US Bishops on voting

I’ve already blogged about the document on faithful citizenship that the USCCB have put out as a guide for voting. Here’s a great “cliff’s note” guide to it (hat tip to Whispers in the Loggia) To summarize the 10 tips it offers:

• Not all issues are equal
• You have to work to become informed
• God speaks through our hearts and minds
• Fidelity to conscience is more important than party loyalty
• Simplistic reasoning is simple-minded
• Gut feelings may be your conscience speaking
• Politics is the art of the possible
• Your neighbor can be an ocean away
• The political process begins long before you pull the lever in the voting booth
• We hear God in prayer