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http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/26/church.politics.ap/index.html
Apparently, in Colorado Springs, you vote for the wrong person and you don't get communion. Though how this will be enforced would be interesting to see. Perhaps just the threat of a moral sin will be enough to sway votes.
Interestingly in the UK two days ago the Anglican Church came out with "Embracing Life" which is essentially a guide for voters on how to determine who to vote for in the EU elections (and soon to come National) - though as it was put; "It merely highlight issues that a religiously minded person would find important and such a person would not want to vote in a politician that was opposed to these ideas.)
Is it just me, or is using heaven as a carrot and God and salvation as a club in influencing people on who to vote for extremely distasteful?
Archbishop Charles Chaput, leader of Colorado's largest Roman Catholic diocese, said anyone committing a serious sin such as theft, lying or adultery should not take the sacrament, but "denying anyone communion is a very grave matter."
Chaput's comments, in the diocese's newspaper, came three weeks after a warning to Catholics from Colorado Springs Bishop Michael Sheridan. Sheridan said voting for a politician who contradicts church teaching on abortion, gay marriage or other issues was a mortal sin, "like robbing a local store."
Several U.S. bishops have issued warnings to Catholic lawmakers whose public positions contradict the church, but Sheridan was believed to be the first to expand that directive to voters this election year
Apparently, in Colorado Springs, you vote for the wrong person and you don't get communion. Though how this will be enforced would be interesting to see. Perhaps just the threat of a moral sin will be enough to sway votes.
Interestingly in the UK two days ago the Anglican Church came out with "Embracing Life" which is essentially a guide for voters on how to determine who to vote for in the EU elections (and soon to come National) - though as it was put; "It merely highlight issues that a religiously minded person would find important and such a person would not want to vote in a politician that was opposed to these ideas.)
Is it just me, or is using heaven as a carrot and God and salvation as a club in influencing people on who to vote for extremely distasteful?