A decent letter of support for Archbishop Burke

Church doctrine

I applaud Archbishop Raymond Burke for having the courage to not be politically correct by speaking out against gay marriage and abortion and encouraging all Catholics to remember this when they go to the polls on Nov. 2.

I am angered by those who have written to this newspaper calling themselves Catholic but feel that they must vote for the pro-choice candidate, John Kerry. They want to be Catholics, yet they do not agree with the church's stance on key moral issues.

You cannot pick and choose what you believe in. If you are a Catholic, you should be willing to follow the church's teaching. Archbishop Burke is merely echoing what the Bible teaches us on these subjects.

Some try to dismiss the archbishop's views as only his personal stance. But that is not true. This is an opinion that is held by the church and goes all the way up to the pope.

The archbishop is doing his job, being a moral leader and taking a stance against those things that, not just he, but the Bible calls intrinsically evil. If those pro-choice, pro-gay Catholics aren't willing to follow the church's teachings, maybe they should find a church that is more in agreement with their liberal ideologies.

Debbie Werner
South County

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