Sunday, October 28, 2012

In Good Conscience, Catholics Cannot Vote For Obama

Excerpts from a fine column by Joseph F. Petros IIIFormer Executive Editor, Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy in The Daily Caller:

Not only is the incumbent [Obama] the most pro-abortion president ever to occupy the office, but he has also deliberately picked a fight with the Catholic Church by requiring Catholic employers to participate in the provision of abortion-inducing drugs, contraception, and sterilization to their employees — all things the Church teaches are intrinsically evil.
This divisive and unnecessary infringement on religious liberty by President Obama drew criticism from conservatives and liberals alike, and it prompted bishops, priests, and deacons in nearly every Catholic church in America to take to the pulpit in protest — an unprecedented event in American history.
And all this while the ranks of America’s poor have increased to record levels on Mr. Obama’s watch.
Mitt Romney is the only presidential candidate in this election whom Catholic voters can support while remaining true to their faith. All allegedly Catholic arguments in favor of Mr. Obama rely on gross misconceptions of Catholic doctrine.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/10/27/romney-the-only-candidate-catholics-can-support/#ixzz2AcXWonRz

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