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21. The hierarchy will support sanatorum

Wed Jan 4, 2012, 10:27 AM

Jan 2012

And there will be a homily before election day to support santorum but to what effect?

The more they push santorum the more people will leave the church. One in ten Americans are lapsed Catholics.

More pissed off people in the pews not contributing...at a time when the church will be asking the faithful to sacrifice and help the church financially. There is a major sex abuse crime coming to trial in march.

The right to lifer will be energized. Other Catholics who oppose abortion but not contraception will see the church's ploy for what it is.

Biden is catholic and appeals to the same demographic as santorum.

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There are 47 million Catholic voters [View all] NNN0LHI Jan 2012 OP

Santorum has absolutely no chance of being the GOP nominee, JoePhilly Jan 2012 #1

Even with the infusion of cash he'll get from placing in Iowa I don't see... MilesColtrane Jan 2012 #23

And he's not on the ballot in VA. JoePhilly Jan 2012 #24

Catholics are not any more monolithic than Protestant voters. mmonk Jan 2012 #2

Santorum doesn't have my or my husband's catholic vote. southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #3

Sure as hell doesn't have my husbands's, aunt's or uncles' Catholic vote either. Ecumenist Jan 2012 #4

He might have my crazy uncle's vote. GoCubsGo Jan 2012 #5

Or my suddenly conservative friends Populist_Prole Jan 2012 #36

Maybe we are on a roll. I don't think he'll get the catholic vote. southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #13

Not the American cathpolic vote, I believe. The church here, as a whole, doesn't Ecumenist Jan 2012 #26

Considering his modest level of resources, he had a rather decent showing. Thaddeus Kosciuszko Jan 2012 #6

there is this other unionworks Jan 2012 #10

So? Catholics split their votes just like any other group alcibiades_mystery Jan 2012 #7

Obama was not running against a Catholic in 2008 NNN0LHI Jan 2012 #8

Hence, the second part of the post alcibiades_mystery Jan 2012 #11

George W Bush was running against a Catholic in 2004. bornskeptic Jan 2012 #18

It's kinda like the prosperity religion where god said its ok to be rich. Your comment is very muc southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #14

My doc reminded me about the Berrigan Brothers....They would have definitely voted for a Democrat w8liftinglady Jan 2012 #9

I remember when JFK bmbmd Jan 2012 #12

And today JFK gets criticized for not embracing his religion. Go figure. southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #15

If Catholics would focus their zeal on social justice, and Dems would focus on it too Zalatix Jan 2012 #16

the Pope has been talking about social justice Enrique Jan 2012 #31

Excellent point. And Santorum's comments about the poor are opposite from the Church's position too. DesertRat Jan 2012 #35

A better question is why doesn't the Pope call Santorum out on this? Zalatix Jan 2012 #41

Many Catholics don't like fundies any more than Gman Jan 2012 #17

Santorum's views are not representative of most Catholics PA Democrat Jan 2012 #19

Santorum will not be the nominee and not all 47 million Catholics would vote for him even if he was WI_DEM Jan 2012 #20

The hierarchy will support sanatorum cap Jan 2012 #21

The RCC is hurting for money in this country...amd money from this country keeps Rome solvent. Ikonoklast Jan 2012 #25

Based on the commercials pleading with the lapsed Church to come back, Ecumenist Jan 2012 #27

RCC lost Europe years ago, and now are losing North America. Ikonoklast Jan 2012 #30

Tell me about it. I'm not Catholic but alot of family and my husband is. Ecumenist Jan 2012 #33

they wouldn't be flailing if they had selected newspeak Jan 2012 #37

I'm not Catholic but I was horrified when they selected "Pope Palpatine", also the Ecumenist Jan 2012 #39

Santorum's candidacy will be over before we finish "reading up". n/t gkhouston Jan 2012 #22

An article from 2008? DeathToTheOil Jan 2012 #28

Catholics don't vote as a bloc, like fundie Protestants. I don't see Catholics caring about TwilightGardener Jan 2012 #29

Disagree with the assumption. JackRiddler Jan 2012 #32

Catholics have always been a Democratic demographic. McCamy Taylor Jan 2012 #34

I don't think you can refer to "Catholic voters" any more without hedgehog Jan 2012 #38

There's no shortage of the superstitious. Burgman Jan 2012 #40