In an article on a brochure by Archbishop Charles Chaput, Denver; Bishop Michael Sheridan, Colorado Springs; and Bishop Arthur Tafoya, Pueblo.
Other political issues, the document said, allow for "legitimate diversity in our prudential judgments" and apparently allow Catholics to vote for candidates as they will, without consideration of intrinsic evil issues.
Somehow I don’t think that is what is meant by the Colorado bishops. Besides shouldn’t that be intrinsically evil vice "intrinsic evil." Of course they have editors so I must be mistaken.
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The Mark Shea rule applies. Deduct 50 IQ points when the MSN discusses religion.
I trust they mean Catholics shouldn’t be expected to vote with the Church when grave moral issues appear on the ballot.
The consideration of what’s evil and what’s not is the main force behind my voting. I’m not sure why else someone would bother to vote at all.
Although, voting for evil strikes me as an inherently imprudent judgment….
H’m.
“…intrinsically evil vice ‘intrinsic evil’.”
That there is one vice-ious and doubly EEE-VIL phrase!
Have you perhaps been the target of a….satahackanist?
(Suggested Hypothesis: throwing holy water on the computer keyboard will cause a satahacked server to give off sparks and/or brimstone or ozone smells?) 😉
“The devil, that proud sprite, cannot endure being laughed at.” – St. Thomas More
The brochure is primarily a statement of support for, and re-statement of, the recent letter from the Kansas bishops. Here’s a link to the actual document: http://www.archden.org/faithful_citizenship/MoralPrinciplesforCatholicVoters.pdf
The Colorado Conference of Bishops also had a letter read at all Masses this weekend, urging the faithful to support a marriage amendment, and oppose a “civil-union” inititive. Link here: http://www.archden.org/images/pdf/letter_to_faithful.pdf