In my youth I went to your standard Roman Catholic schools and church and such, and they would never ever try to influence your decisions in this way. That’s wild.
Now, I dislike organised religion as much as the next person, absolutely. But if there’s a religious group that are trying to take away people’s agency on who to vote for, they need to be shut down immediately.
You’ve never been to a cowboy church in the south then. Because I went once with a friend and I swear the pastor talked more about politics than the bible.
The worst a priest said, around where I live at least, is that “you should vote within your beliefs as a catholic. Primary issue is abortion, I’m not telling you how to vote but I am asking that you do your research and try to vote within the beliefs of the church”
Samesies. Two different Roman Catholic schools, actually. I’d even go as far as saying that thanks to my second school, is that I’m no longer affiliated (or feel, at least, since except for excommunication, you cannot leave the Church) to Catholicism. Even more so, because my Philosophy teacher and my Catechism teacher were SO good. The first one taught me to think by myself and critically, and the second one to actually question my religion by looking at other religions.
In my youth I went to your standard Roman Catholic schools and church and such, and they would never ever try to influence your decisions in this way. That’s wild.
Now, I dislike organised religion as much as the next person, absolutely. But if there’s a religious group that are trying to take away people’s agency on who to vote for, they need to be shut down immediately.
They are a threat to our democracy.
You’ve never been to a cowboy church in the south then. Because I went once with a friend and I swear the pastor talked more about politics than the bible.
The fundie evangelicals are so enamored with the south now that even yankee megachurch pastors are starting to talk with a fake southern drawl.
The worst a priest said, around where I live at least, is that “you should vote within your beliefs as a catholic. Primary issue is abortion, I’m not telling you how to vote but I am asking that you do your research and try to vote within the beliefs of the church”
Other than that, politics was NEVER talked about
Probably depends on you congregation and church.
Samesies. Two different Roman Catholic schools, actually. I’d even go as far as saying that thanks to my second school, is that I’m no longer affiliated (or feel, at least, since except for excommunication, you cannot leave the Church) to Catholicism. Even more so, because my Philosophy teacher and my Catechism teacher were SO good. The first one taught me to think by myself and critically, and the second one to actually question my religion by looking at other religions.
And now this year the Catholic dioceses in Ohio (Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Columbus) spent $900k in donations to support Issue 1.