Posted on 06/12/2007 1:45:25 PM PDT by NYer
.- Senator Sam Brownback, who is a Republican candidate for president, called for the defense of marriage and innocent human life at the National Catholic Mens Conference on Saturday.
Sen. Brownback, a Roman Catholic, attended the conference to talk about bringing his faith into public life.
In introducing the Kansas Republican, organizer Steve Wood criticized Catholic politicians who separate their faith lives from their public lives, reported The Associated Press.
I dont know about you, but this stuff by many Catholic politicians who say, Im personally opposed, but... But what?" Wood reportedly said. "You should have the integrity to be consistent in both the personal and public life.
During his talk, Brownback urged married couples to stay together and to make their marriages work. He said marriage should remain between a man and a woman. Countries that have allowed same-sex marriages are engaging in bad social experiments, he added.
Brownback also said innocent life should be protected, even in cases of rape. "Rape is terrible. Rape is awful. Is it made any better by killing an innocent child? Does it solve the problem for the woman thats been raped?" Brownback asked at the St. Josephs Covenant Keepers gathering.
"We need to protect innocent life. Period," he said, bringing the crowd of about 500 to its feet.
With one side of his mouth, Senator Brownback extols traditional American values with great eloquence. With the other side of his mouth, Brownback gleefully endorses “open borders” which negates what he says with the other side of his mouth. Are KS people that divergent?
Brownback is polling 2%. Rudy is polling 30+ Maybe GOP voters are more interested in policy than religion.
Cut government, lower my taxes, fight the muzzies, keep your hands off my guns, and EXTRACT illegals. That is all for now....
Religion is policy as it determines where the president will stand when the Democrats try to force their decadence on the American people.
Speaking of policy, Rudy’s proposed one barely differs from Bill Clinton’s.
Everyone believes in something, and what they believe will influence and motivate what policies they endores and promote.
Hmmm. Exactly my point. Well said.
I like Brownback...Going with FRed to start but Brownback is in the running.
Sam Brownback is a good man. It’s a shame that the values he holds are not held by the majority of Americans. I wonder what the cultural climate of America will look like in 30 years.
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Actually Brownback is a Catholic - he converted a few years back.
Roger that.
“Sam Brownback is a good man. Its a shame that the values he holds are not held by the majority of Americans. I wonder what the cultural climate of America will look like in 30 years.”
I’ll tell you what the cultural climate of America will look like in 30 years if Sam Brownback were to become President. It would look like Atzlan, it would be a Mexican culture, if he had his way. His position on immigration would ruin American culture (his position is the same as Bush’s). He may be a good man in other respects, but on immigration, he is not a good man, as he advocates the destruction of our country from within by massive immigration from without. Take the blinders off.
You’re right.
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