I was reading today the Catholic Catechism section on penance
and reconciliation, and wonder how this fits with those who support the killing
of the unborn in violation of church teaching, especially those supporting and
influencing the laws of a nation of over 300 million. Being pro-choice reaches
much deeper than dismembering a fetus or taking a morning after pill. In
politics it’s lock step with euthanasia and the designation of male and female
which protect families. The pro-choice mind set on the value of another human being,
not unlike slavery in the mid-19th century when there were political decisions
that could make or break a promising career. “ I personally wouldn’t own a slave in
Maine but support the right in South Carolina”.
I do wonder what a priest says to
really powerful, influential Catholics like Pelosi, Biden and Kerry (or even the
deceased T. Kennedy), and now Kaine (who I believe rose up through the ranks as
pro-life and then flipped to buy his political success) and was selected by Clinton* to make the party
platform more compatible with the formerly reliable Catholic constituency
http://www.catholiccrossreference.com/catechism/#!/search/1440-1449/fn/1446:47
We Lutherans (and Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, Brethren, etc.) have no such rules; we just show up or don’t, believe or
don’t, it makes no difference, and no one cares. We can sin as much as we want
because no one has any authority to say otherwise, “Jesus paid it all,” as the
hymn says.
*Yes, Trump did the same political calculation choosing Pence to buy Evangelicals, but where is the church rule that says he can't?
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