Submitted by LaVieilleBranche on February 1, 2006 - 1:21pm.
SalB: I agree with you.
However, here, the Church supports Bush. In fact, the Church here supports ANY Republican, so long as that Republican is anti-choice. During the NJ Governor elections, the Catholic Church here a few months ago used Sunday Mass as a policital pulpit. Somebody (lay person) was allowed to speak to the entire congregation about the "evils" of abortion, stem cell research, etc. At the end of this, he then said that we should NOT vote for any politican who supports this. No mention was made of the environment, Iraq, Carl Rove, etc.
This is the Archdiocese of Newark (NJ).
Here, it is all about one issue..abortion. They even built a marble/limestone monument to the "unborn murdered children" next to the church door. For these people here, it IS a one issue election.
Guess what? the Democrats won here in NJ anyway, and we have a large Catholic population.
However, here, the Church supports Bush. In fact, the Church here supports ANY Republican, so long as that Republican is anti-choice. During the NJ Governor elections, the Catholic Church here a few months ago used Sunday Mass as a policital pulpit. Somebody (lay person) was allowed to speak to the entire congregation about the "evils" of abortion, stem cell research, etc. At the end of this, he then said that we should NOT vote for any politican who supports this. No mention was made of the environment, Iraq, Carl Rove, etc.
This is the Archdiocese of Newark (NJ).
Here, it is all about one issue..abortion. They even built a marble/limestone monument to the "unborn murdered children" next to the church door. For these people here, it IS a one issue election.
Guess what? the Democrats won here in NJ anyway, and we have a large Catholic population.