What can you tell me about the circumstances of Peroutka's leaving the Church? Tragic as an apostasy would be, it needn't have a direct bearing on his policy views. I have no objection in principle to voting for non-Catholics, and I'd guess you haven't either.
I don't know the circumstances of him leaving the Church. I don't have an objection voting for a non-Catholic - especially when there are no other Catholics in the race. But I do have a problem with a guy who has abandoned the one true faith. He is headed down the wrong road. If he abandons his faith, he can abandon anything. I can't trust him, just like I can't trust a guy who leaves his wife.
I believe this is the interview to which Grey Ghost II and Mershon are referring:
http://www.campaign.politicalcrossfire.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=41
See question 5.