{"id":977,"date":"2009-03-02T14:52:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-02T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/03\/on-sebelius-two-lay-catholics-two-different-views.html"},"modified":"2009-03-02T14:52:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-02T14:52:00","slug":"on-sebelius-two-lay-catholics-two-different-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/03\/on-sebelius-two-lay-catholics-two-different-views.html","title":{"rendered":"On Sebelius: two lay Catholics, two different views"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;Congratulations to Governor Sebelius on being nominated to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services. It\u2019s an honor for the State of Kansas to have an elected official appointed to the president\u2019s cabinet.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right\">&#8212;  <a href=\"http:\/\/roberts.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressReleases&amp;ContentRecord_id=c79374e6-802a-23ad-46fb-7a29b0c34b74\">Sen. Sam Brownback<\/a>, on the nomination of pro-choice Catholic Kathleen Sebelius.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8220;For Obama to choose somebody who sews such division within the Catholic community to head HHS really is an insult to Catholics.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right\">&#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicleague.org\/release.php?id=1564\">William Donahue<\/a>, The Catholic League, on the same nomination.<\/div>\n<p>Meantime, those who are curious about &#8220;somebody who sews such division&#8221; might want to read about <a href=\"http:\/\/ncronline.org\/news\/politics\/26-prominent-catholics-back-sebelius-pick\">a petition<\/a> signed by a number of prominent lay Catholics &#8212; and some clergy &#8212; supporting her nomination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Congratulations to Governor Sebelius on being nominated to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 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