Is George W. Bush pro-life or pro-choice?
As Pope John Paul II explains in his encyclical, Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life), When it is not possible to overturn or completely abrogate a pro-abortion law, an elected official, whose absolute personal opposition to procured abortion was well known, could licitly support proposals aimed at limiting the harm done by such a law and at lessening its negative consequences at the level of general opinion and morality. This does not in fact represent an illicit cooperation with an unjust law, but rather a legitimate and proper attempt to limit its evil aspects.¡¨ Logically, it follows from these words of the Pope that a voter may likewise vote for that candidate who will most likely limit the evils of abortion or any other moral evil at issue.
The question is NOT the 'red herring' you trot out, rather it is: "Which candidate will most likely limit the evils of abortion, Kerry or Bush?"
So Deacon, how say you, Kerry or Bush?
I judge a man by his deeds and therefor consider George W. Bush pro-life and I'll pray that the souls who vote for Kerry don't die without sacramental confession.