{"id":658,"date":"2008-05-29T13:29:57","date_gmt":"2008-05-29T13:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2008\/05\/a-bit-of-politics.html"},"modified":"2008-05-29T13:29:57","modified_gmt":"2008-05-29T13:29:57","slug":"a-bit-of-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2008\/05\/a-bit-of-politics.html","title":{"rendered":"A bit of politics"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s been much conversation over the past few weeks regarding Kansas City, Kansas Archbishop Joseph Naumann’s dealings with Governer Sibelius.
\nHere’s the Archbishop’s original column on the subject<\/a>
\nHere’s the text of a follow-up column<\/a>\u00a0– in a Q & A format.
\nHere’s an article the Archbishop wrote, published in First Things <\/em>last year: “Faithful Catholics and Faithful Americans.” <\/a>
\nNow, there has naturally been much discussion of this, and much of it valuable. There are legitimate and important questions to be asked about Catholics in public life in this country – essentially, what is a Catholic government official to do when required to enforce or interpret laws that violate the tenets of his or her faith? The question is not going to go away, it’s only going to get more intense and the discussion needs to happen.
\nBut\u00a0when it comes to politicians and their partisans in the midst of\u00a0all this, \u00a0the conversations tend to tiptoe a little bit away from reality, and quickly. The scene that is often painted is of a very serious Catholic, fully committed to every footnote in the Catechism, wringing his hands in the dark of night, searching his conscience, trying…just trying <\/em>to find a middle way. And then here comes Bishop Bully, cruelly and\u00a0shockingly wielding the Most Holy Eucharist\u00a0as a “political weapon.”
\nYeah, on that.
\nThought you might be interested in some photos of a party Governor Sebelius hosted in the Governor’s Mansion for 3rd-trimester abortion specialist George Tiller and the staff of his clinic in April of 2007.<\/a>
\nWring away.
\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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