[LtdGovt]

You can cry and whine and declare your right to be a cafeteria Catholic all you want and claim you're being shock-prodded to the polls by a newspaper, but -

Why does not withholding your vote from a candidate who is pro-choice make you a 'cafeteria Catholic'? What about politicians who allow for exceptions. That's incompatible with church teaching too, is it not?

There are non-negotiable moral issues by which we must measure political candidates.

Like?

[JohnnyZ]

Among other things,

The protection of innocent life and preservation of the natural order from assault via:
Abortion
Embryonic stem-cell research
Euthanasia
Cloning

As well as defense of traditional marriage.

There are other non-negotiable issues, but:

“When it comes to direct attacks on innocent human life, being right on all the other issues can never justify a wrong choice on this most serious matter,” Bishop Olmsted wrote.

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