{"id":7598,"date":"2004-03-31T09:12:33","date_gmt":"2004-03-31T09:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/03\/can_i_hate_john_kerry.html"},"modified":"2004-03-31T09:12:33","modified_gmt":"2004-03-31T09:12:33","slug":"can_i_hate_john_kerry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/03\/can_i_hate_john_kerry.html","title":{"rendered":"Can I hate John Kerry?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Probably not. But it’s hard not to, if this is true:<\/a><\/p>\n

The Kerry campaign was said to be surprised at the coverage their candidate received for attending Mass while on vacation in Idaho. “You saw conservatives all up in arms that he was receiving communion, when most American Catholics do the same thing and live a life very similar to the senator’s: divorced, pro-choice, etcetera,” says the Kerry adviser. “It just highlights how out of touch the right wing is with America, and we can play to that.”<\/p>\n

To that end, according to other sources inside the Kerry camp, aides are attempting to identify a Catholic diocese, and perhaps even a specific priest and church, where Kerry could attend a Mass with reporters present, and be turned away at the altar attempting to receive communion. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Probably not. But it’s hard not to, if this is true: The Kerry campaign was said to be surprised at the coverage their candidate received for attending Mass while on vacation in Idaho. “You saw conservatives all up in arms that he was receiving communion, when most American Catholics do the same thing and live…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nCan I hate John Kerry? - Via Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/03\/can_i_hate_john_kerry.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Can I hate John Kerry? - Via Media\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Probably not. 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