Posted by
Always To The Right on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 2:38:18 PM
Via Gateway Pundit, a stemwinder from last night’s Factor that’s most remarkable for her assumption that it was a viable Catholic institution until this past weekend. William McGurn begs to differ
The real question here isn’t whether Notre Dame is still Catholic in
any meaningful sense, it’s what it means to be “Catholic” in America
today. 54 percent of Catholics voted for The One last fall and 67 percent approved of his job performance as of three weeks ago; majorities approve of torture in at least some circumstances and say they’re more likely to consider common sense and experienceallowed to marry. Even on abortion and stem cells, those calling themselves Catholic are almost indistinguishable
from non-Catholics (although there are sharp differences between
non-Catholics and Catholics who attend mass regularly). And of course
the Vatican itself is as squishy as can be
when it comes to taking on Obama for his stances. The Church,
ironically, seems to have the opposite problem from the GOP these days:
They’re so comfortable with “centrists” that it’s no longer clear what
American Catholicism stands for. Which puts Notre Dame squarely inside
the mainstream.
when making decisions than Church teachings; a narrow plurality think priests should be