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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Despite my not really setting foot in a Catholic Church for non-wedding masses in the last 15 or so years, I sorta still consider myself a Catholic. No more. There are efforts in the works to hunt down and excommunicate pro-choice Catholics, and there's apparently support from the Vatican on this.
I'm sorta shocked. I'm not sure that this is a can of worms that the Catholic Church really should open. Attendance is down as it is.
On the other hand, I do like Catholic rituals. What do you wear to your own excommunication?
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The bottom line is most American Catholics (barring recent immigrants) aren't truly Catholics any more. The religion has a core set of basic, non-negotiable principles. That is, actually, a reasonable position for a religion to take. If you don't believe, you're not in the club. Amen.
In sum, while this is a nasty process that would make lots of people feel bad, I actually think this is an admirably principled stand by the Church (and no doubt led by non-Americans). J2P2 is a hard-core, conservative, traditionalist, principled guy. He actually IS a "compassionate conservative" in a way that puts pretenders and corporate whores like our President to shame.
I'd kind of hate to be excommunciated, but I'd just formally join the religion of the church I'm a member in anyway.
S_A_M
[edited to remove random words.]
