In article , roninfromde{at}yahoo.com says...
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>Wow, great discussions.  One thing that nobody mentioned is the
>catholic church's complete disregard for the biblical exhortation to
>allow no man to intervene between you and god.  Sorry, I don't remember
>where it is but it's in the area concerning the rivalry between the
>pharisees and sadducees.
>
>Re: Matthew Johnson's comments
><gang of militant anti-religious 'liberals'>>
>Ironic that you would say that when Clinton was a protestant christian
>and Kerry was a practicing catholic.

What _are_ you talking about? Kerry, a "practicing catholic"? If
the man ever
received Communion since becoming a politician supporting abortion, he received
it under false pretences. Some "practicing catholic".

> Not an atheist in the bunch.

No, something much worse than an atheist.

> And
>your assumption that Kerry lost b/c catholics were aligned against him
>is ridiculous and simplistic. Do you really think he lost b/c of the
>catholic vote? That's a new one on me.

Take a look at the analysis that has been going on of how the vote turned out.
The Democratic party really _did_ lose a lot of support from sectors of society
that traditionally vote Democrat _because_ of Kerry's stances.

Now I don't mean to claim that he lost _all_ the traditional support for
Democrats among Catholics, but he really did lose a lot of it. And it was a loss
he could not afford.


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