Two factors could work against the polls that are reporting that Barack Obama has a lead over John McCain in the presidential race. The are crackers and Catholics.
Crackers as in racist white Americans who are voting less for McCain than against Obama because he is black.
A friend in Florida who voted early says there were scores of old white people at the polls saying that's why they were voting for McCain. Because they just don't feel comfortable with the idea of a black president.
Then there are the Roman Catholics across the nation who, according to my Catholic friends, were told at mass that they couldn't remain Catholics if they voted for any candidate who is pro choice. Read: Obama.
Of course, most of my Catholic friends are smorgasbord Catholics. That is, they pick and choose what rules they want to follow.
Still, the Catholic vote is a significant one. And devout Catholics who might otherwise choose Obama could vote for McCain because of this religious edict.
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The ABC News polling director says to be elected president, historically, one must carry the Catholic vote.
As a Catholic I question the Church directing people how to vote. I go to church for spiritial reasons, not political.
We have separation of church and state in the United States for a reason.
I'm not saying I'm pro choice. But I am saying that any Catholic should vote as he or she feels without fear that they will be excommunicated.
This is a horrific pressure put on us. Whatever happened to the sanctity of the voting booth? It's not the Church's business who I vote for!
I am strongly convinced the pope would not agree on excommunicating people who are voting for Barack Obama. Where is that vicious opinion originated in? Any catholic church in the US, and their representatives, claiming such aims as excommunication, should see themselves brought up to a higher court. And that would certainly be at its highest, the pope himself. That challenge would be very interesting, wouldn't it?
I know people who say they haven't voted in many an election who are coming out to vote because Obama is black.
Some are voting for him because he's black. Some are voting against him.
To me, this is not a reason to vote for or against a person. Either he is the best candidate for president or he is not. The tone of his skin is not a factor, or should not be.
As for the Catholics saying you can't vote for someone because he is supporting choice, I say, what arrogance from a church that doesn't let women take a leadership role!
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