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One More Reason I'm No Christian

Priest Calls Vote for Obama a Mortal Sin
By David Waters, The Washington Post, Friday Nov. 14, 2008

A Catholic priest in South Carolina has decided that the democratic act of casting a vote is, in some cases, a mortal sin. Therefore, he has decided that parishioners who voted for Barack Obama are not entitled to the grace of Jesus Christ through communion until they've done penance.

"Voting for a pro-abortion politician when a plausible pro-life alternative exists constitutes material cooperation with intrinsic evil, and those Catholics who do so place themselves outside of the full communion of Christ's Church and under the judgment of divine law," Rev. Jay Scott Newman wrote in a letter to parishioners at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Greenville.

"Persons in this condition should not receive Holy Communion until and unless they are reconciled to God in the Sacrament of Penance, lest they eat and drink their own condemnation."

Perhaps I'm not the best person to question any clergy person's right to deny the body and blood and grace of Christ to any Christian. I'm a Methodist and we'll serve communion to just about anyone with a pulse.

But really?

Newman is denying communion not to those who have conducted or received an abortion, and not to those who enact laws that allow for abortion, but to those who cast a vote for a candidate who supports abortion rights. In effect, he's saying that thinking is now mortal sin. He's saying that having an opinion is a mortal sin. He's saying that freedom of speech and thought is a mortal sin.

I wonder what would happen if parishioners could elect their own priests.

(Meanwhile, a Vatican official said Friday that a Kentucky priest faces excommunication for attending the priestly ordination of a nun.)

posted on Nov 14, 2008 2:41 PM ()

Comments:

This is unbelievable. Voting is a very private matter. Organized religion is really a racket.
comment by elderjane on Nov 18, 2008 1:22 AM ()
PLEASE do not lump me into that group! I'm not a "Christian" I'm a Messianic Jew, which is not the same and trust me, I wouldn't ever say someone was "out of grace" because of who they voted for! Duh!
comment by teacherwoman on Nov 17, 2008 11:33 AM ()
Ever thought of starting a petition against someone like this? I'd participate.
comment by november on Nov 17, 2008 8:49 AM ()
Fools and their mouths will soon part (to alter Ben's words). I just ignore these kind of idiots.
comment by solitaire on Nov 17, 2008 8:03 AM ()
Wow. Thanks for another good reason for me to avoid organized religion. That's damn near unbelievable.So, um, what are your other reasons?
comment by janetk on Nov 15, 2008 5:21 PM ()
Who made the Pope God anyway. I am a Christian and I listen to God, not the Pope. Nena
comment by nenah on Nov 15, 2008 8:19 AM ()
Good grief... That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard! Who the hell is he to decide that freedom of speech is a mortal sin? Have another glass of communion vino, buddy.
comment by mellowdee on Nov 14, 2008 9:20 PM ()
This is ridiculous. I'd be looking for another church. I'm church of Christ. Our communion is open to anyone who has been baptized, irregardless of denominational preference. And we leave sin between man and God.
comment by redimpala on Nov 14, 2008 4:40 PM ()
It's so funny how the very ones who should be more understanding are the ones who are driving people away from the churches. Sad...
comment by sunlight on Nov 14, 2008 4:36 PM ()
Good Grief!
comment by greeneyedgemini on Nov 14, 2008 4:01 PM ()
Don't judge all Christians by a few idiots.
comment by peanutsmom on Nov 14, 2008 3:50 PM ()
I heard about this on the news. Actually, he just "requested" that they don't take communion. He can't deny them communion. Still, I think it is ridiculous.
comment by anniel on Nov 14, 2008 3:14 PM ()
"He's saying that having an opinion is a mortal sin. He's saying that freedom of speech and thought is a mortal sin.
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That's anti-American. Churches like this one should be forced to pay taxes, just like the rest of us, and especially when they try to affect politics. They have no real right to be tax-exempt. The Constitution does not declare them to be so. If they paid taxes it would reduce the burden on those of us who do pay them.
comment by jondude on Nov 14, 2008 3:11 PM ()
I read this earlier and was like Wha???? Crazy I tell ya... crazy.
comment by kristilyn3 on Nov 14, 2008 3:09 PM ()
I see major movement away from churches that do this. It is an example of total hypocrisy.
comment by jondude on Nov 14, 2008 3:07 PM ()
Unbelievable It's that kind of ridiculous behavior that has always turned me off to organized religion. I'll take my spirituality with a dose of my own dang opinion,... thank you very much.
comment by shesaidwhat on Nov 14, 2008 2:57 PM ()
Unfortunately, there are nut bars and morons in every walk of life.
comment by nittineedles on Nov 14, 2008 2:49 PM ()
I am with you on this.Me no Christian either.
Not sure what I am.
Did he speak with a fork tongue
comment by fredo on Nov 14, 2008 2:45 PM ()

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