Bishop David Ricken has a message for the 304,614 members of the Green Bay Catholic Diocese: Voting for pro-choice, pro-marriage equality candidates could “put your own soul in jeopardy.”
In a letter to parishioners, the bishop warned against voting for candidates who support “non-negotiables” like access to abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, human cloning and same sex marriage.
“A well-formed Christian conscience does not permit one to vote for a political program that contradicts fundamental contents of faith and morals,” Ricken wrote in the letter (PDF). “Some candidates and one party have even chosen some of these as their party’s or their personal political platform. To vote for someone in favor of these positions means that you could be morally ‘complicit’ with these choices which are intrinsically evil. This could put your own soul in jeopardy.”