Loyalty in Voting
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Loyalty in Voting |
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Rochester Area Right To Life |
Loyalty in Voting
Father Pavone in an interesting article called "Political Loyaltes" has some practical things to say about why and how you should vote. He gives much detail on the "why" of voting as a Christian, but his conclusions are more on "how" to do it.
He says, "…we have a duty, not only an opportunity, a duty to take active part in the process by which these people are either put in to office or thrown out of office."
The people who are elected to Congress will determine what bills are proposed. Those elected officials powerful enough to be on key committees will determine what pro-life bills even make it to the floor to be voted on. Many pro-life bills are stuck in committee, both at the state and the federal levels. If the party in power doesn’t want these bills to move to the floor for a vote, the President will never have a chance to sign them.
And if the party in power in the Senate doesn’t want to confirm the choices of the President for judges, then the President’s pro-life nominations will be rejected.
The only way these things will change is through the actions of pro-life voters who vote by conscience!
Father Pavone has two questions for us.
The first one is "Are you registered to vote?" He says, "Our United States Bishops issued their document "Living the Gospel of Life" in 1998. In that document they tell us that participation in the election process is an obligation for us -- not an option, an obligation. To take part in this process is a virtue. It is not a virtue to stay home and just pray on election day. We've got to get out there."
His second question is, "Do you know anything about the people whose names are going to be on that ballot when you walk into that voting booth?" As Christians we should know about the personal views that govern the actions of the people we might vote for. We must place our vote in accordance with our conscience, and we can’t do that unless we are informed voters.
| And here’s where the rubber meets the road. He says,"Now, finally, here's a big one. Some people don't care who the people are that are on the ballot. Let me say that again. Some people vote alright and they vote faithfully but they don't care whose name is there. They don't even pay attention to the name. They pay attention to the little letter after the name indicating the party that the person belongs to. Let me tell you one thing, if you just vote according to that little letter that comes after the person's name and you don't know whether that person has any respect for the law of God or not, you are failing in your moral obligation!" |
Read the whole article at: http://priestsforlife.org/government/politicalloyalties02-09-26.htm
But then go out and vote!
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