A few days ago there was quite a incredible article from a FORMER ROMNEY Campaign Advisor on why Catholics Should go to Obama!!!! Good Grief. Well I was not impressed with the arguments at all.
Neither is this person here at That's why Catholics should vote for Sen. Obama?. It is a pretty good article that shows that needless to say a Catholic following the teachings of the Church would have a hard time voting for Obama. He says in part:
Of course, the key sticking point (or what should be the key sticking point) for Catholics supporting Obama is the Senator's ardent, zealous, and consistent support of abortion. It is here that Kmiec is particularly unconvincing:
Because Democratic and Catholic dogmas collide over the polarizing issue of abortion, Catholics do have to navigate some difficult ethical waters to contemplate voting blue. McCain and Huckabee—unlike either of the Democrats—join in the Catholic prayer for the unborn, but Republican promises have often left those prayers unanswered. While no papal instruction will ever condone the "right to choose," the church does ask for a consistent and realistic defense of life that actually takes steps to reduce the incidence of the practice, not just condemns it. Catholics will note that McCain and Huckabee's pro-life postures collapse when it comes to the death penalty. Even if the Supreme Court decides later this spring that lethal injection is not "cruel and unusual" under our Constitution, capital sentencing is often erratic and erroneous in light of the modern availability and reliability of DNA evidence. It is Catholic instruction that there are better ways to deter violent crime.
Of course he is right on. Read the rest of his article.
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