The pastor of St. Mary Catholic Church in Greenville, SC, is urging parishioners who voted for Barack Obama not to present themselves for Communion unless they go to confession first because they have cooperated with "intrinsic evil'' by voting for a candidate who supports abortion rights over a candidate who does not. The Rev. Jay Scott Newman told the Greenville News that he doesn't intend to deny anyone Communion, but made it clear that his view is that Obama voters should not present themselves without seeking penance first "lest they eat and drink their own condemnation.''many Catholic figureheads consider anybody who voted for Obama to be going against their religious values because of his pro-abortion stance, when there's a morally-safe alternative candidate who doesn't support abortion they could vote for. But what's funny about that argument is that McCain was also pro-abortion, while also being pro-death penalty and pro-war both being equally serious issues Catholics opposed.
Many Republican voters, however, seem to believe, incorrectly, that the current Republican front-runner, Arizona Sen. John McCain, supports abortion rights, too. The misperception is interesting, considering that McCain has not attempted to keep his pro-life views a secret.Palin was against abortion, but she wasn't the Presidential candidate. why is it, then, an "intrinsic evil" to support a candidate who supports only one out of three evils? it seems very two-faced and politicially motivated on the part of the Catholics involved
Thoughts on this?
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