Archbishop Chaput: I can’t vote for pro-abortion Obama
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/09/18/archbishop-chaput-i-cant-vote-for-pro-abortion-obama/
There’s a current conversation at hotair on this topic you might enjoy. In the 2010 elections, the Catholic vote turned 20 points for Republicans.
The basic problem Churches are having is the inability to speak politics from the pulpit.
All priests can address ISSUES from the pulpit — addressing abortion, euthanasia, contraception, etc.
What they cannot do is endorse a candidate.
Hopefully we will hear more of the issues talk — I know my priest does. He talks about the holocaust of abortion all the time.
Also posted as a thread here on Free Republic.
There’s a current conversation at hotair on this topic you might enjoy. In the 2010 elections, the Catholic vote turned 20 points for Republicans.
I'd love to hear more about it - why not start/discuss the topic right here on Free Republic? I'd rather do that, than drive traffic somewhere else.
Before I forget (again), there's one more thread I want to bring up that goes along with this discussion: The Mythical Catholic Vote: The Harmful Consequences of Political Assimilation
The basic problem Churches are having is the inability to speak politics from the pulpit.
I respectfully offer another take on it - the basic problem Churches are having is the inability to fund themselves if they should speak politics from the pulpit. They can do it anytime they want, if their congregation would tithe a little more, and they're willing to have a nationwide conversation re the legitimacy of the 501(c)3 designation.