{"id":34365,"date":"2020-10-29T08:48:37","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T13:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/?p=34365"},"modified":"2020-10-29T08:49:30","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T13:49:30","slug":"america-vote-for-a-president-not-a-neighbor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/america-vote-for-a-president-not-a-neighbor","title":{"rendered":"America: Vote for a President, Not a Neighbor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You might not choose Donald Trump as your neighbor. If you like a quiet neighborhood, you just would not be up for the tumult. But in a few days you\u2019re not voting for a neighbor, you\u2019re voting for who will be the leader of the free world in a time of upheaval. Perhaps you didn\u2019t vote for Donald Trump in 2016. That does not matter at this point: it is critical that you vote for Donald Trump in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The simple truth is that Trump has been the most effective pro-life president of the modern age. Beyond the obvious victories for life through his judicial appointments, Trump has led historic initiatives at the UN to improve any pro-life action and reverse UN pro-abortion decisions. <a href=\"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/trump-administration-leads-historic-international-declaration-affirming-life-and-family\/\">The Geneva Consensus Declaration delivered just few days ago&nbsp;is only the latest example.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Biden-Harris administration would be, by any honest account, the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/10\/20\/5-most-shocking-abortion-policies-biden-harris-openly-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">most pro-abortion<\/a>, LGBTI and anti-religious freedom political force in American history. It would have a tragic impact not only on your life but it would pressure many countries in the world to liberalize abortion, legalize same-sex &#8220;marriage&#8221; and surrogacy, limit religious freedom, freedom of education, parent\u2019s rights and biblical teaching\u2026 and it would condemn millions of unborn children to death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Human dignity and the sanctity of human life are the most basic truths, and we believe there is no hope for defending human dignity for all if it is denied in the womb. What <a href=\"https:\/\/rmx.news\/article\/article\/church-attacks-in-poland-over-new-abortion-ruling-are-new-form-of-barbarity-says-prominent-journalist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">is happening in Poland<\/a>\u2014the protests against the recent Supreme Court ruling <a href=\"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/the-polish-constitutional-tribunal-ruled-that-eugenic-abortion-was-unconstitutional\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">preventing eugenic abortions<\/a>\u2014is a clear example of what will be done in the United States, if Biden and Harris win: abortion will be expanded to be always free, for any (including eugenic) reasons, without any common-sense limits. It is simply a fact. What is promoted by Socialist and Communist Government in Spain is another example: the systematic erosion of every dimension of human dignity and Christian culture: which is precisely what &#8216;the Squad&#8217; want for a new &#8220;progressive&#8221; America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe Biden is speaking daily about his Catholic faith, making sure to show his Rosary to all, &nbsp;but he is not respecting the most fundamental Christian principles! He would and could not apply&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/usccb.org\/issues-and-action\/faithful-citizenship\/forming-consciences-for-faithful-citizenship-part-two\">\u201cCatholic Teaching to Major Issues\u201d<\/a> suggested by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He would not respect key points in the <a href=\"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/a-catechism-lesson-for-joe-biden\/\">Catholic Catechism<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/no-believer-can-support-joe-biden\/\">\u201cDoctrinal Note on Participation of Catholics in Political Life\u201c<\/a> of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith of November 24, 2002. Biden\u2019s speech in Georgia on October 27<sup>th<\/sup> quoted the recent Papal Encyclical letter from Pope Francis, \u2018<em>Fratelli Tutti<\/em>\u2019, accusing Trump of spreading a \u201cphony populism that appeals to the \u2018basest and most selfish\u2019 instincts\u201d and advised that \u201cpolitics is something more noble than posturing, marketing and media spin. These sow nothing but division, conflict and a bleak cynicism\u201d. While the liberal Jesuit-run <a href=\"https:\/\/americamagazine.org\/politics-society\/2020\/10\/27\/joe-biden-pope-francis-election\">America Magazine<\/a> thinks this applies exactly to Donald Trump, the reality is that Joe Biden\u2019s words more appropriately describe his <em>own<\/em> posturing and demagoguery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reality is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The mass media and social media giants are openly supporting Biden and Harris and censoring Trump and Pence;<\/li><li>Biden and Harris have supported \u201cthe \u2018basest and most selfish\u2019 instincts\u201d of rioters, protesters in city after city (Portland , Seattle, Philadelphia etc.) and only condemned the chaos when it looked like the American people were turning on it.<\/li><li>As American Jesuits and Biden supporters should know, taking a sentence out of context is very dangerous. It is even more dangerous if you take an Encyclical Letter out of the full Christian Social Teaching. Indeed, even the Pope Francis\u2019 teaching on unborn children rights, human dignity, marriage, natural family, neo colonization of oppressive gender ideologies are solid and totally consistent with the entire teaching of the Church and His Doctrine.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Biden should answer these very simple questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Do you support Referendums in Colorado and Louisiana to limit abortion?<\/li><li>Will you maintain the measures taken by Trump to defend life and limit abortion (including funding) in the US and the UN and other countries around the world?<\/li><li>Will you respect the religious freedom of believers, the education of schools and the rights of parents, conscientious objection for religious hospitals?<\/li><li>Will you promote marriage, the natural family, the right of children to have a father and mother and fight against human trafficking and surrogacy?<\/li><li>Will you defend American history and culture, including its Christian roots, and stand up for real freedom of information and speech for all American citizens?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>But we know Biden cannot answer, not even &#8216;Christians and Catholics for Biden&#8217; will do it. Biden might be a fine neighbor, a nice grandfather to quietly have a beer with. But he would be a horrible President. Americans have the chance to maintain a pro-life and pro-family President and a majority in the Senate. All you have to do is vote for Trump and the Republican Senators. It&#8217;s that simple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You might not choose Donald Trump as your neighbor. If you like a quiet neighborhood, you just would not be up for the tumult. But in a few days you\u2019re not voting for a neighbor, you\u2019re voting for who will be the leader of the free world in a time of upheaval. 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