[joseph20]

ping

[AZRepublican]

Yeah, they want to support Hillary instead, and see another ACLU lawyer elevated to the SCOTUS.

[N3WBI3]

Im not a catholic but well said!

[Mercat]

Wait a minute. Isn't the NCR a pretty leftish paper?

[areafiftyone]

I am a Roman Catholic and I refuse to let the Roman Catholic Church or any church for that matter tell me who to vote for president.

[shempy]

From my perspective as an ex-Catholic living in the about most Catholic city in America, this should be of no concern to Rudy. Heck, he still calls himself a catholic, and there is the trouble. I would hazard to guess that upwards of 90% of Catholics are closet protestants in that they don't follow the Catholic doctrine. Not out of ignorance, but out of choice. They feel no need to obey the church, yet they still consider themselves to be catholic.

As a label, "Catholic" is even more meaningless than "Republican".

[Kimmers]

How can the church maintain a tax exempt status if they are telling their members how to vote?

I thought discussion of politics was a no-no.

[mware]

Heck I am supporting Fred Thompson who is pro life.

[ex-snook]

Maybe Giuliani won't be on the ballot. Perhaps the GOP will perform a partial birth abortion on his candidacy. Guiliani will understand. He knows what happens when someone is not wanted.

[WalterSkinner]

..sounds like the beginning of pro-life mobilization in this campaign

[JohnnyZ]

The Register simply states the obvious.

This Catholic will never vote for Rudy (or Romney, or any similar liberal) in the primary or general election.

[MSSC6644]

Some people cannot abide a reasoned argument. Being pro-life as well as a member of this constitutional republic shows a consistency of thought. Without the right to life, there are no other rights. How difficult is that to understand.

Politicians who cannot support the right to life over the right to choose death of another individual have not used their God-given reasoning ability. They are not, as far as I am concerned, eligible to hold political office, especially not that of President of the United States.

Every newspaper should be pointing this out, not just Catholic ones.

[oceanview]

"Would a pro-abortion president give us a pro-life Supreme Court justice? Maybe he would in his first term."

This is what they wrote? Do they even understand the makeup of the Court? Only one more originalist is needed to take down Roe, and the next President will get 2 picks very early in their term.

So they tell me "maybe he would in his first term" - hell, that's all that's needed.

[don-o]

Good for them!! It's only going to get worse for Rudy.

[OneLoyalAmerican]

Ping

[jonrick46]

I'm looking into the political bias of the National Catholic Register.

[AVNevis]

This is a great article, regardless of whether on is a Catholic or not. The presidential nominee controls the party platform and defines the party. So if Guiliani is nominated, the GOP becomes at least mildly pro-abortion. Then pro-lifers will be without a home, putting more strength in NARAL's arguments that anyone who doesn't support abortion is an "extremist."

This should be a much bigger consideration than what Guilaini might do in office. So long as he appoints conservative judges, there is not a whole lot a president can do. But he can definatly change the party.

[Cicero]

They have a perfect right to say this. It's more than a year until the election, and we don't know who the nominees will be.

I share their concern. I like Giuliani in many ways, but this issue needs to be resolved, one way or another, or it threatens to splinter the conservative coalition.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

The Republican party had better come forth with a decent candidate. Not a leftist in republican's clothing. Please, never again any more Giuliani's, McCain's, Bloomberg's, or Rell's.
A genuine conservative please, otherwise I'll stay home or vote for mickey mouse.

[mutley]

Catholics used to be all democrats, this is changing, due to the parties changing. Old Catholics might still vote democrat, but wisely, all new Catholics can't. Democrats are now the party of the devil, if you see it clearly.