Havent Catholics been voting eastern liberals in to office for centuries?
-——Havent Catholics been voting eastern liberals in to office for centuries?-——
At least for the last 50 years. Among baptized Catholics, there exists a continuum of orthodoxy and orthopraxy, just as in other Christian churches. The saints shine (Mother Teresa), and the lax (Ted Kennedy), not so much. Regular church-goers tend to vote more conservatively.
My favorite statistic: The divorce rate among Catholic couples who practice natural family planning is 1%, my wife and I included. Actually, we skipped NFP too.
What Catholics do have is a non-contradictory body of doctrine, and Sacraments that are effective on their own. And apostolic succession, and...
Not in my family they haven’t...we’ve been Republican since Lincoln.