[APBaer]

Okay, so the Vatican told Catholic politicians they must oppose laws on abortion, euthanasia and gay marriages and can not accept compromises

So what's next?
Will you feel equally mellow if:
The Seventh Day Adventists Church told their politicians they must oppose blood banks and transfusions and can not accept compromises?

The Christian Scientist Mother Church told their politicians they must oppose laws giving access to medical care because only prayer was appropriate and it can not accept compromises?

And late news from Rome,
"The Vatican told Catholic politicians that war with Iraq was wrong and they must give Saddam a big wet kiss and can not accept compromises"?

[heyheyhey]

I responded to it already.
You copy-and-paste the same imprudence of yours all over the threads.

Try to be a little more creative, please :-D

[heyheyhey]

Your precious quadruplets,

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[TotusTuus]

Okay, so the Vatican told Catholic politicians they must oppose laws on abortion, euthanasia and gay marriages and can not accept compromises

So what's next?

Well, let's see, uh, OK! Christ through His Church requires, among other things, for people to live in light of natural law. Our Constitution and Declaration of Independance recognizes the prudence of this fact as well, though, not necessarily from divine revelation as much as from natural reason.

What's next if we fail to do so as a society? I don't know the specifics, but it can't possibly be good.

[Jeff Chandler]

Okay, so the Vatican told Catholic politicians they must oppose laws on abortion, euthanasia and gay marriages and can not accept compromises So what's next?

Nobody is forcing anybody to be a member of the Church. It is an association by choice, and it involves certain restrictions. These politicians want to eat their cake and have it too, but there is no inalienable right to membership in the Church.

[Jeff Chandler]

Your fear of religious influence in the public sphere is not rational. If the Pope were requiring Catholics to seek public office for the purpose of Vatican control of the United States, then you would be justified in your concern for the seperation of church and state. There is nothing wrong, however, with a man's faith informing his conscience in regards to his decisions as a citizen and/or political leader. It is, in fact, in keeping with the best tradition of our republic.

As for the Catholic man, he must either decide to act in accordance with the faith, or reject the faith. No one is forcing him to run for office, and no one is forcing him to remain in the Church.