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Can Catholic Christians be Libertarians?

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I think Politics in the Church divides the Church. We should be Christians first and our Politics must come second. Too many have made their Politics their Religion.

I am a Catholic Libertarian. What led me to libertarianism was a short book written by a Catholic Christian named Frédéric Bastiat. Though, “The Law” is not a book about Catholicism, it is a book worth reading. He wrote the booklet in the 1850’s to convince French citizens that involuntary Socialism is not the way to go.

Another book that I enjoyed is titled, “Free is Beautiful” by Randy England (also a Catholic Christian).

Tom Woods, the author of, “How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization” is also a Libertarian.

I would like to share some exciting news that happened at the last Libertarian Party Convention. Something that I never thought could happen. Pro-life Libertarians were able to remove the pro-choice/pro-life plank from our National Platform! The former plank tried very hard to cater to the different viewpoints on this issue, but fell short from our pro-life point-of-view. Though there currently are more pro-choice Libertarians in the LP, more pro-life members showed up to the Convention.
 
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