{"id":7143,"date":"2004-06-17T00:24:33","date_gmt":"2004-06-17T00:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/06\/politics_religion_and_silence.html"},"modified":"2004-06-17T00:24:33","modified_gmt":"2004-06-17T00:24:33","slug":"politics_religion_and_silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/06\/politics_religion_and_silence.html","title":{"rendered":"Politics, Religion and Silence"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NYTimes looks at abortion-rights GOP pols and their bishops<\/a><\/p>\n

Both Mr. Giuliani and Mr. Pataki have traditionally embraced pluralism, a wise approach in polyglot New York. The former mayor, who has indicated he may run for office again, just reiterated his church-state views on MSNBC, defining what he called the “accepted wisdom” about dealing with religion in American politics.<\/p>\n

“You have your own personal religion, perfectly acceptable to talk about it,” he said Tuesday. “But it’s a mistake to try to overemphasize that or make that too important because we have so many different religions and so many different views and people that aren’t religious.” <\/p>\n

A day later, though, when asked to address the issue that is again roiling the Catholic Church and politics – a Catholic candidate’s stand on abortion rights – he would not be interviewed or even make a comment through his spokeswoman, Sunny Mindel. <\/p>\n

And Mr. Pataki, who holds an annual prayer breakfast where guests paid as much as $1,000 a table this year? “He believes it is a personal issue between every individual and their church,” said a spokesman, Joseph Conway.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The NYTimes looks at abortion-rights GOP pols and their bishops Both Mr. Giuliani and Mr. Pataki have traditionally embraced pluralism, a wise approach in polyglot New York. 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