[Steve_Seattle]

Does anyone know if Leahy (Irish name) is a Catholic? If so, why is it always Catholics like Kennedy and Mikulski who take the lead on abortion rights, and why do so-called conservative Catholics like my father go along with it and give pro-abortion Democrats their uncritical and unwavering support?

[DoctorMichael]

Good question. I went to his site................

http://leahy.senate.gov/

..........couldn't find anything there in his Biography. I guess FAITH is not an important guiding principle in his life.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

My mother (not catholic) has been virulently anti-abortion her entire life. She honestly thinks that it is the worst thing that has ever occurred in the world.

She has voted leftist (pro-abortion) Democrat her entire life and will continue to do so. Because the Democrats are "for the little guy" (her words). She was a teenager in the Depression, so I guess that explains some of it. And in her eyes "they're [politicians] all alike".

Moral relativism works for Democrats, because moral relativism always works in favor of the immoral.

[thegreatbeast]

Bob Dornan, I think, has said that Leahy is a "Catholic". But he is Catholic In Name Only (CINO) because it might help with the voters? He is with the majority of "Catholics" in Congress: Kennedy, Dodd (?)and so many others.
One benefit of the scandal within my Church is that our religious leaders are being expected to do their jobs. And this might finally mean excommunicating those "Catholics" who live public lives in direct opposition to Church doctrine. What a glorious day that will be when the mantle of "Catholic" is stripped from Teddy Kennedy's shoulders!