Your Presidential Vote Should Be Obvious
By Kevin Roeten (06/09/08)
With two unpromising candidates for election, many may not vote. But priorities are uncompromising. In this election, priorities dictate the correct candidate. If you say you are really Catholic, and you are for the Constitution, you can only vote one way. It’s a massive blunder if you think all issues have the same weight.
One makes himself a viable candidate this election by endorsing our most sacred principle. For those history-impaired individuals, it was specified in the Declaration of Independence (1776) and listed first---the right to “life”.
One candidate supports life. The other believes abortion to be right. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) enumerates 5 “non-negotiables” concerning life. They are all considered intrinsically evil—that is, evil every time it is attempted. Abortion is listed first.
The signers of the Declaration considered “life” of utmost importance. So does the USCCB, and many other organizations. In fact, the USCCB actually states that any Catholic has incurred latae sententiae (automatic) excommunication if he votes for a candidate who supports abortion (Code of Canon Law #1364, 1398, and 1329).
McCain insists he will nominate judges to the Supreme Court who are most like Alito and Roberts. Both are fully against abortion, and will not ‘interpret’ the Constitution. Obama guarantees that abortion will always exist, and even discussed the “punishment” of having an unwanted child.
Of all issues, “life” is the most important. If Obama is elected it would be many years before a pro-life majority in the SC could overturn Roe vs. Wade. You cannot vote pro-abortion and be Catholic at the same time.
Your vote will dictate several things: 1) your priorities, and if “life” is considered first, 2) if one understands all issues have different weights, with abortion the highest, 3) you understand after abortion, all other issues are moot because the individual is dead, 4) if you are OK with all the deaths due to Roe vs. Wade, and 5) whether you are truly Catholic or not.
If you are not pro-life as 1st priority, there are probably several jobs you should not do—a policeman, a fireman, most politicians, a teacher, a minister, and very likely a parent. It’s a given that a vote for a Democrat president in November would not make you a Catholic. Even if you were in name only, you would likely be excommunicated.
McCain and Obama have come out on top after months of haggling. Many citizens should be highly upset with the obtuse citizenry who put these candidates in the primaries. For one, both candidates are for enacting more global warming regulations.
McCain and Obama support the Lieberman-Warner bill that will impose a $1.2 trillion tax on the American people. The CBO (Congressional Budget Office) shows Lieberman-Warner raising gas prices well over $1.00/gal by 2030. This bill alone will create the largest expansion of the federal government since FDR’s New Deal. Ignoring the fact recent data showing temperatures have actually dropped during the last 10 years, and the sun’s variability controls temperatures, makes manmade global warming unrealistic. By 2020 cooler temperatures will have global warmers cowering under their blankets.
This is an important issue, but not the most important. How many are not voting, or voting for a third party in November, because none of the candidates are in line with their beliefs? But they shouldn’t be mad at the remaining candidates. Blame the voters.
A presidential Democrat vote in November would mean you are voting for at least 1.3 million deaths per year in America by abortion. The lines are being drawn by the voters. Some have no problem killing, as long as the woman doesn’t see it, or it might feel no pain, or maybe it is unwanted. People forget about the “soul”. But some people wanted the sex more.
Have we, as humans actually evolved, or devolved?
Kevin Roeten
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