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Originally Posted by jeepnut
Well that's fairly obvious especially since Kerry claims to be a Catholic and yet has whole-heartedly supported his party's genarally Pro-Choice policies. That was probably my biggest qualm with Kerry. Had Kerry supported the Pro-Life side, he probably would have nailed the Catholic vote and probably scooped up some of non-Catholic Christian vote as well. Before Roe vs. Wade in 1973, Catholics were largely Democrats.
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Just because you are part of a religion doesn't mean you have to believe everything they believe. Religion is what you make it for yourself. And yes, while you have to have the same core values and beliefs as the religion, some things can change.
As for him being Pro-Choice - the issue with Kerry was for the "what if" cases. Kerry was pro-life, but changed to pro-choice for the election (don't ask me why). But he said that it was because of the cases where an 8 year-old daughter is raped and impregnated by her grandfather, etc. And I understand where the pro-lifers are coming from - and if I were a woman I would never abort my own child - but I still think that it's wrong to tell other people what to do.
But we all know the issues, let's not get into a debate about abortion. All I wanted to say was that people are flexible, religion is not.