Many Roman Catholics I know, who have voted Republican, will choose Hillary. The anti-abortion plank is all that holds them in the Republiucan party. They are anti-death penalty, pro-universal healthcare and for welfare, seeing those as social justice issues. Abortion was the deciding issue and if abortion is out of the debate, they go back to the Dems.
Many Roman Catholics I know, who have voted Republican, will choose Hillary. The anti-abortion plank is all that holds them in the Republiucan party. They are anti-death penalty, pro-universal healthcare and for welfare, seeing those as social justice issues. Abortion was the deciding issue and if abortion is out of the debate, they go back to the Dems.
That's what happened to Santorum here in PA.
I both agree with you and disagree with you.
Where I disagree: Many of the Catholics that I know (and I am a Catholic myself as is my family, went to Catholic school, go to Mass every week) here in PA are anti-abortion, pro-death penalty, anti-welfare, anti-affirmative action, anti-illegal immigrant, and pro-gun.
Where I agree: They will vote for Hillary.
Yep, that's right. Because many of the older Catholics are either immigrants who came here during the Depression and think FDR saved them and/or they worked in steel mills and coal mines all their lives and think they owe their allegiance to the unions first and country and church second. And the union told them to always vote Democrat, that the Republicans were the "party of the rich" and want to "break the unions", so they keep voting Democrat and raised their kids to do it too.