Isaac Brock
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- Sep 28, 2003
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-=d=- said:Forcing the hand? wha??
Look - this shouldn't be a hard concept to grasp...If John Kerry claims to 'be' a Catholic - follower of Catholocism, then it's honest and right for the Catholic Church to hold him to his claim; to BE a Catholic, one has to "DO" catholocism...which speaks against Abortion, and other issues Kerry supports and agrees with.
Why do liberals have such a horrible time comprehending absolutes?
It's not a matter of absolutes, d. Catholics will no longer have the right to be secular in governance, which bucks a trend in democracy that has existed ever since the French Revolution. A vote for a Catholic politician is now a vote for the Pope in office rather than the politician himself. This has not always been the case. In the 19th and 20th century, the Pope steered cleared of secular politics.
It would be interesting to see that last time a politician was excommunicated for secular governance. I'm sure it has been awhile, along while. It wasn't until 2002 where Pope JPII stated in his Doctrine of Faith, that can Politicians can be excommunicated for their political views. There has not been a precedent that I could find for over 300 years, though I am no Catholic scholar.