Democrats SHOULD NOT have a Catholic base. As a Catholic, I fail to see how they reconcile their faith and politics.
You should have said: Democrats SHOULD NOT have a Judeao-Christian base. As a Catholic, I fail to see how they reconcile their faith and politics.
You CANNOT perform Acts of Charity with other people's resources; particularly resources taken by force by the state. The salvific effect is lost when love and charity ceases to be a voluntary, personal, relationship between the giver and the receiver. "Entitlements" from the "state" taken by force dehumanize all who are involved.
Elevating abortion to the Sacrament of Selfishness seals the deal.