Not only pro-choice bu are for late term abortions, For morning after pill (aka plan b) and for laws that FORCE Catholic and other Christian pharmacist to sell "Plan B" pill even if the pharmacist is very against the pill for moral and religious reasons. For gay marriage.... Especially if being pro-choice prevents them from receiving communion they still stay strong with it....
ALL WHILE PARADING AROUND LIKE A DEVOUT CATHOLIC!!!
2007-07-27 17:59:14 · 10 answers · asked by bucnomore111 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
And for those who try to use the "separation b/w church and st." card...
That's being totally ignorant to the fact of the matter... As much as Catholics hate/condemn abortion, to vote for legislation to kill fetus' at any point in pregnancy or even any abortion is ridiculous.
For a Catholic politician to be for allowing abortions is not like a vegetarian politician allowing other citizens to eat meat.. Its like a black politician voting for slavery.
2007-07-27 18:12:56 · update #1
OK if you consider yourself Catholic yet are pro choice you might as well be protestant. It's not a small issue with the Church. It's like being Catholic yet no disagreeing in confession of sins, significance of saints and/or the Virgin Mary. The church considers abortion as the new holocaust.
2007-07-28 02:16:15 · update #2
historically, catholicism has allowed pagan worship and idolitry to co-exist within catholicism (where do you think most ancient saints come from?). why wouldnt it now.
2007-07-27 18:04:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I've seen articles about some Christian pharmacists refusing to fill birth control prescriptions. They are imposing their will upon others. If you're against the "Plan B" pill, it's your right to not take it, it's not your right to impose your beliefs on others.
Do you honestly believe that a politician is not a good Catholic unless they use their religion to legislate (force) everyone else to live their lives by Catholic rule? If so, I can see why you wouldn't want anyone to bring up separation of church and state.
Barry Goldwater, THE Republican Conservative, had some very definite ideas on these matters. Perhaps you'd be interested in his opinions?
http://www.liberalslikechrist.org/about/goldwater.html
2007-07-28 01:39:42 · answer #2 · answered by sagacious_ness 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am a proud Catholic and you apparently are a blind follower of who knows what. I am pro-choice and you may ask why, why would you go against the church. Well, I don't believe in it as a form a birth control, but there are many circumstances where the mother's life is in danger. Also, I don't think that pharmacist should be able to choose what they give out. They have a responsibility in their field to give out prescription drugs, in whatever religion they are in. A doctor signed the prescription meaning that they, in their duty as a doctor, want their patient to have it. With your gay marriage, I'm sorry but I can NOT stand around and see all these divorces among "good" Christians and deny the right of someone who ACTUALLY loves the person they want to marry. I cannot stand around well someone has to suffer because they are different.
The thing is America is freedom of religion and it has a separation between religion and state. I know you don't care about this, as you put it in your added notes, but it is very, very important that we follow separation between religion and state. This is what the country was founded on and it IS in insult to our countries founders and the veterans who fought for this country. People fought for these rights and I, for one, intend to keep them straight.
2007-07-28 01:29:42 · answer #3 · answered by Sam K 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hey, NOTHING about being a Catholic requires that you believe in that crap! I should know, being surrounded by them everyday. To be a Catholic is to believe in God (and do some of the religious things that other Christians don't do, like confession). You can have your own beliefs on those topics and still be a Catholic. All you have to do is attend Catholic church and believe in God. Any religion that forces you to follow them in EVERY aspect is stupid. Even God understands that each human is an individual. Do you think he really cares what you do in your private time as long as you worship him?
2007-07-28 01:17:31 · answer #4 · answered by fliptastic 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Someone can be a misguided Catholic and “pro-choice.”
This is especially harmful when they are people of influence like politicians, who because of their influence may unduly direct others toward "the culture of death" instead of the "consistent ethic of life."
Politically supporting abortion is not a offense for which one can be excommunicated although a change in this rule is being discussed.
The Church law involved is Canon 915: Those who are excommunicated or interdicted after the imposition or declaration of the penalty and others who obstinately persist in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to Holy Communion.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' statement "Catholics in Political Life" says:
Therefore, like every Catholic generation before us, we must be guided by the words of St. Paul, “Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of profaning the Body and Blood of the Lord” (1 Cor 11:27).
And continues that it is up to each Bishop in their diocese and on a case by case basis to decide whether or not to deny Holy Communion to Catholic politicians because of their public support of abortion.
Here is the complete document: http://www.usccb.org/bishops/catholicsinpoliticallife.shtml
With love in Christ.
2007-07-28 21:05:08 · answer #5 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily. There are a lot of Gay priests, just not out in the open. Why do you think they like little boys so much?
I'm assuming you are speaking of Guliani, well he obviously never had any real reverence for the Catholic church after getting a divorce.
2007-07-28 01:19:25 · answer #6 · answered by Mkath 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can hold religious belifes and still understand that your belifes cannot be imposed on others. The constitution seperates church from state and any right minded individual can do the same when making decisions for thier country.
Influence your family with your religion let all others make thier own decisions.
2007-07-28 01:23:51 · answer #7 · answered by John 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Did you ever think that maybe, just maybe, they believe in God and honor their religious heritage, but also refuse to swallow every single outdated piece of selective dogma thrown their way?
Yes, the Bible forbids homosexuality. It's in Leviticus 18:22. Go ahead and read the surrounding chapters of Leviticus, and tell me that if you don't abide by everything in there, you're a godless heathen and you're going to hell.
See you down there!
2007-07-28 01:07:52 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am Catholic and I don't understand it.
I try to live my faith in all aspects of my life so it baffles me that they can be FOR abortion. It is one thing not to IMPOSE your philosophy on others...ans quite another thing to abandon it totally for political gain.
2007-07-28 01:14:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
no person of faith is supposed to impose their beliefs on anyone else, including our elected leaders
(thank GOD for the 1st Amendment)
2007-07-28 01:03:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋