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The Cathovangelical: Rick Santorum's Quest for a National Abortion Showdown

What is most interesting to me here is how Santorum may be nominally Catholic but nothing he says really establishes, to my satisfaction, that he’s anything other than an evangelical. He disagrees with the party line in Rome on most things — not just the death penalty but climate change, illegal immigrants, social programs (welfare, etc), diplomatic relations with Iran. Just by the numbers, most Republicans who identify as Catholics are better Republicans than they are Catholics. It’s just that abortion is seen as such a huge issue that anyone who comes down on the anti-choice (sorry, people who support the death penalty and oppose valuable programs for the less fortunate, I’m not calling you pro-life) feels s/he can accurately identify as Catholic. But in Santorum’s case…evangelicals hate abortion, too? So what is it exactly that makes him Catholic? Attending church? Going to confession? Taking the Eucharist? I know the answer is “the fact that he identifies as Catholic,” but. But.

  1. nerdshares reblogged this from catbawse and added:
    Dear Catbus, people can be whatever they want to be because yes. I get that. I’m saying it’s weird, in my estimation,...
  2. nesbittslimesoda reblogged this from catbawse and added:
    Did you forget that the Catholic Church is just filled to the brim with Kennedy minded folks and not a bunch of weirdo...
  3. catbawse reblogged this from jasencomstock and added:
    2012 C.E.? Dear nerdshares, is your post a joke? Best, Catbus
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    a Republican or a Democrat,...following: “anti-choice
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  6. doctordisaster said: Even evangelicals should be able to spot the hypocrisy in “I worship Jesus Christ and favor capital punishment.” Strikes me that most of them are better neocon culture warriors than ANY religious denomination.
  7. jasencomstock reblogged this from nerdshares and added:
    cockface. do you know...many gay people I know...Catholic?...
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