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Comment added by Unregistered on Tue 27 Jul 2004 - 23:19 h

My wife and I appreciate this website. We were actually looking for a way to share our disappointment with Joe SCABorough (r left out intentionally) when we came across this discussion.
We have been so hurt by the notion that Catholics "can't" vote for Kerry. Not because U.S. bishops say it is a sin-they are subject to human frailty and being political like all of us-but because we felt like we were the only Catholics who understood the harm in voting for Bush solely on the abortion issue. My wife is part of a group at church where all the women seem content with voting for Bush because he is anti-abortion even though his position is morally inconsistent-as Ron Reagan so eloquently emphasized.
This past weekend I was infuriated by a 2 sided letter from the U.S. Bishops that was enclosed in every bulletin. The letter intrinsicly said as Catholics we can't vote for Kerry because he was not anti-abortion and we would be participating in an evil if we did. I was proud of the fact that Catholics were sharing their political views, but I was shocked that all that was addressed was abortion. I was looking for the 3rd and 4th pages that would address the Catholic stance on capital punishment, preemptive war, affirmative action, tax cuts, stem-cell research, same sex marriages.
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT APOSTOLIC LEADERS OF THE CHURCH ARE NOT DEEPLY TROUBLED BY TAX CUTS FOR THE WEALTHY AND A WAR FUELED BY REVENGE AND WRATH. ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE U.S. BISHOPS ARE TELLING ME IS THAT THEY ARE TOO FAR RIGHT OF THE VATICAN AND DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLICS THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO SERVE IN AMERICA.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IF U.S. BISHOPS WANT TO DISCUSS ABORTION AND PERSONAL CHOICES ADDRESS DIVORCE, SHACKING UP, SAME SEX MARRIAGE, CHILD MOLESTATION, STEM CELL RESEARCH, IN VITRO FERTILIZATION.
IF U.S. BISHOPS WANT TO MAKE PRO-CHOICE A LEGAL AND MORALE CAUSE TO BE DEALT WITH, DON'T FORGET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, WAR, WOMENS RIGHTS, AND HUMAN RIGHTS.
Thanks Cardinal Ratzinger for your vote of confidence so I won't be refused communion for the next 100 days while I vote for Kerry. We would rather have sacrificed 100 days than 4 more years of seven deadly sins with Bush.

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