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Originally Posted by Norton  I think there are many Catholics that feel the same as Biden. The Roman Catholic church is not in full harmony on issues of birth control and abortion. US bishops have varying positions on the issue. Some hardline and some liberal. Reckon JFK, a Catholic said it best when responding to Republican accusations that he would impose his beliefs into US law.
Kennedy said: "I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute; where no Catholic prelate would tell the president -- should he be a Catholic -- how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote." |
Catholic bishops sure made it clear they don't agree with much of anything that Biden said related to abortion:
RELIGION Blog | The Dallas Morning News
The bit he seems to have gotten right:
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He said rightly that human life begins "at the moment of conception," and that Catholics and others who recognize this should not be required by others to pay for abortions with their taxes.
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The bits he seems to have gotten wrong:
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The first is a biological question: When does a new human life begin? ...human life begins at conception..... The Catholic Church does not teach this as a matter of faith; it acknowledges it as a matter of objective fact.
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Now this bit pretty much hings on the first bit:
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The second is a moral question, with legal and political consequences: Which living members of the human species should be seen as having fundamental human rights, such as a right not to be killed? The Catholic Church's answer is: Everybody...
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While in past centuries biological knowledge was often inaccurate, modern science leaves no excuse for anyone to deny the humanity of the unborn child. Protection of innocent human life is not an imposition of personal religious conviction but a demand of justice.
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Like I said, I liked Bidens response. But did not think it would go over all that well with most catholics. And the above response (from those in the church) should come as no real surprise.