there was an editorial by Ellen Goodman about how it is important to Catholics to vote following Catholic teaching-and somehow this is wrong:
Keep eye on Washington, not Communion
First published: Saturday, April 17, 2004
BOSTON -- What next? Will we have a political reporter to cover John Forbes Kerry at each Sunday Mass from now to November? Will there be a Holy Communion beat? A wafer watch?
You know, the things she is whining about are really none of her business. I was rather flabergasted because I would never tell someone they were wrong to vote along with their religious and moral conscience.
The second was John Fitzgerald Kennedy, who addressed the anti-Catholic prejudice in a campaign speech in 1960 when he said famously, "I do not speak for my church on public matters and the church does not speak for me."
Back then, most Catholics were relieved to break down the stereotypes about them as people who followed orders from Rome and weren't allowed to think for themselves.
I see, so it is much better we allow her to do the thinking for us instead?
