[socialismisinsidious]

I was asked, in all seriousness, if Catholics can even vote. After all, war is bad. The death penalty is bad. Abortion is bad.

How insulting. This question was asked by a Clueless, whose goal was to insult and who has no idea what it means to be a Catholic, knows nothing of the Catholic Church and doesn't really want to know.

Worth repeating:
Catholics need to know what their Church teaches. Know your candidate. Know abortion isn't just any issue.

[SumProVita]

It CERTAINLY is worth repeating!

“Catholics need to know what their Church teaches. Know your candidate. Know abortion isn’t just any issue.”

[Gondring]

Know abortion isn't just any issue.

But war and the dealth penalty are?

[mikrofon]

Regrettably, abortion is just a “speed bump” for some in consideration of the other social issues where the Democrats more or less align themselves with general Church teachings, such as care for the poor, food pantries, etc.

Of course, the motivations for this support are totally different — in one case, it is a natural outflow from the Faith, whereas in the other instance it’s just a means to political power by garnering as many votes as possible.

The government turning you over and shaking the money out of your pockets to redistribute “for the common good” is NOT charity and actually can be detrimental to its true spirit. A disturbing aspect of this happened once where I had heard a Catholic say, upon being approached by a solicitor from a well-known and respected institution, that “why should [he] give to {the charity}? That’s what my taxes are for!”