While reading the Flyer News this past week, I came across an article entitled, "Catholics have choice: to vote under Church or not?" It stated, "The USCCB's guide to Faithful Citizenship states that since voting for certain issues [abortion and euthanasia] is inherently wrong, the decision is left up to local bishops to deny public supporters of these rights to be denied the Eucharist." It then went on to mention Joe Biden is a Catholic in the political arena who support abortion rights and have been denied the Eucharist.
The message I received from reading this article was that voting for Barack Obama is voting against the Catholic Church. To deny someone the Eucharist sounds completely contradictory to Catholic/Christian values. I voted for Obama and I have no regrets. I voted for Obama because the core issues currently affecting our world need real solutions. The status quo we have been bearing for the past eight years is only benefiting those who need it least.
Comments?
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Even though the church and state are seperate doesn't mean that elections aren't extremely political and religously involved. If you listen closely even though they don't say church or religion they are insinuating in some form or another.
I was baptized Catholic, but haven't practiced since I was 4, so I'm not terribly familiar with the way Catholicism works. I do agree with you about the fact that people should not vote simply because the church says to vote a certain way (at least I think that's what you meant). I, honestly, couldn't make it all the way through the article you're discussing because I found it to be so one-sided and, frankly, annoying...
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