“So that means Obamao and Mitt-Witt are both out with Catholics then?”
You’ll hear/read conflicting opinions, but in my humble opinion, yes. Supporting any politician who supports abortion, same sex “marriage,” euthenasia, contraception, sterilization is supporting a candidate who supports that which is intrinsically evil. A Catholic cannot do that without committing sin. Some will may say something about the lesser of two evils. And they may have some merit in their arguments. I cannot support willard in anything. By virtue of his own legislation in MA, “Romneycare,” he has supported many of the items I just listed above. Should he win, I truly believe he would make a show of diminishing Obamacare, but nothing more. His focus is not removing the evil patterned upon his own, but being elected President of the United States. There’s an important distinction there which cannot and should not be missed.
I thought we Catholics were in the repentance and conversion business. No?
Mr. Romney says he had a change of heart regarding abortion. Is that not allowed? I've seen many previously pro-life politicians go pro-abort. We're not permitted to accept folks in the other direction?
Are you saying you don't believe his conversion? Well, I don't really blame you. Too much. I was certainly skeptical in 2008 when he made it known that he'd conveniently had such a change of heart toward the end of his otherwise all-abortion all-the-time term as governor.
There were folks who said, well, aren't you going to give the guy a chance? He says he's pro-life, now. Isn't a conversion, a change of heart sufficient?
And I said, it's just a little too convenient, the timing is just too close. I won't vote for him in 2008. But he'll be back. He'll run again for president. If he consistently and steadily maintains an overall pro-life attitude, if he continues to campaign as a pro-lifer, I'll revisit the question.
So, here we are four years later. And he HAS campaigned consistently as a pro-lifer. Is he a perfect pro-lifer? Not in my book. But the Church has taught us that we may choose candidates who are more pro-life than the other guy, that we may not get the perfectly-pro-life candidate, but that someone who is mostly pro-life is certainly a better bet than someone who is entirely pro-death. The Church has rejected the perfection-or-bust approach to these issues. One may, in good conscience, vote for a candidate who runs on a platform to legally restrict abortion more than it is, to reduce government support for abortion more than it is, and especially more than the other guy.
It is possible that Gov. Romney is a fake pro-lifer. It is also possible that he's not particularly persuaded in his heart of hearts, but will mostly govern in a way that promotes the cause of life and family, at least more than the exemplar of abortion, death and destruction of family, Obama.
It is definite, it is certain, that no one will govern in a worse way toward the questions of life and family than Obama.
“’So that means Obamao and Mitt-Witt are both out with Catholics then?’
“You’ll hear/read conflicting opinions, but in my humble opinion, yes.”
Your analysis is entirely wrong.
A Catholic may vote, in good conscience, for Mitt Romney, even if he merely believes that it is possible that Gov. Romney is at least moderately more pro-life and pro-family than Obama.
Someone who is possibly better on the issues of life and family is superior to someone who is definitely worse.
That said, for folks who don't want to vote for Gov. Romney because they still don't believe, that's a reasonable position. But it is far from the only legitimate Catholic position, and is perhaps the less rational position that Catholics should take.
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