Just a reminder to EVERYONE that while we welcome political discussions, there are groundrules here.

1) EVERYONE -- and yes, that includes our Mods, gets riled from time to time over politics. And whenever it's a POTUS election season, the topic gets hot! But NO ONE (including Mods) has the right to post insulting statements, "in your face" challenges, denigrate people, or insult members because of their political viewpoint.

2) Partisanship is terrific -- but there's a limit before it becomes uncharitable.

3) CCF is NOT the Times, Post, or Daily Mail. Our site is not a "blog" and posters are not "bloggers". If you have a premise to debate, state it clearly and succinctly. We do not need a bombastic diatribe about related (or unrelated) people or events. 4) Please do NOT start multiple threads on the same, or closely related topics. That's "flooding the boards", an AUP violation.

5) As with ALL debate topics, we expect that opinions will include substantiation. And do not be surprised if members counter statements with Church teaching -- that is, after all, what CCF is here for.

6) Political posts ONLY belong in "Debate: Other" when and if they relate to Church teaching. All others belong in LIMBO.

7) ANYONE who simply badmouths or insults candidates, parties, supporters, etc. will be barred from debate till the election season ends.

Please bear our AUP in mind:
As this is a Catholic web site, we expect members to conduct themselves in the Christian virtue of charity at all times. While discussions here revolve mainly around the Catholic Church and her teachings, we welcome members of any faith or lack thereof, but we expect all members to conduct themselves with respect for everyone else here. We have set out these rules as a guideline for member conduct in the interest of maintaining our spirit of Christian charity.

1.1) No insult - no blasphemy - against Our Lord, Our Blessed Mother, the saints or the Church will be tolerated. Slanderous, libelous and calumnious remarks about current or past Church figures will not be tolerated. Any accusations against current public Church figures must be verifiable and backed up with references. Accusations against private individuals that have never been reported in the public record will be immediately removed. (Warning – and/or 1 to 5 Infraction Points)

1.2) Personal attacks on other members are not allowed. No mockery, insults, ridicule, threats, ethnic slurs, excessive sarcasm, etc. Do not slander other posters or denigrate their character. Restrict your comments to the words the other members post, not to the member himself. You can say you do not believe someone else's facts are true, but you cannot call that same someone a liar. You are entitled to respectfully disagree but not to harass, insult, demean or harangue another member. Members may not exploit other members. (Warning – and/or 1 to 5 Infraction Points)
1.3) Vulgar, Abusive, Racist, and Sexist Language will not be tolerated. No obscenity, profanity, vulgarity, pornography, or links to same. (Warning – and/or 1 to 5 Infraction Points)

1.4) Posts which provoke hatred, incite or support bigotry, mock peoples or beliefs, or which contain an obvious affront to charity will not be tolerated. Posts are to be worded in a manner which encourages charitable dialog. As in all cases, Moderator discretion will prevail. Deliberate statements which promote hatred of race, creed or ethnic groups may result in immediate loss of posting privileges. (Warning – and/or 1 to 5 Infraction Points)
3.1.1) No mass posting or flooding of the boards is allowed. Off-topic posting is not allowed. Cross posting in general is not allowed. Choose the best forum for your topic and post it there only. Moderators will delete duplicate posts and move posts to the most appropriate topic, and normally will explain and link to the moved posts from their original location. (Warning – and/or 1 to 5 Infraction Points)
Thank you!