The Occasional Observer

for Catholic voters. He has issued a pamplet entitled "Catholics in the Public Square" that un-muddies the waters surrounding our political discourse. Despite the (small "t") tradition of certain Catholic politicans who take the illogical and inconsistent "personally opposed, publicly supportive" line on abortion (Cuomo, Teddy K., Dick Durbin, Rudy), Bishop Olmstead clearly delineates the issues that should be "deal-breakers" for Catholic voters:

Olmsted's booklet lists three principles as not negotiable for Catholic voters "because they involve matters that are intrinsically evil." Those principles are the protection of life from conception until natural death; the recognition and promotion of the natural structure of the family as a union between a man and a woman based on marriage; and the protection of the rights of parents to educate their children.

"People of faith have every right to bring their beliefs into the public square just like anyone else," the booklet states.

Clarity. Thank you Bishop Olmstead.

Hat tip: Amy Welborn