[OldGoatCPO]

Let me start by saying my wife and daughter are Catholic. I will never be one as long as they continue to behave the wy they do. The Archbishops were not a pissed when it was just a question of abortion, oh no.. that’s politics...but now hey you are attacking our pocket books forcing us to pay for contreceptives and abortions in our medical plans. My wife gets mad when I call people pocket book Catholics. They are pro-life, pro-same sex marriage but vote Pro abortion, gay marriage Democrats into office because they are Union members or they think the Repubs will take some of that free government money away from them. They vote their pocket books not their faith.

[JCBreckenridge]

Odd, I don’t see people calling out protestants for that same thing.

Yes, some Catholics are like that. Is it bad? Yes. But if all the protestants had voted for McCain, he’d be president.

[GOP_Party_Animal]

I'll echo JCBreckenridge's comment that protestants do the exact same thing. It's a problem with the fact that protestant ministers and Catholic priests fail to preach against covetousness. When was that last time you heard such a sermon in church?

[BlackElk]

Ping for later

[Sergio]

Easy there folks...I have been paying attention. The outcry against Obama from the Catholic Church in 2008 was NOT at the same level it is for this election.

My apologies if that point was not made clear in my first post.

There are many folks at church who were for Obama in 2008, even though they knew of his position on abortion, who will not vote for him now. The only thing that has changed since then is the HHS mandate and the USCCB’s opposition to it.

Again, it is just my opinion, but I am of the belief that if the USCCB had come out this forcefully against Obama in 2008, we might be in a different position today.