I’m not a catholic (I’m not sure what being catholic has to do with it anyway) but am staunchly pro life. No way would I want to stand before God and try to explain my vote for a proabortionist.
I find your whole premise rather offensive - I cannot wink and nod at my religious beliefs, then vote as if they don’t matter. Either my beliefs and God given principles rule every area of my life, or they are worthless. There is no moral relativism when it comes to my beliefs.
-—Either my beliefs and God given principles rule every area of my life, or they are worthless. There is no moral relativism when it comes to my beliefs.-—
That’s the bit that people that don’t have a hard core seem have trouble with...
We don’t (or at least try not to) do things that compromise our core values for expediency.