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trotsky

(49,533 posts)
14. Some American Catholics reject it. The majority do not.
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 03:54 PM
Sep 2016

And white Catholics currently support Trump over Clinton.

I realize those facts are hard for you to acknowledge.

One issue I agree with him on...nt Wounded Bear Sep 2016 #1
I'll never figure out Christians who are happy to trash their god's creation... hunter Sep 2016 #2
My RW BIL is one of those. Glassunion Sep 2016 #9
Other things he says are sins: trotsky Sep 2016 #3
Catholics are 25% of the population -- an important swing vote. So it isn't pretending pnwmom Sep 2016 #4
And on the items I mentioned, they're important swing votes for Republicans. trotsky Sep 2016 #5
Not true. Pope Francis and the majority of Catholics do not prioritize pnwmom Sep 2016 #7
Absolutely true. trotsky Sep 2016 #8
As I said, American Catholics reject that view. Even those who consider abortion a sin, pnwmom Sep 2016 #13
Some American Catholics reject it. The majority do not. trotsky Sep 2016 #14
The majority of Catholics reject the Church's views on reproductive issues. pnwmom Sep 2016 #16
PNWMOM is supplying sources to support her premise, while you merely allege "facts." LanternWaste Sep 2016 #18
Oddly enough, my facts have links to surveys and data. trotsky Sep 2016 #19
You linked to a pre-convention Pew poll. I linked to an August ABC news poll. pnwmom Sep 2016 #22
Knee-jerk bigotry against a religion is as noxious as any other, Hortensis Sep 2016 #24
You can go ahead and like and admire a man who wants the following: trotsky Sep 2016 #38
Doesn't stick in my craw at all. I take extremely seriously Hortensis Sep 2016 #41
My female and LGBTQ friends/family mean more to me than platitudes. trotsky Sep 2016 #42
That total person thing, Trotsky. Hortensis Sep 2016 #43
Sorry, but I won't accept bigotry, or policies that devalue women. trotsky Sep 2016 #44
But, IMO you DO accept bigotry in Francis's case, the Hortensis Sep 2016 #45
It's not bigotry to oppose a bigot. trotsky Sep 2016 #46
You aren't trying to understand. The bigotry Hortensis Sep 2016 #47
Look again JonLP24 Sep 2016 #37
In other words: Act_of_Reparation Sep 2016 #20
IOW, Catholics, based on a variety of concerns, are swinging away from Trump and toward Clinton. pnwmom Sep 2016 #21
In other words: Act_of_Reparation Sep 2016 #25
The Pope is strongly pro-environment, and pro- the poor, and pro- refugee and immigrant. pnwmom Sep 2016 #26
They remain popular positions nevertheless. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2016 #27
There is far more emphasis in the typical Catholic Sunday service on issues regarding the poor than pnwmom Sep 2016 #28
I don't find personal experience very compelling. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2016 #30
That's the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, not "The College of American Bishops". rug Sep 2016 #36
I guess his progressive cred bounce from Sanders' visit a few months back is pretty much over. LanternWaste Sep 2016 #17
U.S. Catholics are a very diverse group, similar to Jewish people. hunter Sep 2016 #35
Have I ever claimed otherwise? trotsky Sep 2016 #39
If one considers "dominion" to mean stewardship, he has a point... malthaussen Sep 2016 #6
Post #9 Glassunion Sep 2016 #10
i was always taught stewardship.....as a prot must add that dembotoz Sep 2016 #40
Oh, good. LittleDuckie Sep 2016 #11
LOL trotsky Sep 2016 #12
With Pope Frank magicnpoetry Sep 2016 #15
Pope Francis is right again. Hieronymus Sep 2016 #23
A broken clock is right twice per day, so is Francis Albertoo Sep 2016 #29
"A willful blindness to the rise of Islamism"? The Church has been concerned about that pnwmom Sep 2016 #31
In medieval times, maybe. Francis? No. Albertoo Sep 2016 #32
I've been hearing warnings about it since Pope John Paul. n/t pnwmom Sep 2016 #34
I find it hard to take anything a pope says seriously on the environment. roamer65 Sep 2016 #33
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