{"id":7340,"date":"2024-09-02T20:17:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T12:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=7340"},"modified":"2024-09-02T20:17:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T12:17:05","slug":"a-catholics-case-for-kamala-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=7340","title":{"rendered":"A Catholic\u2019s case for Kamala Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2.png 792w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2-768x437.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Gospel of Matthew, an exhausted Jesus was traveling from Galilee to Judea when a group of little children were brought to him for a blessing. When his disciples tried to shoo them away, Jesus rebuked them, saying: \u201cLet the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Jesus, children were a priority whose well-being begins at conception and continues long thereafter. Will there be enough food to eat? Adequate healthcare? Housing? Educational opportunities? Safety from gun violence? Clean air to breathe and water to drink?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These questions are matters of public policy, and Catholics must pay attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the Second Vatican Council, the bishops proclaimed that issues affecting \u201chuman dignity,\u201d like \u201csubhuman living conditions, arbitrary imprisonment, deportation, slavery, prostitution, the selling of women and children\u201d and \u201cdisgraceful working conditions\u201d all \u201cpoison human society and are a \u201csupreme dishonor to the creator.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among these issues, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops maintains that ending abortion and euthanasia must be \u201cpreeminent\u201d priorities. And for many Catholics, abortion is a stumbling block when it comes to supporting Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abortion should trouble every person of faith. However, the overturning of Roe v. Wade has shown that government overreach has prevented some medically necessary abortions. We have learned about women who have miscarried in hospital parking lots, developed sepsis and lost the ability to have children or children who are the victims of sexual assault who are forced to travel to other states to obtain an abortion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is no perfect Catholic candidate. Yet, too often, Catholics succumb to the temptation to be comfortable in their sloganeering \u2014 reducing everything to the false binary choice of being either \u201cpro-life\u201d or \u201cpro-choice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus challenged his followers to feel some level of discomfort. And being uncomfortable is okay, including not agreeing with candidates on all issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus\u2019s ministry sought to reach the left out, broken-hearted, poor and those excluded by society. Pope Francis has repeatedly emphasized that the Catholic Church is for \u201ceveryone, everyone, everyone\u201d \u2014 and must be a church of welcome for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harris has expressed similar sentiments: \u201cNeighbor is about understanding and living in service of others \u2014 that we are all each other\u2019s brothers and sisters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harris is not Catholic, but she is a faithful Baptist. Growing up in Oakland, Harris learned that \u201c\u2018faith\u2019 is a verb and that we must live it, and show it, in action.\u201d Addressing the National Baptist Convention in 2022, she quoted First Corinthians: \u201cStand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. And do everything in love.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We must be agents of love. Collectively, the government can be a force that extends that love by supporting children with a good education, serving meals to the hungry, protecting the environment, promoting peace and helping parents with tax credits and affordable daycare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One example of putting faith into action came in 2021, when the Senate passed the child tax credit, providing much-needed help to millions of families and reduced poverty levels to record lows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If elected, Harris promises more government help to reduce food prices, build more homes, slash prescription drug prices, and expand the child care tax credit, including offering $6,000 during the first year after a baby is born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The late political scientist Jean Bethke Elshtain wrote in her book, \u201cAugustine and the Limits of Politics,\u201d that \u201cThose who refuse to recognize dependence are those most overtaken by the urgency of domination.\u201d Understanding our mutual interdependence means engaging in the political process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chicago Cardinal Cupich advises: \u201cCommitted Christians and faithful citizens need to participate actively in politics to ensure the common good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harris provides an example of strong moral character. Accepting her party\u2019s presidential nomination, she described the sadness she saw in her school friend, Wanda. Asking if everything was alright, Wanda confided that she had been sexually abused by her stepfather. Immediately, Harris insisted that she must stay with her own family \u2014 a decision her mother, Shyamala, immediately affirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simply put, Kamala Harris is a person of character who is devoted to her spouse and family. Donald Trump is not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has been found legally liable for committing rape, been convicted of fraud, repeatedly encouraged violence, was indicted for attempting to overturn the 2020 election, engages in vicious name-calling and has vowed to be a \u201cdictator on Day One\u201d should he return to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, Catholics must affirm what our faith teaches. Religion must not be used as a weapon but as a bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Pope Francis has said: \u201cNo family, no group of neighbors, no ethnic group, much less a nation, has a future if the force that unites them, brings them together and resolves their differences is vengeance and hatred.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Faith-empowered voices must be part of our political dialogue. In the words of the late Cardinal Joseph Bernadin, ours is a \u201cradically pluralistic\u201d society. To him, this meant Catholics should state their case \u201cin nonreligious terms which others of different faith convictions might find morally persuasive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite whatever levels of discomfort thoughtful Catholics have with any candidate, our faith requires us to act \u2014 and vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A faithful Catholic can, in good conscience, cast a ballot for Harris. I plan on doing just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John Kenneth White is a professor emeritus at The Catholic University of America. His latest book is titled \u201cGrand Old Unraveling: The Republican Party, Donald Trump, and the Rise of Authoritarianism.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Gospel of Matthew, an exhausted Jesus was traveling from Galilee to Judea when a group of little children were brought to him for a blessing. 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