The Real Catholic Vote!

The Serious Catholic Voter has a moral obligation to promote the common good through the exercise of their voting privilege. The Pope makes it clear, as does the Catechism that the right to life is the first and foremost value which must take priority over all others. The sanctity of life must be the highest value and not just another value of equal importance. Not all moral issues have the same moral weight as abortion and euthanasia. There can be no legitimate diversity of opinion with regard to abortion and euthanasia. The truth is that human rights begin when human lives begin.

As a member of the Catholic Church we cannot support candidates or legislation that sustains keeping abortion legal. We cannot serve two masters. We must eliminate from consideration candidates who endorse policies that cannot be reconciled with moral norms that are held by all Christians. A well-formed conscience will never contradict Catholic moral teaching.

Some choices are always wrong, and no one may vote in favor of them, directly or indirectly. Citizens vote in favor of these evils if they vote in favor of candidates who propose to advance them.

There are five non-negotiable issues. Candidates who promote any of the five should be disqualified and as a serious Catholic you should not vote for them. No matter how right they may be on other issues, they should be disqualified if they are wrong on even one of the non-negotiable issues.

The Five Non-Negotiable Issues!

Abortion - The Catholic Church teaches that, regarding a law permitting abortions, it is "never licit to obey it, or take part in a propaganda campaign in favor of such a law, or to vote for it." John Paul II, Evanelium Vitae. Abortion is the intentional and direct killing of an innocent human being, and therefore it is a form of homicide.
Euthanasia - Often disguised by the name "mercy killing", euthanasia also is a form of homicide. The ill or elderly are killed out of a misplaced sense of compassion, but true compassion cannot include doing something intrinsically evil to another person.
Fetal Stem Cell Research - Human embryos are human beings. Recent scientific advances show that any medical cure that might arise from experimentation on fetal stem cells can be developed by using adult stem cells instead. There is no longer a medical argument in favor of using fetal stem cells. "Respect for the dignity of the human being excludes all experimental manipulation or exploitation of the human embryo." Pontifical Council for the Family. Charter of the Rights of the Family.
Human Cloning - This procedure also involves abortion because the "rejected" or "unsuccessful" embryonic clones are destroyed yet each clone is a human being.
Homosexual Marriage - True marriage is the union of one man and one woman. Legal recognition of any other form of "marriage" undermines true marriage. "To vote in favor of a law so harmful to the common good is gravely immoral." Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Considerations regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Union between Homosexual Persons.

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