![A boy looks on as his father fills in his ballot with his voting choices at the Taylor Elementary School polling location on Super Tuesday 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. A boy looks on as his father fills in his ballot with his voting choices at the Taylor Elementary School polling location on Super Tuesday 2020 in Arlington, Virginia.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/20240726140736_ba35efeef65c4f2a47a57ae2f68e2aa1d1b98c35775459de354329a6a97760fe.jpg)
Should Parents Vote on Behalf of Their Kids? J.D. Vance Isn’t the Only One Who Thinks So
The Republican vice-presidential candidate has come under fire for his views on ‘parental voting,’ but the idea isn’t new and isn’t necessarily partisan.
The Republican vice-presidential candidate has come under fire for his views on ‘parental voting,’ but the idea isn’t new and isn’t necessarily partisan.
Those urging a yes vote on the Aug. 8 Issue 1 ballot initiative, such as pro-life groups, argue that raising the threshold would make such efforts more difficult and put up safeguards to prevent out-of-state money from being used to hijack the ballot initiative process in Ohio.
Perhaps the best resistance to bad legislation and cultural decline is to live a quiet life of joy, hope and love at home, rooted in faith in Jesus Christ and bolstered by the sacraments.
COMMENTARY: Forgive your brothers and sisters for what we think are their political sins, try to find the reason for their bad choices in ideals we share or at least respect, and look for their virtues.
Analysis of Virginia’s gubernatorial election shows the abortion issue did not mobilize voters the way Democrats thought it would.
COMMENTARY: By moving the annual All-Star Game out of Atlanta, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred whiffed, accepting an ideological caricature of Georgia’s election law by its opponents.
Patrick Carolan, Catholic outreach director for the group Vote Common Good, said Catholics should heed the advice of Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego, that “a person’s character is what’s as important as any of these issues when considering who to vote for.”
Archbishop Paglia's comments came amid considerable debate in several Latin American countries over the prospect of legally protecting abortion.
The numbers Pew Research found in the July and August 2020 survey are comparable to how white and Hispanic Catholics voted in the 2016 presidential election.
DIFFICULT MORAL QUESTIONS: “I’m disgusted by the leading political candidates for president. Do I have a moral obligation to vote in November?”
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