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To: PTBAA
The answer to that question is in the article:

“Catholic moral teaching acknowledges that not all issues have the same moral weight.”

I addressed that by acknowledging it may not be a mortal sin, but to be consistent you must admit not fighting for anti-adultery laws is sinful.

Supporting abortion is a mortal sin.

No one is talking about supporting abortion. I'm talking about someone who actively rejects abortion and works to minimize its occurrence.

You say if that person doesn't also push the state to outlaw abortion they're committing a mortal sin.

I just want to know what other anti-sin laws we need to fight for in order not to be sinful.

I appreciate you think abortion is a special case but we're not talking about the morality of the act. We're talking about the morality of not engaging in a political fight.

And when we start threatening peoples souls, not for supporting an immoral act but for being insufficiently politically active to make government stop it, I think we're off the path.

17 posted on 09/15/2020 1:45:00 PM PDT by semimojo
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To: semimojo

I can’t threaten your soul, it is not within my power to do so. But we must admonish each other to stay on the hard and narrow path to salvation so that we can enjoy each other’s company in a happy place on the other side.


18 posted on 09/15/2020 2:41:50 PM PDT by PTBAA
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To: semimojo
And when we start threatening peoples souls, not for supporting an immoral act but for being insufficiently politically active to make government stop it, I think we're off the path.

You must not be a Catholic.

19 posted on 09/15/2020 3:14:27 PM PDT by lasereye
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