Jon-while not aways agreeing with you(it is a mother in laws job I think ” title=”Wink” /> ), I really appreciate your bringing forth the ‘flip side’ as it were.

If the only opinion I saw here echoed my own, how could I ever understand anybody who disagreed with me?

I wrote a personal message to invite jeratboy to stick around, in writing that it made me realize something.

Think of Mother Theresa—if she did not listen to all those non-Catholic people who espoused a religion and poitics entirely different from her own would she have been able to do all those ‘works of mercy’

I know its an emotional plea-the only kind I am good at these few days, but I feel everyone visiting this board does so to see what’s going on in faith, and faith in politics. I appreciate all the posts-even when some of them are difficult to think about.

Partial birth abortion takes place through forced labor. If the mother gave birth, the child has a good chance of dying or otherwise being disabled (just like any premature child).

I’m a little new here, but I have been reading what you guys write.

I think this sums it up — Republicans and Democrats support some Catholic issues, yet the Democrats and Republicans do have issues that seem to oppose Catholic dogma. Keep it simple!

Pick the lesser evil. Republicans dont eradicate social programs, and yes, you would have to put yourself in a god awful position to get the death penalty. Even Reagan,,,,,,himself didnt cut social programs significantly.

Wake up!! Abortion is the key issue. The Day of Judgement will make that clear. In addition, this third party bull**** wont help. Those babies need our help now. Pick the lesser evil.

In the past 10 years the Republican controlled House and Senate has tried to push pro-life legislation through. Key “Catholic” Democrats have stood in the way. Even when Clinton vetoed three pro-life legislation bills in the 90’s, the House and Senate almost had the 2/3rds vote neccessary to override his veto. Those “Catholic” reps up there stood in the way as they always do.

Now we have another Dem. going for the White House who is pro-choice. Sure, he says he hates abortion but cannot enforce his will in legislation. He’s trying to hide under the cover of the law, but we should get real. The only party whose going to stop those 44 milliion butcher jobs (and counting) are the Republicans. Why do you think those Pro Choice rallies outside the Supreme Court building, White House, and Capitol building are so hateful and practially foaming at the mouth? Oh yeah,, the appointed of pro-life federal judges has been a major victory in the past years under the Bush administration.

Sure,, you will have Republicans for abortion,,,nothing is %100.

In fact, I have a friend of mine,,he’s Catholic yet he consistently votes Democrat. I told him how Republicans, on balance, are the ones who are pro-life. He would come back at me at how when he was young he knew of all these rich Republican girls who got pregnant and that their Republican fathers had them take an abortion.

The point is that you cannot cast dispersions on an entire party because of the actions of a few. Not all Republicans are pro-life, and some may have had abortions. I’ll will grant anyone this point.

Like I said, pick the lesser evil. You have to play the probabilities. You have to get real; Marxism didn’t cut it. Play the odds; you must pick the lesser evil when all in doubt. Keep it simple!!

Take care.

I reiterate what I pointed out above, “One of the current health reasons “justifying” abortion in some states is fatigue.”