Friday - October 31, 2008
vote catholic
cath·o·lic - [kath-uh-lik, kath-lik] –adjective
1. broad or wide-ranging in tastes, interests, or the like; having sympathies with all; broad-minded; liberal.
2. universal in extent; involving all; of interest to all.
3. pertaining to the whole Christian body or church.
Increasingly hostile and controversial spam from Catholic and other Christian organizations has been painting Obama as having endorsed "infanticide". Voting records cited and little clips and quotes carefully compiled are combined with horrifying imagery of the worst imaginable abortion situations to create a very disturbing vision.
CATHOLICS FOR OBAMA help clarify that issue and many others with a careful examination of issues and facts and how they relate to Catholic and biblical teachings, for those who vote with a Christian conscience.
Ironically, many of the same people propagating these baby killing messages are the very ones affected by the failed policies and callousness for human life (post-placental) of the so-called "pro-life" party. Look around -the rich have indeed been getting richer, at the expense of the ever expanding poor and eerily diappearing middle class.
Surely it's a noble cause to save the unborn from having their shot at life snipped off. But haven't too many American lives and innocent bystanders (in Iraq) died in this war that continues to put our country in a dangerously deeper into debt? Speaking of debt... seriously, TEN BILLION dollars every month!!! How many freakin zeroes is that? Count 'em: $10,000,000.00.
The total cost of this war is expected to exceed THREE TRILLION dollars. Just imagine what could be accomplished with all that money. If you lack philanthropic expertise or are consumer challenged from too many years of penny pinching, here's some help: a virtual shopping spree with your very own budget of $3,000,000,000!
Maybe you could buy SIX TRILLION condoms and pass them around, virtually eliminating the need for abortion. As for me, I'm buying 6 billion cows from Heifer. That's almost one for every living human being on earth. (Start thinking of a name.)
But that would be socialist or something worse. Better to use that money on a war and line the pockets of mercenaries, defense contractors... and who? Where does it all go?
Catholics are counseled to support the candidate who most closely represents the specific principles of Catholic Social Teaching, even if that candidate takes a certain position in favor of an "intrinsic evil"! (translation: favors legalized abortion) The key is that the OTHER candidate must present a greater risk to the morality Catholics espouse.
CATHOLICS FOR OBAMA examines the seven principles in detail, making a very convincing argument that Mr. Obama's policies most closely mirror the teachings of the church. A quick bit of reading will guide the conscience of anyone who has an awareness of the policies of the current administration (echoed by their candidate in waiting).
Don't be misguided... read and read more. Make an objective, socially and morally responsible decision in the voting booth Tuesday. Vote catholic - catholic in the broadest sense - looking at the BIG picture, with the greater good of all (in our country and our world) in your mind and heart and soul.
