{"id":2771,"date":"2008-09-27T22:52:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-27T22:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/09\/10-things-to-remember-about-voting-and-the-last-one-is-most-important.html"},"modified":"2008-09-27T22:52:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-27T22:52:00","slug":"10-things-to-remember-about-voting-and-the-last-one-is-most-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/09\/10-things-to-remember-about-voting-and-the-last-one-is-most-important.html","title":{"rendered":"10 things to remember about voting — and the last one is most important"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deacon Scott Dodge<\/a> links to a timely piece in America<\/i>, which includes a list of 10 things to remember this fall when it comes to voting and the Catholic conscience<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Drumroll, please: <\/p>\n

1. Not all issues are equal- Life issues are paramount. The paramount life issue in this campaign, the life issue that the next president will have a lot of sway and say about, is fetal stem cells. Sadly, on this issue it is a tie: both candidates have a flawed perspective on this issue.<\/p>\n

2. You have to work to become informed.<\/p>\n

3. God speaks through our hearts and minds.<\/p>\n

4. Fidelity to conscience is more important than party loyalty.<\/p>\n

5. Simplistic reasoning is simpleminded.<\/p>\n

6. Gut feelings may be your conscience speaking. <\/p>\n

7. Politics is the art of the possible.<\/p>\n

8. Your neighbor can be an ocean away.<\/p>\n

9. The political process begins long before you pull the lever in the voting booth.<\/p>\n

10. We hear God in prayer. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Deacon Scott also has a few thoughts<\/a> about Friday’s debate. Drop by and check it out. And say hello for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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