At 12:39 AM 2/28/2004 -0500 Bryon Daly wrote: >- The political differences between Catholic Church leadership and most >Protestant leadership these days are rather small, leaving them mostly >on the same side of the political aisle.
Well, the leadership of the Catholic Church leans very strongly towards the Democratic Party on many issues.
The leadership of most evangelical Protestatns, of course, leans very strongly towards the Republican Party.
> Also, there's Catholic politicians like >Ted Kennedy >who is strongly pro-choice, drawing a line between his faith's doctrine and >his political >vote.
Of course, there is a very reasonable argument to be made that Ted Kennedy is no longer Catholic, since assisting someone in the procurement of an abortion carries the penalty of automatic excommunication from the Catholic Church.
Has he been formally excommunicated? Has he gone to church and been asked to leave or even denied Holy Communion or other sacraments?
-- Ronn! :)
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