Whither the Catholic vote in this election? Late last week, a poll showed Obama ahead by eight among Catholic registered voters (to which I’ve lost the link), although the data didn’t come from one of the regular national pollsters such as Pew, Gallup, or Rasmussen. With Abortion-Palooza in Charlotte still ringing in the ear and the provocative HHS contraception mandate threatening religious liberty — as well as Paul Ryan’s supposedly apostate budget in the mix — the Catholic vote may end up being critical to the outcome, or at least a bellwether of it.
National Catholic Reporter asked Archbishop Charles Chaput about his own personal take on the election, Barack Obama’s support for abortion, and the Ryan budget, and Chaput declined the opportunity to tell his flock how to vote. However, he wasn’t shy about sharing his own personal view on the presidential election, and strongly rebutting the argument that there is an equivalence between abortion and cuts to government spending
TONY DIGIROLAMO
I BELIEVE THAT CATHOLICS AND CHRISTIANS ARE GOING DO SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT WHEN THEY STEP INTO THE VOTING BOOTH IN NOVEMBER. BECAUSE THEIR PRIESTS AND PASTORS ARE DOING SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT IN THEIR PULPITS...
They're defying an old rule that they now realize is unconstitutional! A 1947 IRS rule that muzzled pastors from speaking freely to their congregation on politics and political issues.
Pastor Jim Garlow will stand before congregants at his 2,000-seat Skyline Wesleyan Church in La Mesa, California, on Sunday, October 7, just weeks before the U.S. presidential and congressional elections, and urge his flock to vote for or against particular candidates.
... "The first principle is that American citizens don't lose their freedom of religion or their freedom of expression when they become bishops," said Cardinal Francis George of Chicago.
That is the truth!
Pastor Jim Garlow is one of the leaders of America for Jesus 2012, the solemn assembly gathering in Philadelphia to pray for America.
It will take place right there on the mall and the steps of Independence Hall where the nation began. Right there where our founding fathers walked and prayed.
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