Thanks for finding that chloe, I really didnt know what the churches stance was or if it even had one.

Also whether or not they are funded by the church is immaterial. I think any organization (religious or not) should be politically active with the end sight of reflecting their interests (ethical fiscal or whatever) in law.

This is not to say that I would support any interest though.

Yeah, I think the church is for it, unless it has abortion and euthanasia benefits. The issue lies in public versus private insurance plans, I believe. Over 90% of private insurance plans currently cover abortions but the church does not support using public funds to subsidize the cost of abortions.

Are you Catholic as well or did you just do some research?

I'm Roman Catholic, though I don't much like the church at school so I haven't been going to mass as often as I should here.

i also have a pretty good catholic resume.

baptized, first communion, confirmed. didn't miss a sunday service or holy day of obligation in 18 years. attended jesuit university.

took many catholic classes in college including "old testament" "matthew mark luke and john" and "christian marriage." also took "Buddhism" in college but it was trippy taking that from a catholic priest. then again, taking "christian marriage" from a catholic priest was trippy too.

Yeah lucky for me there is another parish close by that i can attend services at.

Our Newman center kinda sucks, but there's a parish nearby I can go to also, which is a little bit more traditional, which I like. There aren't a whole lot of churches in this area that have Sunday evening masses though, so I don't go as much as I should. I'll probably start going to Saturday evening masses more often soon.

where do you go to school? If you dont mind my asking.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. There are a remarkable amount of Catholic churches in the area, but the bus is incredibly inconsistent on the weekends & I don't have a car.