Don’t worry, I’m not planning a stream of anti-Obama posts. But this caught my eye this morning from the First Things blog: Thoughts on “Roman Catholics for Obama ’08″.

Basically, the author writes that there may be moments when pro-life individuals can be justified in voting for pro-choice candidates, but the reason for doing so must be clear and compelling. He says:

But [Catholics who support pro-choice candidates] also need a compelling proportionate reason to justify it. What is a “proportionate” reason when it comes to the abortion issue? It’s the kind of reason we will be able to explain, with a clean heart, to the victims of abortion when we meet them face to face in the next life—which we most certainly will. If we’re confident that these victims will accept our motives as something more than an alibi, then we can proceed.