A bishop
tries to influence a
politician by referring to the
politician's uncle who famously
made the point that, "I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party candidate for President who also happens to be a Catholic. I do not speak for my Church on public matters — and the Church does not speak for me."
At some point you have to wonder when they have crossed the line into political advocacy, which would jeopardize their tax-exempt status. While it is fine for them to criticize abortion in general, singling a out a specific politician is skating pretty close to being politics.
ReplyDeleteHank, I read the article in the SR this morning and it was filled with a bunch of the weirdest quotes I've ever seen. Jeez, guys, thanks for putting your dirty laundry on display. The whole thing was like a car wreck that you can't not look at.
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