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To: SoothingDave
Let's change the subject again. ;-) You constantly complain that NC's don't understand "Catholic" teaching and just to "ask one" for the correct teaching.

OK let's ask one.

Mr. Kerry became combative when told that some conservatives were criticizing him for being a Roman Catholic who supported policies, like abortion rights and same-sex unions, that are at odds with Catholic teaching.

"Who are they?" he demanded of his questioner. "Name them. Are they the same legislators who vote for the death penalty, which is in contravention of Catholic teaching?"

He added: "I'm not a church spokesman. I'm a legislator running for president. My oath is to uphold the Constitution of the United States in my public life. My oath privately between me and God was defined in the Catholic church by Pius XXIII and Pope Paul VI in the Vatican II, which allows for freedom of conscience for Catholics with respect to these choices, and that is exactly where I am. And it is separate. Our constitution separates church and state, and they should be reminded of that."


OK Ask Him

2,133 posted on 04/06/2004 11:54:43 AM PDT by OLD REGGIE (I am most likely a Biblical Unitarian?)
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To: OLD REGGIE
Let's change the subject again

Let's not.

You constantly complain that NC's don't understand "Catholic" teaching and just to "ask one" for the correct teaching.

Yes, a respected one. The rest of your post is nonsense. Your feigned ignorance is transparent.

SD

2,134 posted on 04/06/2004 11:57:46 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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