There is a comment at the link that’s worth repeating here:
“Ok Obama won in 2012 and I will speak bluntly about what Catholics had to do with it. Please
see the following link on the finding of a Pew Forum study on Religion and Politics.
“The quote that we should focus on states
....But the basic religious contours of the 2012 electorate resemble recent elections – traditionally Republican groups such as white evangelicals and weekly churchgoers strongly backed Romney, while traditionally Democratic groups such as black Protestants, Hispanic Catholics, Jews and the religiously unaffiliated backed Obama by large margins…
“White Catholics gave Obama 40 percent while Hispanics gave Obama a whopping 75% support. I blame all of us but especially priests and bishops who seeing what a skunk Obama was did not have the guts to thunder against him OPENLY from the pulpit. Now allow me to say that Hispanics Catholics should understand why many conservative Catholics are unimpressed with their alleged family values. It seems that if Hispanics have to choose between their Church and their God vs. amnesty and welfare they choose hands down amnesty and welfare. They seem more rice Christians who act and vote emotionally and not using their God given faith and intellect then people of integrity. So you priests, bishops, Hispanics, black and white Catholic Obama voters you owe your Church (and country) an apology. Our heritage of a nation that has religious freedom has gone down the toilet. Dont ask me to apologize for your hurt feelings APOLOGIZE TO US for your morally reprehensible inaction and for by voting for this thoroughly evil man AND DECIDE TO VOTE REPUBLICAN FROM NOW ON AND TO PROCLAIM THE IMPLICATIONS OF CATHOLIC DOCTRINE AS IT PERTAINS TO THE VOTING BOOTH!!!”
~ Bill McIntosh
I have to say that I agree with him. Catholics, especially Hispanic Catholics, did a lot to hand this election over.
Priests, preachers, pastors... OK, you can’t preach politics from the pulpit.
What about meeting your ‘flock’ at a restaurant or a private house and preaching there? Our founders moved thousands of people to their cause with keggers. When are our religious leaders going to grow some stones?
(And when are the ‘sheep’ going to realize that some of these pastors are on the wrong side of G-d and start leaving their churches/shuls/temples ‘en masse?)
Somebody needs to start a new church. It would be 180* from the Unitarians. Same concept as the Unitarians - everybody welcome - but the foundation of the Christian/Judaic ethic would be preached. Worried about preaching from the pulpit? Fine, teach Biblical principles in the church and have classes on the founding of our nation somewhere else. The pastor could ‘volunteer’ in his free time to teach them.
I’d serve beer.
Most priests are moderates, or social democrats. I attribute this to the Church's tax-exempt status in the West. The leadership has it soft, and has been coopted.
The Church is always vital where it's persecuted, such as in China, or where it hasn't been coopted, such as in Africa.
My little opus is really directed at the guys in the pointy hats called miters. During the 2012 I organized a hand full of parishioners to put home made cartops on their cars with a save lives anti abortion message on their vehicles in the parking lot pre and post all (Catholic services) masses at the parish church I attend.
A chief usher (retired public school teacher)and a KC member Obama supporter objected and hassled members for those signs at the mass he was ushering. Yet he shows up with Obama signs and stickers all over his vehicle.
Now my opus is going to show up as a leaflet on every vehicle parked in that lot for all the masses when the time is right good Lord willing. And would urge others to do the same.