know better than to inject themselves into the campaign at this point.
Of course. The looney left protects the murderers of cops and babies alike. The innocent should be punished, but never the guilty.
Marc Balestrieri, JCL defide.com
He's the guy carrying the ball for faithful Catholics. He's taken it on himself to make this a formal issue. He's a canon lawyer (JCL) with the LA diocese but he's acting as a private individual.
It's kind of 'inside baseball' stuff. Faithful Catholics know that if Kerry is acting with knowledge and free will, he excommunicated himself a long time ago.
And the Catholics In Name Only could care less, just like Kerry.
Dear Graybeard58,
In what way do you believe this story to have been "debunked"?
Thanks,
sitetest
Now it's back in Breaking News! lol
Divorced and votes for abortion.
Who's going to make the declaration that Kerry is excommunicated? Since Kerry is not named, who is going to name him?
Oh my ..
Most who are anti-Catholic are also anti-abortion. This should have negligable effect at best amongst those.
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