[Siobhan]

The problem is in the way you write the English language. Your post intimated a parity between both candidates with does not exist. Catholics who know the moral law can understand the difference between the two candidates between one candidate who for example constantly supports partial birth abortion and the other who tried to stop it. They are not both more or less pro-Choice. That is a deliberate obfuscation of the facts. Kerry is clearly the one who will open the doors to horrors with regard to the Life issues. Bush is the one who has tried to contain and stop the forward movement of this terror against the unborn and against life.

It is fun to see you still up to your old tricks, sinkspur.

[sinkspur]

They are not both more or less pro-Choice

The Church says that direct abortion is not permitted, under any circumstances.

Does George W. Bush allow for exceptions to the Church's position on abortion? Yes, or no?

Is the child aborted after an incestuous act any less dead than the child aborted through convenience?

My point, Siobhan, is that it is too facile to simply declare that anyone who votes for John Kerry is in mortal sin and one who votes for George W. Bush is not.

I support George W. Bush and have already voted for him, and believe he is pro-life compared to Kerry. But he is not 100% pro-life, according to the Church. You can call this "word games" if you wish, but the teaching of the Church is clear.

[Diva]

It is fun to see you still up to your old tricks, sinkspur.

We have an auxilliary bishop here in Michigan who does the same sort of thing. He is giving his congregation and many Catholics in this state the excuse to vote for Kerry, basically saying that because Kerry supports the social agenda of the left and Bush does not it is better to vote for Kerry. It is leading people astray. I pray the good deacon does not go this far when he speaks to other Catholics in person.

[Diva]

It is fun to see you still up to your old tricks, sinkspur.

We have an auxilliary bishop here in Michigan who does the same sort of thing. He is giving his congregation and many Catholics in this state the excuse to vote for Kerry, basically saying that because Kerry supports the social agenda of the left and Bush does not it is better to vote for Kerry. It is leading people astray. I pray the good deacon does not go this far when he speaks to other Catholics in person.