----- Original Message ----- From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 10:34 PM Subject: Catholicism RE: Domestic Terrorism: was Great Britain
> At 12:39 AM 2/28/2004 -0500 Bryon Daly wrote: > >- The political differences between Catholic Church leadership and most > >Protestant leadership these days are rather small, leaving them mostly > >on the same side of the political aisle. > > Well, the leadership of the Catholic Church leans very strongly towards the > Democratic Party on many issues. > > The leadership of most evangelical Protestatns, of course, leans very > strongly towards the Republican Party. > > > Also, there's Catholic politicians like > >Ted Kennedy > >who is strongly pro-choice, drawing a line between his faith's doctrine and > >his political > >vote. > > Of course, there is a very reasonable argument to be made that Ted Kennedy > is no longer Catholic, since assisting someone in the procurement of an > abortion carries the penalty of automatic excommunication from the Catholic > Church. > It's unreasonable if one or the other never occurred. (As in Ted Kennedy being excommunicated would be very big news.) xponent Excommunication Breakdown Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
