Concerning Christianity and Politics

[Xiahou]

There are lay Catholics who, while personally devout, are socially liberal on issues like contraception, gay rights, women's equality and a multi-faith society.

That always cracks me up. Im sorry, but if you believe in contraception, gay marriage, abortion, ect.- you, by definition, are not a devout Catholic. A devout Catholic (again, by definition) would believe that abortion is akin to murder and that gay sex is and will always be immoral.

Now, I too have a problem with the amount of religious pandering going on in politics- it seems many politicians use religious views as cover, while doing nothing worthwhile. However, the fact remains that the Democratic base rests on things that many/most practicing Christians are fundamentally opposed to. As long as their activist base is able to determine so much of the party platform, people will continue to run to the arms of Republicans who at least talk a good game, even if they don't really do much.

That doubt means having great humility in the face of God and an enormous reluctance to impose one's beliefs, through civil law, on anyone else.

Yet another common, fallacious, argument by the left. If you believe abortion is murder, standing by and doing nothing to stop it would be morally reprehensible- it has nothing to do with 'imposing your beliefs'. If it is, people that want to ban the death penalty had also better shutup right quick, because they have no right to impose their views on others. And while we're at it, lets throw in the anti-war crowd- stop imposing your morality on us hypocrites.