First published May 5, 2009
From a raw political point of view, it's hard to top Sonia Sotomayor to be Obama's appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. She's Hispanic, a key group that Obama won over and must keep. She's a woman and, though liberal, was appointed by a Republican.
I haven't been able to determine whether she's Catholic, but she's Puerto Rican (most of whom are Catholic) and went to Catholic schools as a child.There already are five Catholics on the court but they're all conservative so they haven't been attacked for being bad Catholics (i.e. being pro-choice despite the church's teaching).
But pro-choice Catholics face a different obstacle course. As John Kerry and Kathleen Sebelius can attest, if you're a pro-choice Catholic, you will be challenged not only on whether you're a good public official but also whether you're a good Catholic.
If Sonia Sotomayor is Catholic, and pro-choice, we may get a wave of discussion about whether the Supreme Court justice should be denied communion.
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Abortion HURTS, is not only terminating the life of your baby, it will hurt you forever. It will affect your everyday life, it will drive you to self-destruction and without help it will take a long time to figure out that the consecuences are worst that the act itself. I Know, nobody told me I experience this myself...
I wish somebody would told me. I kept silent for 24 years, Nobody told me that it was a child not a choice.
"My people perish for lack of knowledge" so now you know!!!
ABORTION HURT WOMEN and everybody around them.
DONT ASSUME that most Puerto Ricans are of Catholic belief. There are plenty of other religions that we believe in. Not all you should really check before writting a artical like this. Dont judge before knowning...DONT ASSUME
How does anyone on this blog know what God or Jesus thinks?
I don't know what my wife thinks and we've been married for 40 years.
I actually know the answer to this question. It's simple.
All one has to do is say what he thinks, such as "I think abortion is murder" then substitute "I think" for "God says" or "Jesus says" and there you have it. Easy as pie, and anyone can do it.
Try it. It never fails to work.
I don't understand Waldman's point. If pro-choice Catholics aren't good Catholics by definition because the Catholic Church defines abortion as murder.
So yes, you should get ready for it because it's true.
Men should be blamed for abortion. They are the impregnators, not women.gp
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