[elizabetty]

Why is it people who do not believe what Catholics believe want to be Catholics? I am astounded by this idea that you can say you are a devout Catholic but I do not abide by its principles. I guess that is it, John Kerry in his religion, like everyhing else, is unprincipled.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

They (liberals) view the church as property and as a power variable to be used to advance their liberal agenda. The tendency has roots in the clergy's involvement in the anti-war movement during the Vietnam War and in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.

It seems strange and it makes no sense (to claim to be "Catholic" while going against Catholic teaching). Clinton did something similar from a Protestant/Baptist point of view. And African-American liberals do that as well.

[mware]

Why is it people who do not believe what Catholics believe want to be Catholics? I am astounded by this idea that you can say you are a devout Catholic but I do not abide by its principles.

Kind of ironic when you consider Kerry's comments about the scriptures in the Book of James.

[mickie]

You are so right.

Whenever anyone says that they are Catholic but....that "but" means that they are not really Catholic.

They cannot have it both ways.

[iconoclast]

Why is it people who do not believe what Catholics believe want to be Catholics?

Well, he pretended to be Irish for a long time, too.