Senator Kerry - the latest SCANDAL for American Catholics

Such political and religious integrity! (Thanks to Christopher)

Deal Hudson, editor of CRISIS, writes:

My view that this is a huge decisive moment for Catholics in the United States. I hope they will rise to the challenge and refuse to endorse another Catholic politician who is pretending to be a Catholic while rejecting the Church's central moral and social teachings.

I think that the challenge is bigger for the laity than it has been for the bishops. It's an election. The issue is who's going to vote for the guy. . . . if [Catholic laity] show massive support for Kerry, that's going to set back the church in this country for at least a generation, just at a time when a significant number of bishops and laity are beginning to get active on this issue. I am keeping my eyes more focused on the laity and hoping they will reject such Catholic politicians.

And here, ladies and gentlemen, is John Kerry himself, responding to allegations that Rome is becoming more and more concerned that there's a potential scandal over the discrepancies between his apparent profession of his Catholic faith and some of his stances on moral issues, such as the abortion issue:

I don't think it complicates things at all . . . We have separation of church and state in this country. As John Kennedy said very clearly "I will be a president who happens to be Catholic, not a Catholic president."

Folks, we are being dumbed down into sheer stupidity. But then, we did elect Billy Bubba Clinton, didn't we. Should anything surprise us anymore?