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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
Here's what I don't get - if you disagree with a fundamental tenet of your church (in this case, abortion and communion in the Roman Catholic church) why wouldn't you find a church with whom you were in more accord?
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Yep. Or recognize that you can't expect to be in full communion with the church.
Although honestly this priest saying this surprised me because there's been no directive like this from above. Previously the discussion of withholding communion was for politicians who failed to support church doctrine.
So on some level what they are saying isn't you can't vote that way but instead, you can't vote that way and expect the church to treat you as if you are living up to your church's teaching.
And yeah, I do think it's kind of odd that they single out only abortion, but hey, they get to make the rules. If it bothers you, you may be happier as an Episcopalian. It's similar in a lot of ways, but less authoritarian.