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Daily Mass Catholic Pro-Lifer Wins Mexico Presidential Elections over Abortion Supporter
LifeSiter ^ | July 6, 2006 | John-Henry Westen

Posted on 07/06/2006 5:07:25 PM PDT by NYer

MEXICO CITY, July 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Pro-life groups in Mexico are celebrating today the election of Felipe Calderon as the new President of Mexico.  Calderon, from the ruling National Action Party (PAN), was until recently thought a long-shot against socialist Manuel Lopez Obrador of the Democratic Revolution Party which supports abortion. 

Initial results form Sunday's elections were reported July 3, but with the extreme closeness of the vote a recount was demanded immediately by Obrador.  The recount confirmed Calderon as the winner.  The official recount had Calderon coming away with just over 236,000 votes more than Obrador in an election where over 41 million votes were cast. 

Obrador is still unwilling to accept defeat and is now clamouring for a ballot-by-ballot recount.

The Inter Press Service News Agency described Calderon saying: "He is known to be a devout, conservative Catholic, attending daily mass, and has not shied from acknowledging his stances against abortion, condom use, homosexual relations and euthanasia."

In an interview with the Knight Ridder news service earlier this year Calderon said "On the subject of abortion, I am pro-life, and I also see that it is a matter clearly regulated by law, and most of all in judicial terms well settled."

Calderon, a relatively young (43) Harvard grad with three children all under 10, and a wife who is also a PAN legislator did not shy away from his faith during the elections.  "I am a man of convictions who wants what is best for his children and those of all Mexicans," he said during the campaign.




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1 posted on 07/06/2006 5:07:27 PM PDT by NYer
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To: american colleen; Lady In Blue; Salvation; narses; SMEDLEYBUTLER; redhead; Notwithstanding; ...
While the News/Activism Forum is celbrating, I decided to post the christian version of this story to the Religion Forum.

May God bless his presidency and may our Blessed Mother shield and protect him with her mantle.

2 posted on 07/06/2006 5:10:46 PM PDT by NYer (Discover the beauty of the Eastern Catholic Churches - freepmail me for more information.)
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To: NYer

Thanks to Our Lady of Guadalupe, and best wishes to the gentleman. He's going to need lots of divine assistance!


3 posted on 07/06/2006 5:27:56 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("Hyperbolic rodomontade of the most puerile type." ~ Aaron Elkins)
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To: NYer

wow I didn't know that. Thanks for the thread!


4 posted on 07/06/2006 5:31:18 PM PDT by visualops (If you build it... www.visualops.com ...they won't come. Build the fence!)
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To: Tax-chick

May Our Lady of Guadalupe guide and guard Calderon during the turmoil over his election. Amen


5 posted on 07/06/2006 6:22:22 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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** "He is known to be a devout, conservative Catholic, attending daily mass, and has not shied from acknowledging his stances against abortion, condom use, homosexual relations and euthanasia."**

The things that public news stories don't include!!!


6 posted on 07/06/2006 6:23:24 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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Outstanding news. God bless him.

"...Be assured that I will be most grateful and will reward you, because I will make you happy and worthy of recompense for the effort and fatigue in what you will obtain of what I have entrusted. Behold, you have heard my mandate, my humble son; go and put forth all your effort.”

7 posted on 07/06/2006 7:36:24 PM PDT by Nihil Obstat
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Good news. I was kinda worry about this election, especially when the leftist Lopez Obrador looked like he was winning.


8 posted on 07/06/2006 8:18:01 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul
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To: NYer
amazing.

Perhaps this is the one thread where I can post that I share President Bush's optimism for the contribution that Mexican immigrants can make as Americans without getting flamed.

9 posted on 07/06/2006 8:32:38 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (Rock on, my beautiful America!)
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Viva Cristo Rey!


10 posted on 07/06/2006 11:24:14 PM PDT by neocon (Be not afraid!)
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To: the invisib1e hand

"Perhaps this is the one thread where I can post that I share President Bush's optimism for the contribution that Mexican immigrants can make as Americans without getting flamed."

The religious threads are more genteel. While I personally disagree with President Bush on his immigration policy, I'm not going to try to insult those who see it differently.

This new President might offer some hope in improving the situation in Mexico. And in my view, that's what's really driving illegal immigration. If Mexico was a better place to live and work, fewer people would be leaving. I haven't noticed hordes of immigrants leaving Switzerland and the UK of late.

Something that heartens me about this fellow is that he has a young family. He's more likely to be invested in the future. Time will tell whether he's able/interested in improving Mexico. A strong religious background certainly helps.


11 posted on 07/07/2006 2:20:46 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner!)
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My personal experience with Mexican immigrants is that they have a very strong "cultural Catholicism" and are, despite it being "merely cultural," have a fear of God.

We could have worse candidates for an immigration wave. These people will be a blessing.

12 posted on 07/07/2006 4:24:32 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (Rock on, my beautiful America!)
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To: the invisib1e hand
and are...have a fear of God.

...and all their base are belong to us, anyway.

13 posted on 07/07/2006 4:25:31 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (Rock on, my beautiful America!)
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To: the invisib1e hand
Perhaps this is the one thread where I can post that I share President Bush's optimism for the contribution that Mexican immigrants can make as Americans without getting flamed.

Absolutely!

And this is the one thread where we can all acknowledge and thank Our Lady of Guadalupe for her contribution in this election.


14 posted on 07/07/2006 6:20:15 AM PDT by NYer (Discover the beauty of the Eastern Catholic Churches - freepmail me for more information.)
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To: Salvation

Isn't that the TRUTH!!!!


15 posted on 07/07/2006 7:48:10 AM PDT by victim soul
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To: NYer

Hoping for the best, and that he will turn things around!


16 posted on 07/07/2006 8:28:57 AM PDT by Convert from ECUSA (Mexico: America's Palestine)
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To: Salvation

Remember Fox marched under a banner of Our Lady of Guadalupe, then when elected married a rich divorcee out of the Church.


17 posted on 07/07/2006 10:48:49 AM PDT by amihow
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"We could have worse candidates for an immigration wave. These people will be a blessing."

Agreed on both points. My disagreement with current immigration policies have more to do with the numbers and methodology rather than those who are choosing to immigrate. I question our ability to effectively assimilate large numbers of additional immigrants. And I have a real problem with having an inefficient legal immigration system on the one hand, and a "wink, wink, nudge, nudge" system of illegal immigration on the other.

In any case, this thread is not about immigration and I'm not interested in hijacking it. I agree with your basic points that these are good people. I've lived in a predominantly Mexican community in a border state. My personal experience was that with few exceptions, we're talking hard-working, moral, family-oriented people that I was glad to be acquainted with.


18 posted on 07/08/2006 5:26:56 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner!)
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, Vicente Fox was from the same "strongly religious, devout Catholic, pro-life party" and he didn't lift a finger to stop illegal abortions, or even speak out against Mexicans supporting abortion in the U.S. He sure loved to denounce our capital punishment laws thoghts (rights of convicted killers apprently mean more to him that the rights of the unborn). Not only that, Fox flauted his new "marriage" to his spokesman in violation of Catholic marriage laws and was rightly condemned by Mexican bishops, but was cheered on by "conservative, Catholic" mexicans for doing so.

How is Calderon any different from Fox on this issue? I'll believe he's "pro-life" when I see it. Jesse Jackson, Ted Kennedy, Dick Durbin, and Al Gore were all elected as "pro-life" candiates.

19 posted on 07/08/2006 11:39:24 AM PDT by BillyBoy (Judy Baar is Too-Pinka!)
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20 posted on 07/13/2006 9:23:18 PM PDT by Coleus (I Support Research using the Ethical, Effective and Moral use of stem cells: non-embryonic "adult")
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