Catholics Beware; Here come the democrats

Being Italian & Catholic, everything I was ever taught to believe as being good, is the opposite of what most democrats stand for. What is ironic is that I am sure there are some members in our family that are democrats.

Almost everything they stand for is the opposite of what I was raised to believe as to what is the meaning of being a good person....

The dems seeing an opportunity to exploit will tailor their message in a way to trick Catholic voters to believe they share the same values.

From U.S. News & World Report --

.....Democrats are now waging a multifront offensive to shore up what was once a bedrock constituency. The Democratic National Committee has hired its first director of Catholic outreach. The DNC is also slated to soon unveil an organizing hub for Catholics on its website, and it's planning to supply state parties with Catholic voter lists before the 2008 election. Catholic Democrats in Congress are introducing legislation to reduce demand for abortion, a top issue for the Roman Catholic Church. And some Democratic presidential candidates are already devising Catholic outreach plans.

"Catholics are ideal targets" for Democrats courting religious voters, says University of Akron political scientist John Green.

Many Catholics are political centrists, unlike overwhelmingly conservative evangelical Christians. Catholics also tend to be less observant than evangelicals and so are less likely to tow the church line politically.

What's more, the Catholic Church's promotion of social welfare programs and its opposition to war (including Iraq) dovetails with the Democratic Party platform. More....