Last night's spirited Vice-Presidential debate was billed, in some
quarters, as a "Catholic smackdown." The debate moderator, Martha
Raddatz, made specific note of that reality, when she called the debate
"historic," as it was the first time that both candidates for vice
president were -- in case you've been living under a secular rock --
Catholic. As our blogger Michael O'Loughlin noted,
however, Raddatz' "Catholic question" focused mainly on abortion. To
me, it was not a surprising pivot, as many journalists tend to reduce
all of Catholicism to a single issue. For his part, Congressman Ryan
identify himself as strongly pro-life (though his reference to his
daughter as "Bean" seemed oddly labored), dilated on what he perceived
as threats to religious liberty and elaborated on the Romney
administration's opposition to abortion, with Gov. Romney's (somewhat
surprising to many pro-lifers) exceptions for rape, incest and threats
to the life of the mother. Vice President Biden, in turn, stated that
his religion "defines who I am," and spoke about his love of Catholic
social teaching, his personal opposition to abortion and his
unwillingness to "impose" that belief on others (though I've always
found that odd, too -- we regularly "impose" our beliefs on others
whenever we legislate.)
Link (here) to read the full post at The Huffington Post
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