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To: Stan who wrote (502882)	8/18/2012 1:51:12 PM
From: SmoothSail	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793958

but for Catholics, I can't tell. Even though they're liberal as a group, In my family, there are both committed Republicans and Democrats. I think that Catholics pick and choose what they believe and follow. When it came to having to deal with the incredible number of child-molesting priests, both sides chose to ignore it. It didn't shake their faith one bit because it didn't happen in their backyard and they didn't think they needed to defend it. Same with any issue having to do with contraception or abortion. Whatever they believe, it's a private matter and none of their business. Most have a sense of charity and altruism. It's taught early on, which is why they might appear to be liberal as a group. But they also believe that charity starts at home - not with the government. I actually have hope that some of the left leaning family members will be voting for Romney this time around. Where they can look the other way when it comes to child-molesting priests because it doesn't shake their faith, they can't ignore that the president of the country is advocating gay marriage and government paid-for contraception and that he is further insisting that Catholic institutions commit a sin by providing contraception and abortion. Church history that is taught in Catholic grammar schools is filled with stories of people who chose to die rather than being forced to commit a mortal sin. If you commit a mortal sin, you have to go to confession and receive absolution before your soul is clean. Forcing Catholics to provide abortions and contraception is forcing them to commit a mortal sin and if they keep doing it, they can't receive absolution. That means their soul is lost. See this video. After the prayer at about 1:30, Fr. Andrew gets to the heart of the matter. Fr. Andrew was invited to lead the opening prayer at the 2012 Colorado Republican State Assembly and Convention in the Magness Arena at the University of Denver. The moral challenges facing our country are not caused by political affiliation, but rather by attacks on religious freedom. He invites all people of conscience to uphold religious freedom. "The Church has rejected the totalitarian and atheistic ideologies associated in modem times with 'communism' or 'socialism'." - Catechism of the Catholic Church 2425 stthomasmore.org (Don't know why this post is centered)