[Mariner]

"If you read the actual position of the Church on the issues you will find it is all common sense, down-to-earth stuff we'd all agree with. "

Uh, not likely.

The Catholic Church supports Amnesty in the US, supports Obamacare (as long as they get an exception for BC and Abortion), wealth redistribution etc.

[steve86]

Uh, you're confusing lip moving by liberal U.S. bishops and priests with Catholic doctrine, which doesn't have any thing to do with U.S. politics, and preceded it by centuries and millennia.