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It's amazing how many commentators seem fixated on judging religious institutions through poll questions, but Cardinal Timothy Dolan pointed out the obvious in his Easter appearance on ABC's This Week. George Stephanopoulos challenged Dolan about a recent poll of Catholics, which showed that 60% felt that the church had fallen out of touch with the views of Catholics in the US. Dolan reminded viewers that the purpose of the faith isn't to change teachings based on polls — and that means that sometimes people will find the church "out of touch":CLICK ABOVE LINK FOR THE VIDEO During an interview for...

Elected Officials: A Zogby poll conducted on April 6.2005 showed 80% of likely voters feel that non-terminal patients should not be DENIED food and water. Also 56% of likely voters feel Michael Schiavo should have given over his GUARDIAN RIGHTS, considering that he has a girl friend of 10 years and 2 children with her. I wonder what the poll would show if the public were aware of the Guardian Statutes violated by Greer, and Michael, with the knowledge of his attorney, George Felos. > Elected Officials, I suggest you hire a coach to help you obtain courage, in order...