Agree with the first response. This post is an example of the perfect being the enemy of the good. I don’t think there is a better defender of the pro-life position and this poster rips him. How about ripping the 70% of Catholics who don’t go to church, or the number of Catholics who vote for pro-abortion candidates, or even rip the Catholic Church for allowing people who have been married for decades to purchase annulments, saying they were never married. No, better to nitpick Rick Santorum, solid pro-life guy with at least eight kids and a very solid record. Geez!!!!
The problem is that we get so excited about pro-life Catholic candidates, that we really don’t even consider their competence in delivering a pro-life message. We constantly settle for them as though that was the best we could do.
It is going to take both, Kent. It is going to take real conviction and passion for the unborn — which he may have, but certainly did not demonstrate yesterday. And it is going take an ability to put that message across in the national media. We have to demand BOTH from our candidates, and not just settle. Perhaps if he knows that we expect better, he will deliver better.
As for all the stuff about the Church etc. I think you are asking for a bit much to go into one article. But if you ever read the full body of my work, which consists of hundreds of articles, you will see that I have addressed and continue to address many of those other issues.