Casting Your Ballot: A Moral Act
By LAWRENCE P. GRAYSON Next month, we will have the opportunity to vote for the people who will lead this nation. The outcome will significantly affect our lives — and those of our children and grandchildren — for decades. The challenges before the nation are serious and emotion laden. They range from abortion to immigration, from redefining marriage to adequate health care, from freedom of conscience to the national debt. All have profound moral implications. Thus, as Catholics, each of us has an obligation to cast our ballot with a faith-formed conscience, aware of the teachings of our Church and of the views of those who seek to represent us. We must evaluate the candidates’ promises, policy positions, and party…Continue Reading