Harry Reid told his BYU audience in 2007 when he was speaking to them “I am a Democrat BECAUSE I am a Mormon, not in spite of it.”
Hillary could say the same thing about being a Methodist. Jimmy Carter could say the same thing about being a Southern Baptist. Kennedy and Pelosi could say the same thing about being Catholic. Jerry Nadler could say the same thing about being Jewish. If you want to be a liberal then you will find a way to justify it even if it doesn’t make sense.
Except would the most prestigious Methodist university provide a big platform to make that claim?
Jimmy Carter could say the same thing about being a Southern Baptist.
Carter was Baptist; I'm not sure he was "Southern" Baptist. Even so: What A#1 Baptist university would have given him such a platform to make such a claim?
Kennedy and Pelosi could say the same thing about being Catholic.
Did Notre Dame invite them to make similar claims?