No communion for Obama voters
A Catholic priest in South Carolina wrote and distributed a letter to his parishioners stating "they are putting their souls at risk if they take Holy Communion before doing penance for their vote [for Obama]." His reasoning? Obama is "pro-abortion" and no true Catholic would vote for such a candidate.
"Voting for a pro-abortion politician when a plausible pro-life alternative exits 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. 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," the letter continued.
Many religious leaders spoke out against Obama for his pro-choice views throughout the campaign, some saying that abortion should be the deciding factor when picking a candidate. But others, including the Boston-based Catholic Democrats and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, believe the priest may have stepped out of bounds with this comment.
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Was this statement out of line? Should a religious leader delve so heavily into politics from the pulpit? If you supported and/or voted for Obama, would you still take communion?