It is a little surreal living in a state where Arnold Scharzenegger is governor:
Even his critics find him a hard man to dislike. This is a governor who bombs around the freeways with his old motorcycle buddies every weekend, who loves a crowd and whose favorite word is “fantastic.” His wife is “fantastic.” [Loathsome, disgraced ex-governor] Gray Davis is “fantastic.” He even described a $4 million judgment against him in a campaign finance case as a “fantastic” decision. Criticism bounces off like rubber bullets. When John Burton, the Democratic leader in the State Senate, accused him of “pontificating,” the governor called him up and said: “That’s funny! Pontificate. Like the pope!” “Nothing fazes him,” Mr. Burton observed [
But will the local Bishop deny this pro-choice
Catholic the Eucharist? I mean, he is Republican, and they seem to be immune from our concern over pro-choice Catholic politicians receiving (i.e. Pataki, Guiliani).
Just a question.
If I were his bishop, he wouldn’t receive Communion in my diocese.
Of course he should be denied…I didn’t even know he was Catholic though.
Esquire…it’s just that 99% of the pro-abort Catholic politicians are Democrats. Face reality.
Agreed Jimmy. But I’d like it to be clearer that this is an issue of the sanctity of life, not the support of the Republican Party.
FYI, this article from the NY Observer makes the point. http://www.observer.com/pages/conason.asp
And what are we here in Pennsylvania to do? I mean Senator Rick Santorum is about as Catholic as a politician can get. I think he’s actually on record calling for the overturning of the Griswald decision.
But when he had an opportunity to support a fervent, unequivocal pro-life candidate in the Republican primary, he instead threw his support to Arlen Specter, a notoriously pro-choice, pro-stem-cell-research Republican.
Should Senator Santorum be denied communion for doing indirectly what we would punish other Catholic politicians for doing directly (supporting abortion and stem-cell research)?