From a weekly email from State House News Service,
"Finally, in a tangentially related story and under the heading of Holy Mackerel, Things Have Changed Around Here: Barely surfacing as an issue were Cardinal Sean Patrick O’Malley’s remarks to the Boston Globe that called Democratic support for abortion rights borderline scandalous. Time was, such criticism from the Chancery would have rattled the State House right to its Puritanical rebar.
This week, with political power so thoroughly dislocated from the Roman Catholic hierarchy, there wasn’t a flinch.
Asked about the level of concern with the cardinal’s remarks, Murray replied, “I haven’t talked to anybody about it, so I don’t know whether they’re concerned or not.” And there was your answer."
Oh, BTW, the Legislature just expanded the no-protest zones around abortion clinics...
I should have explained, the Murphy person referred to in the email is Senate President Therese Murray, not a lowly Dem...