Posted on 10/16/2012 12:36:42 PM PDT by batmast
http://www.irishcentral.com/news/-Good-Catholics-can-not-be-Democrats-argues-Kansas-Irish-American-politician-174354601.html?showAll=y Good Catholics can not be Democrats argues Kansas Irish American politician Says Democratic platform on gay marriage is counter to Christ’s teaching ByJAMES O'SHEA,IrishCentral Staff Writer Published Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 7:11 AMUpdated Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 9:16 AM
Larger TextPrintE-mail50 Comments Steve Fitzgerald, an Irish American Republican candidate for the Kansas State Senate has stated that Catholics should not be Democrats because the party supports gay marriage.
"My main point is that the Democratic platform and policies nationally are an attempt to redefine marriage in effect to say what Christ has said about marriage is a lie," Fitzgerald told Huffington Post.
"Christ said marriage is between one man and one woman and the Democratic platform said that it's not true. So therefore, my point was that one cannot support the Democratic platform and be a follower of Christ."
Challenged to defend his remarks Fitzgerald "The contention that I said that one cannot be Catholic or Christian and a Democrat is not an unreasonable summation of what I actually said," Fitzgerald said. "My actual message was fix the party or leave."
His opponent, Senator Kelly Kultala, also a Catholic disagreed"I was so angry I was seeing spots," she said. "I was trying to be diplomatic and calm. I said that people cannot come into our house and disgrace our Democratic Party. My job as a senator is not to tell you what to believe." Fitzgerald said he took issue with Kultala's religious beliefs.
"She calls herself a Catholic and I don't know how she does that," he said. "I am guessing she is Catholic in the tradition of Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden. I don't think this is news to anybody."
Kultala responded. "What gives him the right to put Catholics in different categories?" she asked. "I was born and raised a Catholic. He does not have the right to dismiss my faith because it is not the same as his. He's trying to make it sound that you are only truly faithful if you are a right-wing Republican, that's not right."
Fitzgerald previously stated that because of abortion illegal immigrants got jobs in America because the aborted children never got to grow up to join the workforce.
"Abortion is bad for business – it destroys customers and workers and leads to recession and illegal immigration," he said.
"Besides, killing innocent people is a failure of the state to provide necessary protection."
Non-practicing Catholics are a scourge. I don’t care what those hand wringing, whining persons say.
Practicing Catholics cannot vote for the president. He is the leader of the abortionists, and hence a friend of the Devil.
No kidding!
The headline and the article would be accurate if they removed the word “Good”
True, just like good Muslims cannot be good Americans (or good people, for that matter).
Kelly Kultula says ..
> I said that people cannot come into our house and disgrace
> our Democratic Party.
See, the Democrat Party is her real church.
The Catholic Church is just a beard for her real agenda.
She is pro-abortion and anti-family, and that means more to her than any old church.
Neither should all good Protestants.
I am not sure what a non practicing Catholic is. It may be more accurate to call them "visitors" for special events.
I suppose Joe Biden knows it is good politics to call himself a Catholic while ignoring the church's teachings but he is not a Catholic.
And Obama is her god.
A certain type of evil person is referenced in the Bible:
"Those who say they are Jews, are not, but do lie."
This can be updated to our day:
"Those who say they are Catholic, are not, but do lie."
God really hates hypocrites and liars.
No believing Christians can support Democrats, for following reasons:
1. Endorsement of unlimited right to abortion.
2. Endorsement of same sex marriage.
3. Rejection of God from the Party platform, by vote taken three times at national convention, following by delegates booing God.
This party is in the control of Satan.
Four points no one should ever forget.
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