[NeoCaveman]

Put differently, Catholics voted for the Protestant, George W. Bush, and did so in large part because they agree more with him than Kerry on moral issues, such as abortion, closest to Catholic hearts.

I'm one of them. In fact Kerry's abortion stance was more odious to me because he was a Catholic. Is it unfair? Maybe. But the next Catholic president has to be a real not an apostate Catholic.

[tiki]

Exactly. If kerry had been an agnostic or athiest I could understand his stance on abortion.

[EDINVA]

the OTHER big Catholic loser because of abortion was Tom Daschle. We should never underestimate his loss.

[utahagen]

I think the percentage of weekly-Mass-going Catholics who voted for Bush was much higher than 63%. I suspect the current statistics are the result of people fudging how often they go to Mass. Of the Catholics I know who actually go to Mass every week, the percentage voting for Bush was at least 90%. (90% is not an exaggeration; if anything, it's conservative.)

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

In fact Kerry's abortion stance was more odious to me because he was a Catholic. Is it unfair? Maybe.

No it isn't. You expect a man to abide by the rules of the faith that he professes.

If he was a Buddhist and so believed that abortion was no big deal because the soul was just reincarnated that would be one thing.

But he isn't, he knows that it is wrong and he supports it anyway. To me that is a big no no. And a good way to judge a man's character.