Monday, September 24, 2007

Pope Does a Calling Out

If this speech by the Pope is calling out Islam/Muslims as put forth, then it is also calling out pro-abortion, euthanasia and same sex marriage activists.

There are some who believe that it is legitimate to destroy human life in its earliest or final stages. Equally troubling is the growing crisis of the family, which is the fundamental nucleus of society based on the indissoluble bond of marriage between a man and a woman. Experience has shown that when the truth about man is subverted or the foundation of the family undermined, peace itself is threatened and the rule of law is compromised, leading inevitably to forms of injustice and violence.
Politically speaking, if a Catholic holds that the Pope is the Vicar of Christ, can they continue to support the Democrat party. Is this a legitimate stand in mixing Catholicism and politics?
Still reeling from the attacks on Sen. John F. Kerry's brand of Roman Catholicism during the 2004 presidential race, 55 House Democrats issued a joint statement yesterday on the central role that the Catholic faith plays in their public lives.
Or course this does not automatically switch them to the Republicans because there are issues there also.

I am not Catholic, so these are an outsider questions but it does show difficulties in voting politics with religion being the main guide. Neither party is a perfect match, so a person is left with going with the best of the worst. Different people have different priorities so they make compromises in other areas. For a Democrat, they will compromise on killing an unborn child and same sex marriage in order to mandate helping the less fortunate and stopping wars. Does one out way the other? Well read the last line in the above from the Pope. It says abortion, euthanasia and same sex marriage inevitably leads to injustice and violence. Taking him at his word, it means what they comprise on leads to what they want to stop.