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Please remember that political threads are to be made in the political subforum of OBOB.
If your thread is a Bishops statement then it can be in the main part of OBOB. If it is your political view on a Bishops statement that spirals into Republican vs Democrat it will be moved or deleted.
Special consideration will be given, as was discussed in the creation of the political area, to threads on abortion. We do not want the issue of abortion relegated to a sub area. It is a central moral issue for Catholics. But if a thread becomes a political battle and not a theological discussion it will be moved.
So threads on abortion and Bishops statements that apply to moral theology and moral action can stay in the main forum. So can moral discussions of politically related issues if they are mainly from a view of theology and not politics. If they become a political debate more than a theological discussion they will be moved or closed.
It is a fine line and we count on responsible thread making.
Also stay away from flames. To be blunt, If you can not engage in political discussion as an adult do not engage in it. Such discussion on a message board is a privilege based on how you all can interact as adults. We will not have a repeat of four years ago in OBOB, which resulted in the creation of the political area due to the fact no one could treat each other civilly. Many people were banned or left during that time. If people can not act respectfully in disagreement then warnings, infractions and bans will happen. OBOB accounted for nearly 20-30 reports a week last election season. That will not happen again.
This thread will stay open for questions for a few days. Do not report someones question. Do not purposefully ask goading questions.
Some instruction right off the bat. The Bishops have clarified dozens of times that abortion is not a negotiable issue set against other issues. They have clarified that the Faithful Citizenship document does not say (although many tried to present it this way) that abortion is one issue amid many and a vote that eliminates other evils can justify a vote for abortion; or for that matter any other intrinsic evil such as torture. Do not misrepresent the Faithful Citizenship document on the issue of abortion. That will be dealt with immediately since the Bishops have specifically spoken against such misrepresentation.
That does not mean that people can generalize that all votes for a Democrat or Republican are immoral. There are both theological and political discussions that can occur civilly on that topic. The very nature of that discussion is on the line of theological and political. Threads like that will be addressed on if they are skewing more theological or political when determining if they get moved.
If your thread is a Bishops statement then it can be in the main part of OBOB. If it is your political view on a Bishops statement that spirals into Republican vs Democrat it will be moved or deleted.
Special consideration will be given, as was discussed in the creation of the political area, to threads on abortion. We do not want the issue of abortion relegated to a sub area. It is a central moral issue for Catholics. But if a thread becomes a political battle and not a theological discussion it will be moved.
So threads on abortion and Bishops statements that apply to moral theology and moral action can stay in the main forum. So can moral discussions of politically related issues if they are mainly from a view of theology and not politics. If they become a political debate more than a theological discussion they will be moved or closed.
It is a fine line and we count on responsible thread making.
Also stay away from flames. To be blunt, If you can not engage in political discussion as an adult do not engage in it. Such discussion on a message board is a privilege based on how you all can interact as adults. We will not have a repeat of four years ago in OBOB, which resulted in the creation of the political area due to the fact no one could treat each other civilly. Many people were banned or left during that time. If people can not act respectfully in disagreement then warnings, infractions and bans will happen. OBOB accounted for nearly 20-30 reports a week last election season. That will not happen again.
This thread will stay open for questions for a few days. Do not report someones question. Do not purposefully ask goading questions.
Some instruction right off the bat. The Bishops have clarified dozens of times that abortion is not a negotiable issue set against other issues. They have clarified that the Faithful Citizenship document does not say (although many tried to present it this way) that abortion is one issue amid many and a vote that eliminates other evils can justify a vote for abortion; or for that matter any other intrinsic evil such as torture. Do not misrepresent the Faithful Citizenship document on the issue of abortion. That will be dealt with immediately since the Bishops have specifically spoken against such misrepresentation.
That does not mean that people can generalize that all votes for a Democrat or Republican are immoral. There are both theological and political discussions that can occur civilly on that topic. The very nature of that discussion is on the line of theological and political. Threads like that will be addressed on if they are skewing more theological or political when determining if they get moved.