Good Catholics can not be Democrats argues Kansas Irish American politician

Democrats may support the so-called "gay" agenda, but the majority of Sodomites in America are Republicans.

BrianO, look to the founders who helped draft the Constitution to understand the meaning of separation of church and state. James Madison: "Strongly guarded . . . is the separation between religion and government in the Constitution of the United States" and "The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries." And "The tendency to a usurpation on one side or the other or to a corrupting coalition or alliance between [religions] will be best guarded against by entire abstinence of the government from interference in any way whatever, beyond the necessity of preserving public order and protecting each sect against trespasses on its legal rights by others." Then take a look at Pope Pius IX's "Syllabus of Errors," which condemns separation of church and state, a stance that the current pope embraces. See, for ex, Ben XVI's Jan. 19 speech to American bishops during their ad limina visit-- "Pope reaffirms the right of the Church to intervene publicly ... in the face of radical secularism." Scylla and Charybdis to American Catholics, but you think it's not a problem for you?

@pillbox4, with the state of the country why would any one want four more years of this misery, might need that cave, it would be better than barracks brother who is still living in a hut in Kenya. Makes you laugh out loud, the man who preaches taking care of your brother, won't even help out his own brother who lives in poverty

Jews in Ohio are voting overwhelmingly for Sherrod Brown over Republican (and Jewish) Josh Mandel according to the "Open Zion." Religion simply is not the main reason for voting. Irish Catholics will vote for President Obama and it won't be because Mittens is a Mormon. It's because he is the right person for the job. The Republicans posting here only have 19 more days until they crawl back in their caves.

show me where the constitution says there is a seperation of church and state. the constitution states that no government sponsored religion can be forced onto the citizens. You might want to check out some of George Washington's speeches, or Lincoln, or Kennedy. And you might want to brush up on your sarcasm.

BrianO@readabook, "Yea who would want truth, or justice, Or the American way" Of course we all do BrianO and my response was sarcastic meaning NOT the version so espoused by Sen Fitzgerald and his blind cadre of holier then thou religious nut jobs.Your apparent incredulousness that anyone would NOT equate your version of being a "Good Catholic" with the "American Way" is telling. By the way I'm not Catholic but please name me one major religion whose doctrine "sanctifies" abortion or gay marriage and who doesn't have their minions of judgemental crazies sho believe it's their job to interpret their faith and act as defacto ex communicators for any member that doesn't buy into the "full boat". A Congressman of any religion elected to who serve a country who's Constitution specifies the separation of church and state using his publc platfom to preach, judge,intimidate,etc members of his own or any other faith to get them to vote his or her Political Party is NOT representative of the "American Way"

It's amazing to me that Irish-descended Americans like jetsnoone, HermitTalker, and Gearoid4 have learned nothing from IrishCentral about the tragic consequences in recent decades of Church-controlled and Church-influenced politics in Ireland. Can you imagine an Irish politician saying that Catholics cannot vote for Sinn Féin or Labour? Separation of Church and state is in Amendment One, Article One of the US Constitution, but some Catholics still think they can in effect vote the pope, with his "the Church is not a democracy" culture-wars agenda, into political power. The self-delusion and ignorance of history and civics in evidence here is more than Halloween-night scary!

I like the dumb comment that he makes it seem that he wants everybody to be a right wing republican.

Sell that line to the Jewish community Jetsnoone

Far better to be a fascist than a communist....Catholicism may be dying in Ireland but growing much stronger in the USA....

I absolutely agree with the statement - good Catholics cannot be Democrats. Thankfully Catholicism is dying on the vine in Ireland - I've never met a so-called "good Catholic" who wasn't also at least partly fascist. Indeed, from fascist Portugal, Spain, Germany and Italy, across Europe and into Ireland with Fine Gael and FF to a lesser extent, all you need to do to tie them all together is rename them "right-wing Catholic parties". Who wants to be a good Catholic? Why associate oneself with a secretive totalitarian child-raping organisation?

There are those who support the murder of unborn babies but God forbid some convicted murderer be executed. "If "is a big word , particularly in an argument that if the unborn is allowed to go full term that it will become a person that is disenfranchised financially , will be malnourished , be neglected and will turn to crime .

@Joeg2028, I agree that pro-lifers should care about the child who exits from the womb, as well as during his/her duration in it. But artificial birth control and it's logical corollary abortion are indicative of a wider anti-life culture and it is no use talking about catering for children while they are growing up, while there is widespread toleration for the cruel destruction of nascent life in the womb. You can point to the economic hardship involved for some families to raise children, but where is the justice in wiping out innocent lives in the womb on the back of such a spurious argument? If society cannot guarantee the inviolability of the life of the child in the womb, it is sickening hypocrisy to talk about securing the lives of growing children,teenagers or adults.

That criminal church should be outlawed

Fitzgerald is a typical GOP jackass but let's be clear about one thing: he is merely mouthing what jibberish the US Conference of Catholic Bishops with Vatican backing is promoting. These RC dictators are no better than their fanatical Islamic fundamentalist counterparts.