Top Ten Catholic Teachings Santorum Ignores

[dawn9476]

http://www.juancole.com/2012/03/top-ten ... t-edn.html

It's no wonder that he is losing the Catholic vote.

[lilwriter85]

http://www.juancole.com/2012/03/top-ten-catholic-teachings-santorum-ignores-reprint-edn.html

It's no wonder that he is losing the Catholic vote.

After reading that I can see why some Catholics wouldn't vote for him. Some of my relatives are working class Catholics and they dislike Santorum quite a bit.

[Guest Anonymous]

Just found out Santorum is coming to a city about 45 minutes away from where I live this thursday for a rally. Wonder if the Duggars will be there?

[lilwriter85]

Just found out Santorum is coming to a city about 45 minutes away from where I live this thursday for a rally. Wonder if the Duggars will be there?

I would say there is a 50/50 chance. Joshie has been pissed about Frothy's recent defeats.

[Guest Anonymous]

The sad thing is he is coming to the Jelly Belly factory, it might be worth checking out just to get some jelly belly's..yum!!

[mrs]

After reading that I can see why some Catholics wouldn't vote for him. Some of my relatives are working class Catholics and they dislike Santorum quite a bit.

I'm Catholic. I voted for Ron Paul in VA's open primary(any one can vote, dems, independents and republicans). Mitt Romney could give me everything in the world and I would not ever vote for him. I have a huge heart for dogs. And what he did to a member of his family is awful.

My parents are very conservative Catholics, my mom said to me yesterday "Ron Paul is the only one who makes any sense."

He turns a large number of Catholics off, being pro-death penalty.

[silverspoons]

Just found out Santorum is coming to a city about 45 minutes away from where I live this thursday for a rally. Wonder if the Duggars will be there?

If you live in California? I doubt the kids will be there. Maybe JB and Michelle because now we know they fly to the rallies. The kids seem to only go to neighboring states or southern ones. Josh has talked about future trips to Texas and Arkansas but I haven't heard of anything in the north or west.

[Guest Anonymous]

Yeah, i'm in Cali. He's apparently coming to the Jelly Belly factory in Fairfield, Ca on thurs. A high school classmate now facebook friend of mine is a republican assemblywoman and she posted that he was coming to Ca. She mentioned it was a FREE rally. I don't know much about these political rallies but do you normally have to pay to go to them?

I would go just for the jelly bellies only :)

[Loveday]

As a Catholic, I don't know any other Catholics who are for Santorum. I do know a 'former' Catholic couple recently turned somewhat fundy and quite anti-Catholic, who think very highly of him and waste no opportunity to say so. Every encounter with them leaves me scratching my head at the mental convolutions they go through to endorse him. :doh:

[sea_gale]

Santorum's fundy backers forgive him his Catholicism, because he barely observes its basic tenets and doesn't really count. He's a weirdly fundy Catholic in the same way Anna T is a weirdly fundy Jew.

[galaxygirl]

After reading that I can see why some Catholics wouldn't vote for him. Some of my relatives are working class Catholics and they dislike Santorum quite a bit.

Bashing JFK probably didn't help either.

[YPestis]

To be fair, Santorum is a politician first and foremost. He will bend his policies to what will get him elected. Yes, he uses his faith to get votes. I think he honestly believes in them. However, he is also biased by the political beliefs surrounding him. Christian conservatives in this country tend to share a belief that gov't should be small, unless it's related to personal morality. In those cases, gov't should strictly regulate and support certain moral beliefs/lifestyles.

There's also the idea of a punitive justice system, and a black/white dichtiotomy of the world. People are bad because they do bad things, and they should be punished and made to suffer. There is no concept of redemption in this world. The idea of rehabilitation of criminals is not even a consideration. Hence, condoms are bad because they 'reward' bad behavior and "bad" girls may get away with "bad" actions. The idea is if someone does bad thing, they should suffer bad consequences. Contraceptives prevent people from suffering from the consequences of enjoying sex (or so the thought goes...).

Interestingly, I think the only time social conservatives would cut a criminal slack is if they committed a crime while serving in the military. For some reason, there's a virulent strain of nationalism among some conservatives that borders on xenophobia. They are willing to blind themselves to any wrongdoing by US soldiers as long as its done to people of other nationalities while serving overseas.

I think Santorum, surrounded by fellow conservatives who think in those terms, is influenced to think like this despite Church's teachings to the contrary.

[Jezebel]

The sad thing is he is coming to the Jelly Belly factory, it might be worth checking out just to get some jelly belly's..yum!!

So I take it this mean the owners of the Jelly Belly company are Santorum supporters? Because if that's the case, I can do without Jelly Bellys if my purchases are going to support woman-hating candidates.

[dawn9476]

Bashing JFK probably didn't help either.

Or college. Education is important to Catholics. Some of the best and most well known colleges in this country are Catholic Colleges.

[Austin]

So I take it this mean the owners of the Jelly Belly company are Santorum supporters? Because if that's the case, I can do without Jelly Bellys if my purchases are going to support woman-hating candidates.

Yeah, definitely can do without Jelly Bellys.

[Guest Anonymous]

Santorum is no Catholic. He mentally deserted the church years ago. I'm just waiting for the church to kick his ass out. :dance:

[ohpotteryourotter]

My mother is fundie-lite and even she thinks he is disgusting. I swear only the most insane people vote for this guy.

[ems]

http://www.juancole.com/2012/03/top-ten-catholic-teachings-santorum-ignores-reprint-edn.html

It's no wonder that he is losing the Catholic vote.

I can't remember if it was here or somewhere else where somebody said that Santorum's "just another cafeteria Catholic; he just chooses different entrees."

Of course what gets me ticked is it's not like the bishops are up in arms over Santorum ignoring Catholic social teaching or Catholic teaching on "just war," etc. like they were over Kerry's pro-choice stance :x

[Dinorah]

I find it surprising that Santorum, who is Italian American and Catholic, managed to adhere so well to a WASP fundie perspective.

However, a lot of conservative Catholics seem to ignore the official Catholic stance on stuff like the war in Iraq, social justice and the death penalty.

I have an acquiantance who's a devout Catholic and I remember when the war in Iraq started she was very enthusiastic about Bush "bringing democracy". I found it interesting how she was totally oblivious to John Paul II's condemnation of the war.

[StarrieEyedKat]

So I take it this mean the owners of the Jelly Belly company are Santorum supporters? Because if that's the case, I can do without Jelly Bellys if my purchases are going to support woman-hating candidates.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! The sound you now hear is the breaking of my heart, I've had a 10+ year love affair with juicy pear jelly bellies...

[Guest Anonymous]

Call me crazy but I love the buttered popcorn flavored ones.

[Sola]

Speaking of Santorum, the Frothy Santorum page has dropped down the google rankings. Might be time to do a google bomb?

[Peas n carrots]

The sad thing is he is coming to the Jelly Belly factory, it might be worth checking out just to get some jelly belly's..yum!!

I was just at the Jelly Belly factory in Kenosha, WI this past weekend. Ewww...I don't want my Jelly Bellies mixed with Santorum!

Edited due to "duh" factor

[Daenerys]

Call me crazy but I love the buttered popcorn flavored ones.

Oh God, me tooooooooo..... do not understand why they make so many people gag but oh well, MORE FOR ME.

[Peas n carrots]

Oh God, me tooooooooo..... do not understand why they make so many people gag but oh well, MORE FOR ME.

I'm with both of you...buttered popcorn is my favorite too. I like to eat them with the cinnamon jellies.