After 2 Years They (Catholics) Still Have it Wrong
An excerpt from the Oct 17, 2010 bulletin of the St. Margarette Mary Parish (SMMP) in Lisle, IL. (Highlights are my own.)
This brief document is a summary of the United States bishops’ reflection Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship. It complements the teaching of bishops in dioceses and states...
As Catholics we are not single-issue voters. A candidate’s position on a single issue is not sufficient to guarantee a voter’s support. Yet a candidate’s position on a single issue that involves an intrinsic evil, such as support for legal abortion or the promotion of racism, may legitimately lead a voter to disqualify a candidate from receiving support.
(http://smmp.com/info/bulletins/2010-10-17.pdf)
Two years ago I stopped supporting my church because they preached support for Obama. It had nothing to do with the concept of separation of church and state; it had nothing to do with my agreement or disagreement with the competency, ethics, morals, or principals of Obama; it had everything to do with the hypocrisy of the American Catholic Church and how its principals deviate from my own and those dictated by the Vatican.
In reality it is only a single word that I disagree with: "may". Although via strict interpretation of the Pope's writings the word "may" can conceivable be used in good conscience. I think it could possible mean what the Pope wrote about. That it was ok to vote for a pro-abortion candidate only when all possible candidates were pro-abortion and the one you are voting for is by comparison the most pro-life otherwise.
Or, since that is not stated in any way whatsoever in the bulletin or from the pulpit for the last two years, "may" seems to imply that abortion is just another issue that must be weighed against all other issues. Thus relieving the parishioners of their obligation and to allow them to vote for whomever they wanted based on whatever they wanted.
My proof is in the last election. 52% of Catholic voters voted for Obama: the absolutely, undeniably, self-professed, most pro-abortion candidate ever to exist.