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I am not Catholic but I do not understand how any true Catholic could or would support Nobama.

A true catholic could never vote for anyone who thought abortion was a right let alone anyone who would condone allowing a born infant to die because it’s Mother didn’t want it. We call them CINO’s Catholic in name only and they should be purged from the church, IMHO. There are plenty of protestant churches who think that abortion is ok, they would be welcomed there.

I am Catholic and I don’t understand it either. I tell them to vote against abortion, don’t be an enabler because as far as I’m concerned you are an accomplice to murder. Chew on that for a while...

...I do not understand how any true Catholic could or would support Nobama.

Many Catholics are carrying on a tradition of revenge against American nativists/English which goes back centuries.

It hinders honest and rational thinking.

You can’t be pro-Obama and a Catholic. Church teaching is to put life before all other social issues. Period. They have fallen into the same trap that has befallen America. The liberals have convinced them the social issues are more important. Well, I know one person who is happy, satan.

Unfortunately, many American Catholics are hard-wired to vote Democrat. A case in point: tonight I drove past the house of a very friendly Irish-Catholic family I know. Four years ago, they displayed a Kerry sign on their lawn. I was hoping that this year they have seen the light. No such luck. There were three Obama/Biden signs on their lawn. Two were strategically placed on the far corners of their rather narrow frontage to make it appear as if there were three pro-Obama households in a row. This is the same family that helped run the principal of their parish school out of town because she was not “Catholic” enough. I think “Catholic” must be a code word for Dem.

I am Catholic but have never been predisposed toward the Democrat party. Maybe it is because both of my grandfathers were converts - - one in early adulthood, the other on his deathbed. Maybe no coincidence that Larry Kudlow, Robert Novak and Laura Ingraham are converts.

The Catholics who support Obama or who are dimocrat and support the abortion plank of their platform excommunicate themselves by doing so. Here's what 26 out of 56 bishops say.

Updated: American Bishops who have spoken against Pelosi

Here is the complete list of American bishops who have responded to Nancy Pelosi's comments so far:

Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver was the first American bishop to respond
... Bishop James Conley, his auxiliary, joined him
Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington DC responded twice, first in a press release and second in a statement to The Hill. He has also appeared on Fox News, I am told.
Cardinal Justin Regali of Philadelphia, chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities, issued this statement through the USCCB website...
... Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport, chairman of the Committee on Doctrine, joined him
Cardinal Edward Egan of New York publised a strongly worded statement of his own
Bishop Samuel Aquila of Fargo issued a letter correcting Pelosi's claims
Bishop David Zubik of Pittsburgh and...
... Bishop Michael Sheridan of Colorado Springs have chimed-in
Archbishop Jose Gomez of San Antonio, CNA reports has added his voice ...
... Bishop Oscar Cantu, his auxiliary bishop, has joined him
Bishop William Murphy of Rockville has published an extensive letter
Bishop Edward Slattery of Tulsa has a detailed response
Bishop Kevin Farrell of Dallas has joined the USCCB's efforts
Bishop Gregory Aymond of Austin is on-board
Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston mentions the USCCB on his blog
Bishop Thomas Wenski of Orlando has written at length
Archbishop John Nienstedt of Saint Paul/Minneapolis challenges Pelosi's statement
Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, President of the US Bishops, has weighed-in
Bishop Robert Vasa of Baker, OR publishes in the Catholic Sentinel
Bishop Jerome Listecki of La Crosse, WI responds in a word document
Bishop Richard Lennon of Cleveland, OH will comment in his September 5th column (PDF)
Bishop Ralph Nickless of Sioux City, IA has one of the very best responses I've read
Archbishop George Niederauer of San Francisco has invited Pelosi to a "conversation"
Bishop Glen Provost, LA: "Catholic Church clear on when human life begins"
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn: "Judging the Candidates"

{Last updated on September 10th.}

Notes:

Previous #23 has been removed. Bishop Joseph Gossman of Raleigh, NC is actually the bishop emeritus, and the new bishop, Michael Burbidge has not, to my knowledge, made a personal statement.
Previous #16 has also been removed, it was an erroneous duplication of current #13.
#26 was added September 10th, although he published his column September 6th

I am not Catholic but I do not understand how any true Catholic could or would support Nobama.

Because the Catholic Church openly supports socialism. There is no basis for this support in the Bible since the Bible states the Church should do charity in Jesus name, and the last time I looked the government did not do socialism in Jesus name....but then I come from a church that takes the Bible word for word, I mean if it is really Gods word then picking and choosing what you want to follow out of it makes no sense.

I do understand how a true Christian (Catholic or otherwise) can vote for Barack Hussein Obama, despite his noxious ideologies (which may include some that have not been made public, such as his true relationships with Christianity and islam).

Very many Americans are panicked by their personal financial situations, and the financial situation of the nation and the world. When people are panicked, they close their eyes and vote for change. It’s that simple.

Of course, the “religious left” (whether Catholic or otherwise) would vote for Hussein no matter what. But the trend towards Obama seen in the polls in recent weeks is driven by panic, not by agreement with Obams’s leftist and globalist ideology or his dubious connection to Christianity.