I'm not "supposedly" Catholic -- I'm Catholic!
For someone who is pro-life --- that means ALL life, to be asaulted by neo-con catholics, shows that you are more motivated by politics than theology.
Your arguments against abortion lack credibility when you fail to defend all life.
Jesus was killed by the death penalty, by the way.
"Jesus was killed by the death penalty, by the way."
No, Jesus willingly laid down his life. Had the law of the era been properly applied, he would not have been crucified.
"I'm not "supposedly" Catholic -- I'm Catholic!"
Bill Buckley says that when somebody asks him if he's a *good* Catholic he answers, "No, but I'd like to be."
Liberalism and Catholicsm are incompatible. Catholicism is of and from God. Liberalism is of and from Satan. Practically any belief a Catholic has that the Hildebeeste would endorse is in conflict with Catholicism.
That specifically includes the liberal position on war (otherwise known as "kicking Evil's @ss") and the death penalty.
So says John Kerry (unless he's courting the Jewish vote).