[aspiring.hillbilly]

Skerry won 10 of the 13 most heavily Catholic populated states while voting FOR partial birth abortion in the Senate. That means he had droves of Catholic votes. How sad!
One wonders if the majority of Catholics put into practice their religious beliefs..., or are CINO's themselves?

[Liz]

The latest coming out of the depressed Dim camp speaks volumes. House Dims are even drawing up a faith agenda.......the losers are feeling "left out" (pun intended) b/c GWB attracted all those values voters who voted strictly on the social issues.

Liberals? Faith agenda? Please.

It becomes clearer why lefties pushed moral relativity on the culture, and inculcated our youth in our schools. It's easier to justify the Dims amoral agenda when the difference between right and wrong has been blurred (they hoped).

Now the left is engaged in situational ethics, deciding rightness and wrongness, determining faith-based beliefs, but on their make-it-up-as-we-go-along terms......not on eternal Biblical terms that are the bulwark of Western Civilization. It ain't gonna work, not when Dims are tied to the abortion agenda, the pro-homo movement, Hollywarped, and other members of the hate-Christians cabal.

We must be strong in our faith and beliefs to topple this moral relativist Democrat monster in our midst.

Here's something interesting that may be motiviating Dims, the reason why Dumbocrats are talking "faith."

Conservative pro-life Christian voters made monumental contributions to GWB's 2004 vote totals. Pres Bush won with 63 Million Votes (13 million more than 2000).

The map, though impressive, conveys the misleading impression that blue state Catholics voted for Kerry (a CINO).

According to EWTN "The World Over Live" analysts, with the exception of VA, where Catholics spit 70/30 in favor of Bush, the majority of Catholic voters split 55/45 for Bush.....a whopping number of votes since Catholics number about 52 million Americans.

According to CNN exit polls, Bush voters included 38% of union members, 40% of those with union members in their households, 42% of those earning $15,000-$30,000, 44% of those who earn under $50,000 and 44% of Latinos, 45% of youth (aged 18-29), 13% of liberals—even 11% of Democrats voted for Bush.

If you look closely, the map appears to place the insignificant "Other Voters" in the ocean.....that's accurate, because "Other Voters--RINO Republicans" were on cruise ships.

(MAP UPDATE Bush won Ohio, Iowa and New Mexico later.)

[SampleMan]

The answer to your CINO question is yes. Separate polling of Catholics who regularly attend Mass, shows a completely different picture. The majority of (just like evangelicals) voted for Bush by overwhelming percentages.

I get irritated with labeling people Catholic, or for that matter Christian, who do not practice their religion. Who compare a person who was baptized as an infant, but has never attended church to someone who is active in the church is only done because the left defines Christianity as whatever anyone wants it to be.

I constantly read about Hitler being "Catholic", despite his hatred for Christianity.

[narses]

"Skerry won 10 of the 13 most heavily Catholic populated states while voting FOR partial birth abortion in the Senate. That means he had droves of Catholic votes. How sad!
One wonders if the majority of Catholics put into practice their religious beliefs..., or are CINO's themselves?"

You seem to enjoy attacking Catholics, why?

[DBeers]

One wonders if the majority of Catholics put into practice their religious beliefs..., or are CINO's themselves?

It is disheartening that these 'Catholics' you allude to seem to act and vote like protestants... At least the Catholics you approve of seem to post on FR...

[Erie Surfer]

If a person says,"I'm Catholic, but...(insert doctrinal disagreement here)", you have to stop and recognize that you are about to hear the words of a non-Catholic. This individual may be innocently ignorant, or intentionally disobedient, but either way, Catholic doctrine is non-negotiable. There is no such thing as being 'kind of' Catholic, despite the misguided implications of moral relativism.

What is interesting about your post is that your comments seem to indicate a measure of disappointment with Catholics. Does it bother you that lots of Protestants and Lutherans voted for Kerry? Why aren't you expressing the disappointment you feel toward the Methodists and Unitarians?

Is it possible that you expect more out of the Catholic Church? Or is it that you just don't expect as much out the non-Catholic Christian faiths? Either way, I look forward to hearing more from you.

[Raquel]

"One wonders if the majority of Catholics put into practice their religious beliefs..., or are CINO's themselves?"

I live in one of those blue states, am Catholic, and am pro-life. I tried to get the word out to my fellow parishioners, but when your Parish doesn't allow pro-life information to be distributed, the parishioners are often left in the dark. There is so much misinformation out there, and you know the media plays up liberal conservatives and liberal priests, it's hard for a Catholic living in a blue state to get the record straight. For those who know the facts, and still adhere to a culture of death, they are no doubt CINOs. For those who don't have the facts, it's up to us to educate them.