A Deo et Rege

I recently received an email from the founder of Catholics for Ron Paul. I have flirted with Ron Paul’s candidacy for ages and have decided to examine where he stands on issues that matter to me:

Abortion- pro-life
Civil Liberties- libertarian
Death penalty- against
Education- favors tax credits for private schools
Foreign Policy- wants us to stop our nation building and pursue only America’s vital interests
Free trade- against
Gun rights- strongly supports 2nd ammendment
Immigration- supports stopping the flow of illegals
Taxes- wants less of them
Torture- against
(Source)

Clearly, a Catholic can support Ron Paul, if anything for his strong pro-life and anti-torture stand. He may not line up with the US Conference of Bishops on every topic, but he certainly does on many (e.g. death penalty, the Iraq War, and tax credits for private schools). When looking at candidates, it is important to distinguish between core Catholic moral teaching and areas of prudential judgment.

As long has as he’s in the race, Ron Paul will get my vote.

Welcome to my new blog! Please update your links accordingly.
This is the former home of Ancient and Catholic Musings and those posts have all been imported. So, why did I create a new blog? There are several reasons. First, as much as I enjoy typepad, I’m a family man now and the typepad fee could be put to better use. Second, the AFCM blog started when my primary focus was Protestant “ancient future” style worship. Since I’m not longer Protestant and have moved away from that style of worship, I figured a change was necessary. Third, my blog frequently focused on religion and politics and I figured I might as well make that formal with a new title. The name A deo et rege or “from God and the King” sums up the blog’s primary focus. However, I will still post on other topics too.

I had a ton of links to many great blogs and I will get those up gradually. So, if you don’t see your blog up yet, please be patient!