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Ohio’s Catholic Dioceses spent at least $1.7 million to fight Issue 1. The church lost (www.cincinnati.com)

submitted 1 year ago by DevCat to c/[email protected]

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Voters who approved Ohio’s Issue 1 Tuesday dealt a blow to Catholic bishops and activists who mounted an unprecedented campaign to stop abortion from becoming a constitutional right in the state.

The church in Ohio spent more than $1.7 million trying to convince voters to reject the amendment. Priests preached about the evils of abortion. Bishops attended fundraisers and recorded videos declaring the amendment “radical” and “extreme.” Catholics went door-to-door, held vigils, passed out glossy flyers and put extra cash in the collection basket.

They still lost by a 14-point margin, 57%-43%.

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[–] medicsofanarchy 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This really feels like crossing a line. Whelp, time to tax 'em I guess....

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

The catholic church havs been stomping proudly across that line for years.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

How that seperation of church and state going son?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't the central guidance of Christianity to emulate Christ?

When I was a Christian, the only people I took seriously were the people who actually acted like they'd read the New Testament. You could really tell the folks that took Jesus' message of compassion and caring seriously, and who was just there to participate in the HOA of religiosity. I was the former, so I naturally ended up leaving the church.

[–] agent_flounder 2 points 1 year ago

Sounds very similar to my experience.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I wonder if they consulted all of the people their priests raped before spending potential settlement money on this?

Celibate all male priest-hood, yea what an amazing idea. Dipshits. US catholic charities do a better job of actually offering the services that hardline protestant churches don't bother with, but the catholic church abdicated it's moral authority on issues like this when it specifically and cynically sacrificed it's own parishioners to preserve the illusion of a caring and wise church.