[areafiftyone]

First of all I'm a Roman Catholic and I don't know any Catholics who reads this tripe. Second, I know many Roman Catholics who will vote for Rudy in a NY Minute. Third Roman Catholics don't like to let the church (especially the Roman Catholic Church) decide for them who to vote for when it comes to politics. We can leave that kind of stuff to the Democrats and the Black Churches.

[Enosh]

What exactly is a "Black Church?"

[Alberta's Child]

Third Roman Catholics don't like to let the church (especially the Roman Catholic Church) decide for them who to vote for when it comes to politics.

Understood. And there were quite a few people within the hierarchy of the Catholic Church over the last few decades who decided that they didn't want to impose any rigid morality on their parishioners, either.

The problem was that you never understood this was a two-way street . . . and we weren't supposed to impose OUR morality on THEM. Instead, we were supposed to look the other way while they allowed priests to violate our children in the sacristy, and shuffled these priests from one place to another to keep them out of trouble.

[I say this as a Catholic myself, just in case anyone wants to accuse me of launching an anti-Catholic rant here.]

[madprof98]

First of all I'm a Roman Catholic and I don't know any Catholics who reads this tripe. Second, I know many Roman Catholics who will vote for Rudy in a NY Minute. Third Roman Catholics don't like to let the church (especially the Roman Catholic Church) decide for them who to vote for when it comes to politics.

Let me guess: You're really John F. Kerry????

[StAnDeliver]

"this tripe" are not words that I, as a Catholic, would associate with Catholic.org, which has proven to be an extraordinary, faith-driven resource for American Catholics.

[WOSG]

"Third Roman Catholics don't like to let the church (especially the Roman Catholic Church) decide for them who to vote for when it comes to politics."

I didnt notice the church endorse any candidate.
There are plenty of Catholics who vote at odds with their own stated moral values, and seem perversely proud of that pathological behavior. So be it, but if you profess the sanctity of life on Sunday, there is certainly sense in voting that way on Tuesday.

[babygene]

"First of all I'm a Roman Catholic"

Clearly not a very devout one, if you support abortion... And since Rudy's your man, you do support it indirectly anyway if not directly.

[TAdams8591]

The point isn't that our church tell us how to vote. It's that the values and morals we were taught formed a conscience that should influence our voting decision and should not be cast aside at the ballot box.

[Giant Conservative]

You expect anti-war, pro-life Catholics to vote for pro-war, anti-life Giuliani?

[melsec]

First of all I'm a Roman Catholic and I don't know any Catholics who reads this tripe. Second, I know many Roman Catholics who will vote for Rudy in a NY Minute. Third Roman Catholics don't like to let the church (especially the Roman Catholic Church) decide for them who to vote for when it comes to politics. We can leave that kind of stuff to the Democrats and the Black Churches.

Your Church expects your vote to line up with the moral and spiritual issues of the Church. To do otherwise is to throw in to question why the heck you go to church in the first place and what your idea of spiritual authority is. It is up to you to decide which party does that the most. The critical issues for Catholics will remain the sanctity of human life.

Mel

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First of all I'm a Roman Catholic and I don't know any Catholics who reads this tripe. Second, I know many Roman Catholics who will vote for Rudy in a NY Minute. Third Roman Catholics don't like to let the church (especially the Roman Catholic Church) decide for them who to vote for when it comes to politics. We can leave that kind of stuff to the Democrats and the Black Churches.

Interesting comments areafiftyone. I am inviting some of our fellow Catholics to weigh in on your opinions here.

[Antoninus]

First of all I'm a Roman Catholic and I don't know any Catholics who reads this tripe.

Uh, you're grotesque and enthusiastic support of a pro-abortion, pro-homosexual candidate when *there are several other viable pro-life, pro-family Republican candidates available in the GOP primary* belies your claim to be a Catholic. Do you know what the term latae sententiae means?

You can't be both Catholic and pro-abortion. Sorry, pal.