Posted by Nadezda on November 16, 2008, at 23:43:10
In reply to Re: Priest says no to communion for Obama voters, posted by healing928 on November 16, 2008, at 21:39:26
Obama is in favor of all sorts of things. Someone can vote for him without supporting his position on abortion, because there are other issues that are very important.
The priest is essentially saying that everyone has to vote against every candidate whose position is pro-chioce, without any right to consider other issues paramount.. This is a very unwholesome restriction of the right of people to vote, and to decide what's important at any moment, and how to balance interests. You could think for example that you'd continue to work against abortion, but that a candidate's other positions were of great importance, too. But this priest is trying to completely control people's voting in a narrow way. There's no reason to presume that voting for Obama is a vote for choice. It's could be a vote against the war in Iraq, against torture, for certain policies on global warming, on the economy.
Nadezda
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