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[Scott1]

Pro-life Democrat urges Catholics not to base vote on any one issue

By Jim Myers
Catholic News Service

DENVER (CNS) -- Voters should judge U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee, on the whole of his record and political vision rather than concentrating on one topic such as abortion, said U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr., D-Pa.

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Delaware bishops have been low-key with Biden's church involvement

By Patricia Zapor
Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- There is little record of public discourse between vice-presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden and the bishops of his home diocese in Delaware over the Democratic senator's legislative position on abortion.

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Indian cardinal calls for halt to violence against Christians


Rome, Aug 29, 2008 / 07:55 pm (CNA).- The Archbishop of Bombay and president of the Latin Rite Bishops of India, Cardinal Oswald Gracias, said this week that in light of the recent anti-Christian violence in the country, Catholics are devoted with greater earnestness to “prayer and to faith in the Cross of Jesus.” He also added that the roots of the violence need to be discovered and “we need to ask ourselves how to keep this from happening again in the future.”

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McCain's V.P. Choice: Pro-life Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Conservative Leaders React

Dayton, Aug 29, 2008 (CNA).- Sen. John McCain's pick of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin won praise from many commentators within the ambit of the Republican Party, but especially among pro-lifers. Praising Palin as “strongly pro-life,” speakers remarked that Palin’s decision to carry her Down’s syndrome child to term was an especially sharp contrast with Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama’s opposition to legislation that would protect infants who survive abortions.

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[Quiddity]

Focus on the whole rather then the parts......what kind of advice is that? In practice, most people don't say "she/he is perfect but she/he likes to cheat". One issue will ruin the whole thing. Granted, politics isn't a relationship in the same way it with people, but it's certainly similar.

Some of the very same people saying "we shouldn't vote on one issue" would bend themselves if a democrat was not pro gay marriage. Try that for tolerance.

 

[Augustin56]

What's up with this Casey guy? Is he trying to have his cake and eat it, too?