So far, all I had done was post a marker to return to this thread when time allowed. Now that you have posted as you have and time allows, a fuller reply is in order. Also you are relatively new here. There are many other important issues I do not address below which also fully justify voting against the three triplets separated at birth: Romney and Obozo and Roseanne Barr: guns, judges, regulation, spending, restoration of western civilization, etc.
1. Deacon Keith Fournier is probably nice to his wife, kiddies and puppies and kitties as the case may be but he is not a Catholic authority. He was, IIRC, chosen by the Rev. Mr. Pat Robertson to head up a sort of Catholic auxiliary to Christian Coalition. I attended the founding meeting at Boston, the high point of which was a speech by the late US Rep. Henry Hyde.
2. Deacon Fournier is a resident of Massachusetts as I recall and well knows what Romney inflicted on the Catholic Church and its ministries and other pro-life churches and their ministries there through Romneycare via requiring all employers INCLUDING such religious ones to fund abortion, sterilization, abortifacient IUDs, abortifacient "morning after pills," and his absolutely overeager cooperation with the decision of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court that somehow John Adams' ancient Massachusetts constitution somehow GUARANTEED the right of rump ranging sexual perverts or their somewhat female counterparts to "marry" as freely as heterosexual couples. Call me narrow-minded but, whatever his failings, I don't really think that John Adams had any such thing in mind much less full blown abortion-embracing Romneycare.
3. I have no idea if you are a pro-lifer or a Roman Catholic. I am a pro-lifer and a believing and practicing Catholic. I will not vote for Myth Romney, for Obozo, or for Roseann Barr or any other infamous baby-killer or religion persecutor. I will not have to apologize to my Savior for selling my soul for a mess of pottage.
4. Given what Obozo is and given what Myth Romney is and the overwhelming likelihood of his nomination, this nation is already in intensive care (with the personnel on strike) on failing life support. Let's not make believe that Myth Romney and Obozo have any significant differences on issues that matter unless you think that the care and feeding of Muffy's trust fund is a big deal.
5. Calling Romney an actual Mormon and calling Obozo an actual Muslim, given their respective track records for gross dishonesty as to all moral matters, is giving entirely too much credit to each of them. Law or no law, I would bet that abortion mills are mighty scarce in Salt Lake City, in Riyadh, in Medina and in Mecca.
6. No, we don't all know who will do the country the least harm. Like each and every Demonrat POTUS candidate since McGovern's nomination in 1972, Obozo is manifestly a threat to everything that conservatives hold dear. So is Myth Romney. Stop lying to yourself and others.
7. Finally, note that Romneycare was enacted and signed by Myth Romney in 2006, one year AFTER he claims to have had a sudden conversion to pro-lifer while pondering embryonic stem cell research. Romneycare guaranteed that any abortion no matter how complicated cost no more than $50. Deval Patrick lowered the price to ZERO. The spineless Catholic bishops of Massachusetts cowered in the corner in fear rather than resist. Planned Barrenhood was placed PERMANENTLY on the Board of Romneycare to protect their "victory" over Church and babies. One year AFTER Romney claims to have become a pro-lifer.
8. Bear paragraph 7 in mind as Romney runs around the country making believe he is a man of religious principle. The Mormons should sue him for defamation. Republicans should deposit him in the nearest trash bucket.
9. If you worry about Christianity, as you should, take some time to decide what evasions you will tell Jesus Christ as he judges your performance on earth in supporting the likes of Romney (no better than Obozo or Roseanne Barr) for POTUS.
10. If your rationalization is that Myth Romney is a smidgeon better than Obozo, ask yourself whether you would be caught dead voting for Obozo because he is a smidgeon better than Roseanne Barr if Romney keeled over dead of a heart attack two days before the election. Would you trust Myth's hand-picked electors not to choose the head of NARAL or Planned Barrenhood to replace him on the ballot? Why? Why not?
11. Jesus Christ promised to be with us (however defined) all days until the consummation of the world. It was in all the Bibles. I trust Jesus Christ. I do not trust Obozo, Myth Romney or Roseanne Barr (other than to continue to be Obozo, Myth Romney and Roseanne Barr, respectively). Jesus Christ against any one of them or all three is a rather one-sided contest and we win. That was also in all the Bibles.
12. The coming of Christianity was inevitably the end of the Roman Empire. So what? The Bibles do not guarantee the infinite existence of the United States of America, either. So what? Whatever God's plan may be, it just has to be better than your plan or mine. Reserve your faith and trust for God. Mere politicians will break your heart every time.
I’ll sum this up quick. I am a practicing Catholic, and try to live my life according to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church.
I have no intention of voting for either candidate representing the two major parties. My faith will not allow me to. Both are liberals.
With that said, one of them will be the next president.
I feel that Mitt Romney can do less damage to the country that Obama. Maybe not, but we have already seen what Obama can do, and that is absolutely destroy this country, starting with destroying Christianity.
It’s that simple.