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Roman Catholic church raises some eyebrows by warning politicians
St. Louis Post-Dispatch. ^
| 2/7/044
| Phillip O'Connor
Posted on 02/07/2004 5:43:37 PM PST by Valin
Edited on 05/11/2004 5:35:59 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
[history]
For a long time in American politics, many voters believed that the election of a Catholic president would lead the country under the sway of the pope on state matters, according to presidential historians. The election of John F. Kennedy buried those perceptions.
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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; catholicpoliticians; kerry
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To: tkathy
Birth control and abortion are public issues, because they involved services licensed by the States. As for changing minds, Prohibition did not end the consumption of alcohol in the United States but it greatly reduced it. The "pro-choice" crowd is not fearful that the repeal of Toe V. Wade would end abortion in the United States, they are fearful that it would reduce it. They regard it as a necessary backup for contraceptives.
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02/07/2004 8:31:06 PM PST
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RobbyS
To: WKB
Hey over here.
A Southern Baptist and I agree with the Catholics on this one.
Thank you, sweet man. You're my kind of Southern Baptist.
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posted on
02/07/2004 8:36:47 PM PST
by
onyx
(Your secrets are safe with me and all my friends.)
To: RobbyS
Prohibition empowered a vast criminal underground, a disrespect for the law, and a backlash against religion that exists today. You have to change people's hearts and minds rather than forced laws.
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02/07/2004 8:46:44 PM PST
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tkathy
(The nihilistic islamofascists and the nihilistic liberals are trying to destroy this country)
To: lnbjohnson
"Just for the fun of it... Here is a short list of Catholic teaching. See how many of you are real Catholics. If your are not a real Catholic, you should leave the church That way we won't have a priest shortage"
I didn't say he should "leave the church"...I said that the Church was perfectly within its rights to deny him Communion.
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02/08/2004 9:59:37 AM PST
by
Paleoguy
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