Why don't Catholics think it is a sin to vote for an abortion candidate? I was talking to a woman at morning Mass and she said she voted for obama because she wanted change. She had no idea what kind of change she wanted, however. I said that a vote for obama was a vote to kill the unborn. She quickly assured me that obama had stated in his campaign that he was against abortion. It only took a matter of minutes for me to pull up eight pages of his pro-abortion votes and actions. The woman was shocked. She wanted to know how come I knew about this but it was the first she had heard about it.
I asked her what news she watched and she happily told me she watched CNN and MSNBC faithfully. I said she should listen to conservative talk radio and watch Fox News. She blanched and said, "Oh, NO! Fox News is mean-spirited and very liberal. Rush Limbaugh is prejudiced." I just said, "I know way your prefer CNN and MSNBC . . . they tell you what you want to hear." She looked taken aback but ventured, "You know, I think I will give Fox and Rush Limbaugh another chance."
The sad thing is that she is ONE of the over 50% of the Catholics that voted in an abortion regime with their Democratic vote this past presidential election. They put the welfare of the unborn on the back burner because obama promised change, jobs, and financial security. Instead, we got unemployment, financial disaster, and a lot of change we would . . . well, change from obama that we'd like to change!
Can't entirely blame the Catholic congregations for their vote although in the information age, they'd have a hard time proving invinciable ignorance. Nope, I know of too many priests and seminarians that happily voted for and celebrated obama's election. The guardians of Christ's flocks voted to keep the killing of our future legal. If unemployment and financial ruin is all that God visits upon us, I'd say we got off easily.
We each have one vote and our vote does count. Here's hoping we all use it wisely this November. It could make all the difference in the world.
