Catholics, who are you supporting during these elections?

Question

McCain or Obama?

Also what are your thoughts on Abortion and g*y Marriage.

I'm asking because the Catholic vote is very important in these elections

Answer 1

Obama. If McCain becomes President , I get sent to Iraq.  

Answer 2

half my family is catholic and they are all voting for obama.  i'm an atheist and i will vote for obama as well.

Answer 3

McCain/Palin.

I'm a pro-life Catholic.

As far as g*y marriage is concerned ... meh.  Both sides use it as a deliberately polarizing hot button.  It's not a national campaign issue and shouldn't be made into one. It's a matter of states' rights -- and should be determined in each state by ballot, not judicial fiat.

Answer 4

There is no such thing as the "Catholic vote" In the 2004 election the Catholic vote was split pretty even between the two major candidates.  

I think we have seen with Bush that a pro-life candidate is not necessarily pro human rights.

BTW, the Catholic bishops have stated that is is morally permissible to vote for a candidate who favors abortion rights as long as your vote is not a support for abortion rights.  A person must weigh ALL of the human rights issues.

Well, the last time we elected a pro-life candidate, we got someone who practices pre-emptive war, has our war enemies sent to other countries to be tortured, puts wiretaps on our phone lines without court approval, hires and fires attorneys based on their political views, keeps people locked up for SEVEN YEARS without charging them with anything, gives out no bid government contracts worth BILLIONS of dollars to political friends, decides which laws he will obey (signing statements), blows the cover of CIA agents that are married to people who do not agree with him, and thinks that torture is acceptable in interrogation.

Oh, and abortion is still as prevalent as it was 8 years ago.

Fitch, congratulations on being elevated to god and being given the right to declare who is a REAL Catholic.

Answer 5

I am not Catholic but admire them for their fight against abortion.

If true to that fight, it has to be McCain.

Answer 6

Obama, if they want a change.  McCain if they want more of the same.  

Answer 7

McCain

It is truly regrettable that Sens. Biden and Kennedy and Rep. Pelosi are bending and corrupting the Catholic doctrine about the evils of abortion to their own selfish needs.

It is very clear that they are the primary examples of Catholics by convenience. They want the title, but not the responsibility of abiding with the clear tenets of the Catholic teachings and doctrines.

The very frustrating thing about their doctrinal concoction is that they have injected confusion and ambiguity as a means to mold their moral view and mask them as unofficial positions of the Catholic Church.

The Catholic doctrine is not an ambiguous mixture of spiritual rules that each and every individual Catholic can just make up at their own pleasure. The Holy See, the central government of the Catholic Church, headed by the bishop of Rome, or the pope, is the final arbiter on what the religion is supposed to espouse and decide on what is the doctrinal position of the Catholic church on moral issues.

And the Catholic See has time and again stated unequivocally that abortion is wrong and should be condemned by all real practicing Catholics.

Catholics should see through their charades and unmask their nefarious manipulations to gain Catholic votes for the Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama. If they still have an ounce of respect for their faith, they should declare themselves as clear anti-abortion proponents and let the American electorate know about it.

Answer 8

I really don't like/trust either of them.  I'm upset and don't want to vote for either of them.      

Answer 9

I'm Catholic and I'm voting for McCain.  I hate abortion and g*y marriage.  I'm absolutely THRILLED that a woman, Sarah Palin, is McCain's running mate.  That rocks!

God bless.

Answer 10

McCain

abortion - murder

g*y Marriage - against God and the Bible

Answer 11

Catholics aren't allowed to vote. God does it for them.

Answer 12

It's not November yet,I will bide my time and vote for the lesser of the 2 evils.  I don't believe in throwing my vote away on a third party candidate, if your going to do that you might as well not vote at all.

Answer 13

I am voting for McCain and I am prolife

Answer 14

McCain, not just because I am Catholic but also because I am American.  Abortion and Homosexual "marriage" are not matters of having individual "thoughts".  They are both objective evils which every Catholic person must reject.

Answer 15

Being Catholic I will vote whoever matches my moral and ethical values that the Church teaches. **For the poster who said Catholics don't vote: Yes, we do. I know more Catholics that do vote than any other religion.

Answer 16

McCain

Abortion and g*y marriage need to be outlawed and abortion prevented

Answer 17

Religious nuts tend to vote Republican. They are generally against abortion and g*y marriage. This is because religious nuts are homophobic and do not believe that a woman should have the right to choose what happens in her own body.

Answer 18

I'm was a supporter of Senator Clinton however she's gone so I'm for Senator Obama right now.

I'm Pro-Life, however I think Abortions should be allowed if a women was raped or if the Women's life was on the line.

I'm Pro-g*y Marriage, they are people too.

Answer 19

the religious vote is unimportant.  you should vote for the guy who you think will do the best job, regardless of religious views.  politics and religion should be like oil and water.

Answer 20

As a former survivor of many years of Catholic schooling. I know that any politician supporting abortion would NOT be chosen by a true Catholic. First rule of not killing.....

Answer 21

If you're catholic, you will vote for McCain.  He is ProLife.  Being a Catholic means you respect life at the start of conception; it's what the church teaches and has been teaching for the past 2,000 years.  

Obama: Pro-Choice

McCain: Pro-Life

If you're a real Catholic, you're supporting McCain.

Heads up:  the catholic church is NOT against homosexuals.  They are only against the fact that homosexual acts are NOT open to the possibility of conception.  Therefore, the Church is EQUALLY against homosexual acts as it is oral s*x and anal s*x.  Just for the fact that neither are open to the posibility of conception.  That's it, the church doesn't hate g**s.

But as of now, marriage is more of a religious act than legal, and is defined between one man and one women.  

I don't get it, g**s and Lesbians couples need to organize and make a NEW name for marriage that would bind together one man and one man; and vise versa.  Just make the licens the exact same, with a different name.