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If a Catholic for Obama supporter unknowingly voted Obama, was naive to the candidates position, it is then a non-conscience selection cleared of fault.

If a Catholic for Obama supporter unknowingly voted Obama, was naive to the candidates position, it is then a non-conscience selection cleared of fault.

If you are a ''Catholic for'' Obama supporter that knew the candidates' abortion position and still voted Obama, you are required to seek confession and abstain from the Eucharist. <ref name="Yahoo">[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081113/ap_on_re_us/obama_catholics_3 No communion for Obama supporters] AP, November 13, 2008</ref>

If you are a ''Catholic for'' Obama supporter that knew the candidates' abortion position and still voted Obama, you are required to abstain from the Eucharist and go to confession. <ref name="Yahoo">[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081113/ap_on_re_us/obama_catholics_3 No communion for Obama supporters] AP, November 13, 2008</ref>

The Rev. Jay Scott Newman said in a letter distributed Sunday to parishioners at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Greenville, [[South Carolina]] said supporting him [Obama] "Voting for a pro-abortion politician when a plausible pro-life alternative constitutes material cooperation with intrinsic evil." In addition, "Persons in this condition should not receive Holy Communion until and unless they are reconciled to God in the Sacrament of Penance, lest they eat and drink their own condemnation."

The Rev. Jay Scott Newman said in a letter distributed Sunday to parishioners at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Greenville, [[South Carolina]] said supporting him [Obama] "Voting for a pro-abortion politician when a plausible pro-life alternative constitutes material cooperation with intrinsic evil." In addition, "Persons in this condition should not receive Holy Communion until and unless they are reconciled to God in the Sacrament of Penance, lest they eat and drink their own condemnation."