Reply #23: A catholic perspective on all of this

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I posted this in the other thread, so not to cross post, but they said it was a duplicate of this discussion and I would like to put a catholic perspective on the whole thing as I don't want everyone on here to think all of us catholics are nuts, so here is my other post:

As a Catholic I have been very upset with the treatment of the whole Bush vs. Kerry issue. I know this is more of a religious perspective than a political perspective, but traditionally the democratic party is much more representative of the Catholic ideology than the conservatives. The key thing with Catholicism is that it is all about social justice. The things the conservatives do, like oppose minimum wage, work against public education, cut taxes for the rich while cutting services for the poor are against what catholicism is all about which is helping out the people below your station in life. I was extremely disturbed as Catholic when I heard that American Bishops mentioned withholding communion to one of their own, meanwhile supporting Bush. The war in Iraq has been defined as an immoral and unjust war according to catholicism, and I don't see the conservatives trying to prevent the poor people access to health care and polluting our water and air. I guess in short I am disappointed with the direction of some of the people in my church, but then again I guess I am much more disappointed in the direction of our country over the last 4 years and I am doing everything I can as far as mobilizing the voters here. I know that winning TX may not be possible for us, but if we can make it a close race that should show a decided lack of confidence in Bush, and would be a big slap in his face. It is tough to be in a land of conservatives after growing up in a progressive state like MN, but I have hope that we can change things down here.

Additionally I would like to add, as someone in this discussion already mentioned, Bush courts a lot of Catholic hating conservatives and I would hope that most of the Catholics are smart enough to see through what he is doing. I guess only time will tell....