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A new report points to the important role that Catholics could play in November’s presidential election, showing that they are almost evenly split between President Obama and Mitt Romney and that they are open to both candidates’ views of the role the government should play in helping the poor.
Moreover, 2008 exit polls show that at least 23 percent of voters in key swing states such as Ohio, Florida, Nevada, Iowa, New Hampshire, and Wisconsin were Catholic, suggesting that their votes could prove decisive in a tight race this year.
Among the five main religious groups studied by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) and the Brookings Institution, three take clear sides, both in the presidential race and on the role the government should play in society, according to a study of 3,000 likely voters released Monday.
Black protestants and Americans unaffiliated with any religion generally favor Mr. Obama and are comparatively more supportive of government programs to help the poor. Meanwhile, white Evangelicals generally line up with Mr. Romney and take a more negative view of government-assistance programs. [more]
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Yep. Same here Margaret Mary. And, think Elinor is wise.
My bishop had a letter read telling us to vot yes for certain amendments I resent that.
Despite Bishop Poprocki’s directives to our diocesean priests pulpits, I’m voting with the nuns! For those that need translation: my husband and I are voting for the black guy! Gone are the dark ages! Love rules!
Where, oh where is it written that the nuns and/or bishops or anyone for that matter is infallible in all their actions? Obviously there is a major grudge against bishops who unfortunately have not always done what they are supposed to do….that is the argument for such bias against them. But then, there are those pre-canonized nuns who themselves are not perfect in their actions as well. To use either one as an argument is not to stand on one’s own enlightenment in faith formation. We are charged to live The Commandments by our Baptism and not to use any one else’s actions as an excuse or condemnation for such.
The bishops have covered up child abuse. The bisops have transferred priest pediphiles and sent to unsuspecting parishes for fresh meat. Talk about intrinsic evil they ruined lives and families.
And if they listen to their conscience they are probably evenly split! I listen to nuns and do what I can to serve the poor versus abdicating my mission to the government who thinks they are God!
The nuns teach me how to be a disciple of Jesus the servant who taught us to wash one another’s feet and serve one another.
The bishops act like its all about serving them.
It’s the nuns on the bus versus the bishops on the bandwagon! The bishops are vying for the votes of the Middle Catholic Earth, having given up on the 98% of Catholic women who opt for the contraceptive pill.
Meanwhile, the nuns are doing what they do best — tell it just like it is, the best way they know how. That’s why people listen way more to nuns than bishops. That’s also why the bishops are running sooo scared that they’re engineering a pontifical takeover of the LCWR.
Simply put, if Catholic voters listen to their nuns rather than their bishops, President Obama’s re-elected!
Those who burned the heretics listened to the bishops. Not every sin should be a crime-to-punished.