[Apologetics] Some Political Issues Should Be More Important Than Others for Catholics

[Stuart D. Gathman]

On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, Jim Murphy wrote:

> PEROUTKA IN 2004!  BUSH IS A DEMON!

I second the first part.  Except I still am convinced it is prudent
to vote for the lesser of two evils.  As Diane pointed out,
the evils of Bush (not counting the things Jim says are being plotted
in secret) are things Catholics (and Protestants) can disagree on
(deficit spending, government funded education, Medicare drugs boondoggle,
Patriot Act, uncontrolled borders, and for most Catholics, the Iraq war and
capital punishment), whereas the evils of Kerry are non-negotiable (abortion,
euthanasia, gay marriage, experiments on humans without consent).

We need to get approval voting in more places to give third parties
a chance.  This does not require changing the electoral 
system for presidential elections.  Each state is responsible for
choosing it own electors.  Virginia already uses approval voting
for many local elections.  We need to move it up the chain until
we can vote for 1 or more presidential candidates.  Then the true
support level for 3rd parties can be seen, and we can all vote
our concience as well as the "lesser of two evils".

http://electionmethods.org

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