[NYer]

Austin Ruse is president of C-FAM (Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute), a New York and Washington DC-based research institute focusing on international legal and social policy. The views expressed here are not necessarily those of C-FAM.

[NYer]

Ping!

[ought-six]

I suggest that Catholics who support King Putt are not Catholics at all.

[WayneS]

Everyone is free to be as charitable as they wish - with THEIR money.

However, it is immoral for them to demand the ability to use the power of the government to be charitable with MY money.

Why is that so hard for so many “charitable” people to understand?

[Dr. Sivana]

The organization “Bread for the Poor” is NOT to be confused with “FOOD for the Poor”, a bonafide charity.

[John O]

I am not a Catholic. I was raised Catholic however and still remember enough to make the following statements:

1. To be Catholic you MUST be a Christian. This should be obvious to anyone who knows anything about Christianity and Catholicism. A Christian is a follower of Christ. The Catholic church was founded to follow Christ. While we Protestants (Pentecostal in my case) may disagree with some of the details and practices, the bottom line is that a real Catholic must be a Christian.

2. You cannot be a Christian and be a democrat. Again this should be obvious to anyone who knows Christ and who has read the democrats’ platform (or even observed their words and actions over the last 40 years or so). Christ is pro-life (Does “Thou shalt not murder” sound familiar?) while the democrats are pro-abortion. Christ is pro-family while the democrats are pro-homosexuality (which Christ call “abomination”). Christ is pro-freedom while the democrats are pro-government imposed subtle slavery. The list goes on and on. So many things that the bible tells us to do are banned by the democrats and so many things the bible tells us not to do are commanded by the democrats.

3. Therefore there are no Catholic Democrats. Those who claim to be both Catholic and democrat are either lying about being Catholic or lying about being democrat. And since the democrats are the party of liars, we can see that there are no Catholic democrats.

4. (bonus point) The entire “social justice” line of theology is anti-Christian. Yes, we are to provide for the widows and the orphans. But that is on an individual basis. No where in scripture does it give anyone authority to take from one person just to give to another. Any “Catholic” promoting social justice, is not a true Catholic (as they are not a Christian).

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

The church leaders who back socialism are making a deadly error.

Socialism is, in effect, a parody of Christianity, but one stripped of God. And while what socialists preach sounds much like what Christians preach, it is done with evil motive, and to honor man, not God.

Socialists are always filled to the brim with “social justice”, but they only deliver injustice, dehumanization and subjugation. Yet their words sound so very much like those of Christians, that Christians are often fooled into thinking that “the ends justify the means”, not realizing that those ends are the opposite of what Christianity wants.

[ConservingFreedom]

Almost immediately 50 professors wrote a letter to CUA president John Garvey and Andrew Abela suggesting that a grant was inappropriate in light of Catholic Social Teaching.

But when "Catholic" institutions endorse baby-killing and sexual perversion, that's A-OK. <spits/>

[annalex]

In the fight against abortion, same-sex marriage, and pornography, libertarianism is the enemy

This is why the less Acton institute identifies with movement libertarianism the better.

libertarianism is a bit like socialism in that many people who claim it probably don’t know what it means

That is because libertarianism is an "contra" movement, not "pro" movement. It wants less government. It does not say what it wants more of.

[RichInOC]

If you’re a Catholic and you’re still supporting the Democrats in general, and Teh Awesome in particular, you’re at the very least dangerously close to cooperating formally in evil. I mean, at this point, how do you not know better?

[ADSUM]

Jesus was about freedom and free will. We chose to Love God and our neighbor or Not.

The Catholic Church should continue to support this approach. We have political interference in the Church where some wish to control others by government regulation.

Business and persons should be allowed freedom with the obvious restrictions by government so that there is a level playing field. The United States has prospered with this freedom in spite of corruption in government and business. However, government has gotten too big and corrupt and spending is out of control.

If someone wants the government to control everything in business, then the government will eventually also control raising your children.