anti-abortionism is the most important belief required of all Catholics for salvation
It is not a belief at all, dogmatic or otherwise. I do not have a belief in the Ten Commandments; I have knowledge of natural law and hence obey them. Hence, I abhor abortion, euthanasia, etc. and despise people who work in the interest of death, like our president.
I agree that the pro-abort politicians have incurred an automatic excommunication and that their bishops should withhold communion form them for their own good.
What Kolokotronis argues is based on deliberate misrepresentation of the Catholic Pro-life teaching. The teaching is that among matters of social policy, pro-life issues are non-negotiable and so allow only one way to vote. He twists this into some imaginary comparision between dogmas. He is wrong on the facts of what is taught.
Sure oyu do. You have no way of knowing if God really said that. You choose to believe it.
I agree that the pro-abort politicians have incurred an automatic excommunication and that their bishops should withhold communion from them for their own good
For their own good? What about the Church skirting her own responsibility? If you teach your children that teaching is wrong and one of children admits stealing and you do nothing about it, what message are you giving and how hypocritical is that?
What Kolokotronis argues is based on deliberate misrepresentation of the Catholic Pro-life teaching
He used the exact words of the bishop in question stating that abortion is the most important belief necessary for salvation. Perhaps the correct thing would be to say that perhaps his Eminence misspoke rather than to say that Kolo deliberately misrepresents what the Church teaches?