Catholic Church and abortion

Hi

I write this not as a spokesperson for the Catholic Church but as an interested party. I was raised a Catholic so I may be partial, but I will try to let logic dictate my opinion.

It is a given that the Catholic Church opposes abortion, that is, unless you are House Speaker Pelosi. The problem seems to be in the execution of that fact. There are those individuals who believe in separation of church and state and use that doctrine as a reason for the Catholic Church to but out of the abortion debate. The United States Supreme Court has not really defined their interpretation of the Constitution and how it applies. Remember the Amendment has two prongs and both are of equal weight.

Many Catholic politicians openly support the right of a woman to an abortion, this causes the conflict by triggering the question of separation of church and state. It was brought to publ9c attention with the case of Congressman Kennedy and the Catholic Bishop of Rhode Island.

Here is my take. The Catholic Church is dogmatic, no abortion. Catholic politicians vote in congress according to their own beliefs. The Catholic Church does not dictate how to vote, but instead says,,"If you vote for abortion rights, you suffer the consequences of excommunication from the church." This is a valid decision of the Catholic Church. It is within their province to judge their own. Many liberals would have yu believe that the Church is meddling in civil affairs. Honestly, do they have any argument. Fuzzy thinking (a liberal trademark) seems to dictate. I wish the politically correct would stop meddling in the management of the Catholic Church. We'ld all be better if they did.

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