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boxman15

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19. How so?

Tue Feb 21, 2012, 08:36 PM

Feb 2012

The Church has very outdated teachings when it comes to same-sex marriage and birth control, and its insistence on not having women as priests is ridiculous as well. But its social teachings and the Church's stances on economic policy are very liberal. I advise you to not lump in the Catholic Church with a diehard far-right Protestant church.

If you're saying that the Church's leaders tend to focus too much on gay marriage and contraception and not on attacks on unions or the safety net, then I'll agree. But the Church's teachings themselves, for the most part, are pretty liberal.

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a former altar boy to the national press corps regarding that �devout� Catholic, Rick Santorum [View all] appleannie1 Feb 2012 OP

KNR...they need to also stop referring to crazy-ass adulter Callista joeybee12 Feb 2012 #1

maybe that's what's wrong with... la la Feb 2012 #3

Could be... joeybee12 Feb 2012 #6

I hope this goes viral. Excellent...n/t monmouth Feb 2012 #2

WELL SAID! That's what is pissing me off about the bishops now. CurtEastPoint Feb 2012 #4

Absolutely spot-on 100% correct. As a Catholic, I studied the Catechism; the work of King James was WinkyDink Feb 2012 #5

You're correct. Lugnut Feb 2012 #30

Catholics hear the Bible every week at Mass, both the old Testament and the New Testament. pnwmom Feb 2012 #33

Oh, yes. Lugnut Feb 2012 #38

I was raised in the Espiscopal Church. xxqqqzme Feb 2012 #43

I got my first prayer book when I received my first communion. Lugnut Feb 2012 #45

Same here. I was never taught from the bible either. dmr Feb 2012 #44

Isn't that communist family background?? Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #7

On point! Raine Feb 2012 #8

"Devout Catholics follow all the Church�s teachings" - Yeah, THAT is the problem. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #9

How so? boxman15 Feb 2012 #19

because the church is homophobic and sexist. La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2012 #21

"The Church has very outdated teachings when it comes to.." cleanhippie Feb 2012 #23

I've always said that the nun who pounded the Works of Mercy into my head dflprincess Feb 2012 #27

The Jesuits finally did it for me. Ikonoklast Feb 2012 #36

If you just overlook their anti-woman, anti-gay theology, they're pretty decent folks Hugabear Feb 2012 #46

Santorum is to theology as . . . grantcart Feb 2012 #10

The analogies aren't quite right usrname Feb 2012 #40

I have stated before, these people are not devout. Drahthaardogs Feb 2012 #11

He has not working class roots, he always mentions his grandfather, never his father. julian09 Feb 2012 #12

His grandfather was a company man I suspect. Drahthaardogs Feb 2012 #17

Thank you, thank you. I think holy ricky is evangelical and not a catholic. Every thing you said southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #13

BRILLIANT!! Off to bookmarked you go!! K&R!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2012 #14

Great letter. Glad to see religious people distancing themselves from this garbage. cbayer Feb 2012 #15

K&R Segami Feb 2012 #16

I am not Catholic but I loved that letter. I am from Pennsylvania so I know first hand appleannie1 Feb 2012 #18

Excellent, though religion does not have to be the source of a candidate's morality and/or values, karynnj Feb 2012 #20

No! hootinholler Feb 2012 #22

There are two Catholic churches. Peregrine Took Feb 2012 #24

These are the two Catholic churches meow2u3 Feb 2012 #42

Papist heads of state? soryang Feb 2012 #25

Wow. You guys are going to hate me, but devout doesn't mean good. It means dimbear Feb 2012 #26

To be fair, wickerwoman Feb 2012 #32

You forgot the link to the original ... GeorgeGist Feb 2012 #28

K&R. So true. And has this actually been sent to the Press Corps?! Beartracks Feb 2012 #29

self delete hehe flamingdem Feb 2012 #31

Well said! This is great and spot on :) AllyCat Feb 2012 #34

Practise and Principles ambercolter Feb 2012 #35

ass froth is about as much a devout catholic as I am... Javaman Feb 2012 #37

My favorite line from this article. madmax Feb 2012 #39

Oops. SammyWinstonJack Feb 2012 #41