[Bill,
September 16, 2008]
The last two bishops' letters
... were posted in response to arguments made on a Catholic blog in which the host and a frequent commenter were trying to show that a Catholic cannot vote for the lesser of two evils. John McCain, unfortunately, supports ESCR -- which the bishops have put in the same category as "intrinsic evil" as abortion.
Some posters were insisting that only a third-party candidate or not voting was acceptable for Catholics; others felt that since McCain's pro-life credentials are much stronger than Obama's, it's OK to vote for McCain. It's clear from these two letters that it's all right for a Catholic to vote for McCain or a pro-life third-party candidate or not vote at all.
Note: Barack Obama supports the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA). More on that in the next post.
Some posters were insisting that only a third-party candidate or not voting was acceptable for Catholics; others felt that since McCain's pro-life credentials are much stronger than Obama's, it's OK to vote for McCain. It's clear from these two letters that it's all right for a Catholic to vote for McCain or a pro-life third-party candidate or not vote at all.
Note: Barack Obama supports the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA). More on that in the next post.