There will be a Roman Catholic Church long after the State of Connecticut is but a bad memory---and a good thing too! I think Lenny would agree even if his Catholicism is a tad more liberal than my own.
If a political party run by the likes of Jerry Labriola, Jr., fails to convince Catholics to vote Republican, is that a surprise. Labriola is most of what is wrong in politics. Joe Markley and Len Suzio and a tiny handful of others command a high level of respect but even they have to make sure that their constituents know where they stand. Casting votes (or not casting them at all) consistent with a well-formed Catholic conscience is not bad religion but is what should be expected of us by our Savior.
Being amateur theologians is yet another task of lay people since the mistake that was Vatican II and the resulting spate of awful professional theologians and their accursed fictional "spirit" of Vatican II.
Not every Catholic needs to be obsessed with politics as are you and I. Some, like Dr. Zhivago, will never belong to the "party," but will just live and, in so doing, will keep society, their patient, alive. Removing the tumors of injustice is still deep surgery. Each of us is responsible for his/her own vote which is owed to no man and no party and no candidate.
they voted for MITT because they were sure he was pro-life. And they were not sure on SUZIO, so he gets blank.
See how it works?
Not a good idea to teach your constituency to suppress their own voters.
BLANK VOTING IS AN ABOMINATION BECAUSE IT SPREADS ENDLESSLY. IT TURNS INTO NON-VOTING.
ask Monsignor Liptak of Holy Apostles. Not a regular voter.
ask sr. Suz Gross, the Diocese Dir of ProLife. NOT
ask Carl ANderson, SUpreme Knight. NOT
and 90% of the 300,000 who attend Mass in CT each Sunday. They are all occasional voters who never show up for primaries or special elections.
There is a special curse for Catholic church goers who avoid the voting booth.
“Each of us is responsible for his/her own vote which is owed to no man and no party and no candidate. “
Which is why the gun owners threw their unofficial support and votes to Commie Esty vs. Rorabach in 2012, knowing that the campaign to defeat her would begin the next day.
Roraback would have been with us for 20 years .... wonderful thing that the gun owners do not take bad news as a sign to stay home. They endorse plenty of pro-gun DEMS here in CT, when faced with indifferent Republicans. They’ve done fine work under horrific circumstances.
The RINOs in upstate NY voted for the DEM to stop Conservative Hoffman, for one term. The gunowners gave ESTY one term. THis year, the Rorabackers will return the favor in the Esty vs. Greenberg race.