Another editorial

This was the headline of an article in our newspaper this morning: "Obama Supporters Won't Get Communion, Priest Says". It was in the Associated Press, so I was just curious if any of you saw this article? It seems to me from the article that if you are a Catholic that you should vote for the President based on this one issue only. Doesn't this fall under separation of church and state? I don't believe it is right for a priest or any other religious figure to more or less blackmail or threaten a parishioner over a presidential vote. I also don' believe that just because a person is pro choice that they automatically support abortion. I can take a pro choice stance and still CHOOSE not have an abortion, which I'm pretty sure is the same opinion Obama has. If I'm not mistaken, McCain also believed in exceptions to abortions, such as a risk to the mother's life or in cases of rape or incest. Doesn't this also make him pro choice?

The priest in the article states, "Voting for a pro-abortion politician when a plausible pro-life alternative exists constitutes material cooperation with intrinsic evil, and those Catholics who do so place themselves outside of the full communion of Christ's Church and under the judgment of divine law" ... so if there is an alternate choice, that is the one that should be made.

Republican Party - McCain also believed in exceptions to abortions, such as a risk to the mother's life or in cases of rape or incest. Doesn't this also make him pro choice? In addition, McCain is also divorced which is "frowned upon" and considered a sin with the Catholic church as well.

Independent - Ralph Nader doesn't believe the government possesses the authority to force a woman to have or not have a child. So he's out.

That leaves us with the Libertarian Party (supports gay marriage), Constitution Party (supports exceptions to abortions), and the Green Party (candidate is divorced). Soooooo ... who does the Catholic church suggest we support and vote for?

Anyone care to share their thoughts? It's okay if you don't. Maybe just take a minute to think about it.