How many more mouths would that money feed?
How many children could have been ‘adopted’ in impoverished countries?
How many days of shelter and how many people could they have clothed?

Really makes you wonder if those tithes are going to church and charity or to some political machine?

You are entitled to your beliefs. But you are not entitled to enshrine
your beliefs in law to deny rights to those of us you do not understand
or value. You are entitled to teach your children what you want, but
don’t be surprised when your children grow up and reject you and your
emotionally abusive doctrines and actions. And don’t be surprised if
your children kill themselves because they could not be what your
beliefs tell them they should be. That is the real tragedy, the real
harm of your beliefs – the ruined lives, the suicides. The very
doctrines that you claim are from God, the creator of the universe who
made human sexuality in all its variety, who made love in many forms,
are themselves abusive. They are a form of sexual abuse every bit as
malicious and evil and destructive as physical sexual abuse. They attack
a person’s very sense of self, a person’s loves, a person’s sexuality.

born and raised catholic and raped by a priest. i hate these hypocrites.

They will probably start with commercials showing headlines of the arrests of pedophile priests and the huge settlements with various archdiocese. Some footage of perp walks always works. They’ll hire that distinctly creepy political advertisement voice.

Next, they will probably get people to question the tax exemptions and deductibility of contributions. While kids in this country are homeless and starving the tax exempt funds are used to keep monsignors and bishops in the lap of luxury. They are also using tax deductible contributions to fund political campaigns.

I guess that they will trot out perceptions about the Opus Dei cult with footage of men self-flagellating (Christine – that’s men whipping themselves and I don’t mean their skippies).

You know what. I bet that we could convince the majority of voters that the RC Church is a crime organization. Hey, if voting on civil rights is good for the goose . . .