His choices of Catholic appointees are most certainly politically motivated. As far as I can tell, not one is pro-life. They are very likely self-excommunicated from the Church and probably should not be considered Catholic at all.
Jim G.of CT3:06PM February 25, 2009
So Catholic Democrats are "pick and choose Catholics," huh? I didn't realize the Republican Party had a monopoly on the sanctity of life. Oh right, I forgot! Convicted criminals don't count! (Hmmm...wasn't Jesus a convicted criminal?)
Kathurmanof MO2:16PM February 24, 2009
There is no such thing as a pro choice Catholic.
Hence, Pelosi, Daschle, Biden and, especially, Sebelius, others are ..........
non Catholics who attend Mass and the sacrements.
Dave F.of VA1:27PM February 24, 2009
But deliberately putting 5 of them out of 9 on the Supreme Court was a bad idea. How would we like 5 Baptists, 5 Muslims, 5 Hindus, 5 atheists or 5 Masons to be delineating all the individual freedoms of actual citizens in the USA for a decade or two? Well, that's what you got. The flavor of the era is Catholic, and there should not have been a 5 out of 9 flavor of ANY kind at our high court.
Muserof NM10:36AM February 24, 2009
The Democrat Catholics you mention are pick and choose Catholics. Their abstinence from supporting the Church's position against abortion borders on the heroic.
Dennis Bartlettof VA8:46AM February 24, 2009
...and then there are CINOs.....catholics in name only. ALL cinos are dissenting (bad) catholics. They do not count as catholics at all.
Barbof IN8:25AM February 24, 2009
Interesting to point out but Catholics do constitute about 25% of the total American population and that's counting the church-going and those that have fallen away. Many Catholics have a long tradition of valuing public service and good educations. Politically and economically, Catholics run the gamut of American ideologies as well. Immigration is also helping the growth of the U.S. Church. Despite its many internal divisions, it remains a pretty unified group from an organizational standpoint, unlike the plethora of mainline and evangelical Christian communities, generally divided between themselves. Both political parties will have to deal with Catholics for a long time to come as their participation as voters is higher than most other groups. Overall it's probably a good trend and perhaps it's gotten a little help from God during the process. Who knows and ultimately who really cares? I would welcome all Americans to become bigger participants in our intertwined civil, political, economic and cultural lives.
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