After many months of campaigning and millions of dollars spent, the finish line is in sight for the 2008 election season.
Category: Opinion
Difference between lives lost in abortion and war
To the editor:
In Mr. Lins letter (Mailbag, October 9, 2008), he stated that “Respecting life should include lives lost in wars.” No one, liberal or conservative, wants to see any human life lost, but comparing lives lost in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to the 4,000 lives ended by abortion every single day in our country alone is ridiculous!
Barack Obama is opposed to teachings of the Church
To the editor:
I cannot understand how any practicing Catholic, in good conscience, could possible vote for Barack Obama for president. Let me count the ways he is diametrically opposed to the teachings of the Church:
Affirming our bishops and priests
Imagine if you walked into your church on Sunday and the sanctuary was empty. You waited, but no priest appeared. Is he sick, you wonder? What happened to him?
Obama said he would sign Freedom of Choice Act
To the editor:
We must respond to a recent letter citing a question from Professor Douglas Kmiec: “How could a Catholic not support Barack Obama?”
Health care for all should be a priority
While the United States has an excellent health care system, unfortunately there are millions of Americans who have no access to affordable health care.
Obama has liberal record
To the editor:
Barack Obama has one of the most liberal voting records in the U.S. Senate. He rejects free market vision of government. His first federal Senate bill was in August 2007 about Pell grants and he cast 130 “present” votes while in the Illinos Senate. Obama said he reveres the American flag: “I don’t refuse to wear flag pins” but “fact check” said he refused to wear a flag pin in 2007 and that he voted for a non-binding tax increase on $42K income.
Kmiec’s claims about Obama not supported by his record
To the editor:
This is a response to the letter by Bill Checovich that appeared in the October 2, 2008 issue of the Catholic Herald, in which he urges consideration of a strategic change in the fight against abortion. He refers to Douglas Kmiec as his authority, who in turn believes that the sanctity of life and social justice are best served by an Obama presidency.
It will take courage to reverse abortion, like it did for slavery
To the editor:
I strongly believe our society will be judged on how it has respected life or failed to do so over the last 35 years. Dating back to Roe vs. Wade over 35 million innocent children have been killed in our country. I want to make it very clear that I love and respect my country. I wonder and pray how we will be judged as a country and as individuals when we meet our heavenly Father.
‘Respecting Life’ should include lives lost in wars
To the editor:
Nowhere in the “Respect Life” issue of September 25 did I find any mention of the thousands of innocent lives that have been, and will still be, lost in the ongoing wars taking place in Iraq and Afghanistan. Don’t these lives deserve prayerful recognition as well?