I cannot tell you how much I disagree with your position vis-a-vis Kerry's Vietnam record. Jesus did not say "greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for his country." Love isn't just some ideal - and the whole point of John 3:16 is to stress that God's - Jesus' - love is for everyone. I would definitely see your point
Kerry doesn't lead among Catholics. Kerry leads among those who fantasize that they are Catholic. " I will say that I am not afraid to disagree with the Church..." Case in point. This person is about as Catholic as Hans Kung. Anyone who is Baptised and Confirmed in the Catholic Church
Troy, Thank you for your post. I plan to address the issue of abortion fully in an upcoming post, but let me just say this here for now: I do not support Senator Kerry's position on abortion. In fact, out of the small number of positions Kerry takes that I disagree with, I feel most strongly in opposition to his position on the right to abortion. It complete ignores the rights of the child, which is exactly the issue at hand.
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My question, and im sorry it is "dumb" but are you just the site manager or the Priest? The website manager, and a community member there.
Nicole, I completely understand how many do not immediately see the comparison, but I promise I will address this in the course of my essays. It is not by any means easy to inflict damage greater that inflicted by the evil of abortion, but I believe in my heart that the damages caused by Bush's policies and his lack of attention to other important pro-life issues is far worse than anything he has done to reduce abortion. I ask that you stick
Thank you to both of you. I'm glad to have someone else speak from experience about why Kerry is good for education. Also, glad to hear about another fellow Catholic Kerry supporter.
Many people who lived through the Vietnam War have probably known who John Kerry is for quite some time. For me, a young voter living through the first major U.S. war of my adulthood and growing-up far away from Massachusetts, I first took notice of John Kerry much more recently. Not to be cliché, but I can remember the time and the place that I first “met” John Kerry
In term of the 2000 result, I was refering not the election result between Bush and Gore. Rather I was refering to a pre-election poll by Gallup at about the same period as now (3 weeks) before election. I believe in that poll Gore has a huge lead among Catholic voters. Ok. Thank you for the clarificati
Instead of Catholics (or any other 'swing' group) can be said to be determining the election, perhaps it is just the candidates are getting the support and they just happen to be Catholic. I dont see this group, or any other that is named a 'swing' group having a central body that marches them lockstep for one candidate or anothe
Considering that gay marriage has come on the radar as an issue, do you think that Catholics will vote for the party that traditonally supports gay rights and the candidate that voted against DOMA? I believe in moderate states, especially in the midwest, DOMA and other related votes will have fairly stron
I just have to point out though that of course a group which includes 1/3 of all potential votes may decide the election. It's a fairly silly statement really. Any group bigger than the split between the total votes for either candidate may decide the election. Point taken, but you have to look a little
In recent decades, Catholics, making up roughly one-quarter of the U.S. electorate, have become an important swing voter group. While they have traditionally voted with the Democratic party, evidence shows that a massive swing to support Republicans in the 1980's decided the 1980 and 1984 elections for Reagan, and the 1988 for Bush. In 2000, however, Catholics split n
Did anyone check out the site?
I put together this website with a list of resources for Christians who are trying to decide who to vote for. Yes, I am fairly "partisan" at this point in the campaign, but I tried to include mostly nonpartisan resources. Let me know what you think. <a href="http://22nd.org/catholicsfork
Her safety is in peril by the same people that caused the problems in the first place. She has nothing to fear from the United States government nor its forces - they aren't out to get her. My point was not that she had to fear the United States. She probably fears anything that would bring attention to
That's so hard to live with compared to being executed by your own government for the crime of disagreeing with you self-proclaimed president's politcal views. Yes, this woman feels so safe in the newly liberated, peaceful, and secure Iraq that she refuses to use her own name, or the name of any of her
Boo hoo, the price of electricity went up. That's so hard to live with compared to being executed by your own government for the crime of disagreeing with you self-proclaimed president's politcal views. It wasn't so much the price of elecricity going up that got me. It was the rate of Iraqi's being ki
This article was written by an Iraqi, trying to live her daily live IN IRAQ. So I will trust her assessment of the situation better than what you or the media say. Oh, and BakerStreet: I reject that you assume anything about what I think based on your perception of "people of [my] political inclinations [sic.]" I supported President Bush's invasion of Iraq initially, but you have got to be an idiot to not look back, after seeing how things
If anyone is proud of President Bush's accomplishments in Iraq thus far, they really should read this whole article: From Baghdad Burning by "Riverbend", an Iraqi woman living in Iraq. Friday, September 24, 2004 Liar, Liar... I was channel-surfing ye
It IS smearing,since it's NEVER been proven! The facts that I stated are easily available from the public record. These facts have been agreed on by all the major news organizations, and they are straight out of military documents, and confirmed by numerous interviews from people who were there at the
When did Kerry say that? I think you may be mistaken. He has said recently that Bush has secret plans to call up Reserve and National Guard units for duty in Iraq after the election, so maybe you are confusing that statement with the idea of starting a new draft.
Excuse me but what do you call, "He never completed his guard duty"? I'd call that a SMEAR! It is quite simply a fact that George W. Bush did not complete his entire 6-year enlistment in the Texas Air National Guard. So, again, saying the above statement isn't a smear, it is the truth. Maybe it needs a
Then tell the Dems to stop also! They aren't doing any thing but *trying* to SMEAR Bush! It's called what's good for the goose is good for the gander! To the best of my knowledge, Democrats are doing nothing of this sort! In what ways are they smearing Bush? Criticizing is different than smearing. <
It is quite blatant and obvious. The G.O.P. lies, and they don't even try to deny it. Yesterday, Republicans admitted that they sent mailings claiming to voters in two states that if you vote for democrats, the Bible would soon be banned. There could be nothing further from the truth! For starters, most Democrats I know are practicing Christians. Secondly,
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