Same as I wrote above. You will have few if any "real" Catholics in office.
It's a cheap trick for someone who has no say to tell you that he/she is working on "changing things".
Dear Sabramerican,
"Same as I wrote above. You will have few if any 'real' Catholics in office."
I don't agree with you, but it's irrelevant to me. For a couple of centuries, it was also illegal in Great Britain for a Catholic to be elected to Parliament. Hardly an excuse for Catholics to apostasize from our faith.
It's still illegal for a Catholic to ascend to the throne of the United Kingdom, or for its monarch to be married to a Catholic. Again, not much compensation to a "real" Catholic for abandoning the faith. Talk about trading one's birthright for a mess of porridge.
"It's a cheap trick for someone who has no say to tell you that he/she is working on 'changing things'."
For nearly everyone in the United States, we are limited to "changing things" about abortion around the fringe, that's true. We have very little direct power, or substantive indirect power to strike at the heart of the regime of abortion-on-demand in the United States.
However, there is an elected person who can have significant effect on "changing things" concerning abortion law, and that's the President of the United States, through appointments to the Supreme Court.
Thus, it is certainly reasonable to hold Catholics accountable who run for president.
As well, in that presidents are usually something else prior to becoming president, it's important to look for pro-life politicians at all levels. Someone who might be president in 2009 may be a governor or Senator, today, and might have been a state representative ten years ago, and a city councilman 20 years ago. Giving pro-abortion politicians a pass because they aren't directly in a position to affect the laws concerning abortion only permits pro-abortion politicians to rise to higher offices.
Keep in mind, too, that many politicians CAN affect abortion laws at the fringes. It yet remains whether the Supreme Tyrants will permit some form of law to ban partial birth abortion. The black-robed moral enormities HAVE permitted restrictions concerning parental notification, waiting periods, etc., and politicians CAN vote on these things.
Regrettably, Mr. Giuliani has come down on the side of death on every facet of this issue about which I've heard him bloviate. Including being all for the legality of partial birth abortion.
Finally, it is at least theoretically possible to amend the Constitution to proscribe abortion on demand. Involved would be US Representatives, US Senators, and state representative and senators - in other words - a majority of federal and state-level elected politicians.
Even if it is little more than symbolism, it is the least that any genuinely Catholic political leaders could endorse.
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