{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Steven Waldman","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stevenwaldman","author_name":"swaldman","author_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stevenwaldman\/author\/swaldman","title":"Why The Catholic Bishops Matter on Health Care Reform - Steven Waldman","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3jWzNYugti\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stevenwaldman\/2009\/09\/why-the-catholic-bishops-matte.html\">Why The Catholic Bishops Matter on Health Care Reform<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stevenwaldman\/2009\/09\/why-the-catholic-bishops-matte.html\/embed#?secret=3jWzNYugti\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Why The Catholic Bishops Matter on Health Care Reform&#8221; &#8212; Steven Waldman\" data-secret=\"3jWzNYugti\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"In response to some recent posts about the Catholic Bishops position on abortion and health care, some have chided me for caring too much about what the Bishops think. After all, there&#8217;s plenty of evidence that Catholics don&#8217;t follow the Bishops on a wide variety of political or social issues, from abortion to contraception to&hellip;"}