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Entry: The Catholic League for Neoconservative Politics Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/the_catholic_league_for_neoconservative_politics#12051 Post contents: <I>Democracy, whether it be Christian, is a fraud, it is unjust, and it is downright anti-Catholic, despite what people such as Mr Cundiff suppose.</I> Here are just two off the top of my head... St. Robert Bellarmine, Dr. of the Church and champion of Democracy and voting. http://www.catholicculture.org/library/view.cfm?recnum=6607 The Rule of Saint Benedict. They voted for the Abbott. <I>St. Benedict ordained (Rule, lxiv) that the Abbot should be chosen "by the general consent of the whole community, or of a small part of the community, provided its choice were made with greater wisdom and discretion." The bishop of the diocese, the Abbots and Christian men of the neighbourhood were called upon to oppose the election of an unworthy man. Every religious house professing his Rule adopted the method prescribed by the great monastic legislator, and in the course of time the right of the monks to elect their own Abbot came to be generally recognized, particularly so when it had been solemnly confirmed by the canons of the Church</I> Have a Blessed Advent, brother Sent at: 2008 07 09