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I was recently given a book called " Can a Catholic be a Democrat?" To tell you the truth, I probably won't read the book (although I hear good things about it), because it's bound to be 220 pages of "no."
Is this a question that really needs asking, "can a devout Catholic be a faithful Democrat?" I think we all know the answer. The Church has 5 non-negotiable issues. Any candidate that supports these issues cannot be supported or voted for by a Catholic, simple as that. To do so would be a sin. What are these five non-negotiable issues? To list them off sounds like one is reading the Democratic platform: embryonic stem cell research, gay marriage, abortion, euthanasia, and human cloning.
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The Dems showed us all a while back that euthanasia wasn't just a dream of theirs when they had Terri Schiavo starved to death against her mother and father's wishes. Adding to the "can a Democrat be a Catholic" argument, they wouldn't even allow a dieing Schiavo a measly crumb of Holy Eucharist.
Can a Catholic be a Democrat? Sure. But will that Dem be a Catholic in way other than name? Certainly not. The Democratic party's platform is almost in complete contradiction to the teachings of the Catholic faith (with the exception, perhaps, of Catholic Social Teaching, which fits perfectly due to it's heavy borrowing from Socialism). All five of the Catholic church's non-negotiable issues seem to be taken directly from the Democratic party's platform. To vote Democrat is, in almost all cases, wrong and against Church teachings. "Catholic" politicians such as Nancy Pelosi (D, CA) and Jennifer Granholm (D, MI) should be excommunicated for their support of abortion.
Can a devout Catholic be a faithful Democrat? Absolutely not!
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2. Teri Schiavo - the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness guaranteed in our Bill of Rights incorporated in our Constitution should extend to a brain damaged and handicapped adult, as well as to the fetus or handicapped child. Ms. Schiavo was not being kept alive "artificially," except with the provision of basic sustenance, food and water, was Catholic by all accounts with no living will in existence, had family ready and willing to continue to care and provide for her needs, yet a Florida judge in truth ignored her Constitutional "right to life" and sanctioned her murder in the name of awarding legal "custody" and control to her husband, a "legal" bigamist.
"One Nation Under God" Has Lost It's Way... Of the People, By the People, For the People Long Gone
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