{"id":837,"date":"2008-09-17T07:23:30","date_gmt":"2008-09-17T07:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2008\/09\/doug-kmiecs-booklength-obama-d.html"},"modified":"2008-09-17T07:23:30","modified_gmt":"2008-09-17T07:23:30","slug":"doug-kmiecs-booklength-obama-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godometer\/2008\/09\/doug-kmiecs-booklength-obama-d.html","title":{"rendered":"Doug Kmiec&#8217;s Book-Length Obama Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-left\" height=\"240\" alt=\"kmiecbook.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/211\/import\/imgs\/kmiecbook.jpg\" width=\"240\" \/><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/09\/the-day-i-was-denied-communion.html\">Steve Waldman has excerpts<\/a> from Douglas Kmiec&#8217;s new book, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Catholic-Support-Asking-about-Barack\/dp\/159020204X\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1221649648&amp;sr=8-1\">Can a Catholic Support Him? Asking the Big Question about Barack Obama<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The passages cover <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/09\/the-day-i-was-denied-communion.html\">Kmiec&#8217;s being denied communion<\/a> over his support for Obama and his defense of the Illinois Senator <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stevenwaldman\/2008\/09\/does-obama-support-the-killing.html\">for opposing the Illinois &#8220;Born Alive&#8221; Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godometer\/2008\/03\/kmiecs-obama-endorsement.html\">God-o-Meter&#8217;s interview with Kmiec<\/a>, a conservative legal scholar and veteran of Republican White Houses.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Waldman has excerpts from Douglas Kmiec&#8217;s new book, Can a Catholic Support Him? Asking the Big Question about Barack Obama. 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