First, there are a number of Catholics who have said this is NOT exactly the understanding of Catholic doctrine.
But that’s to miss the point. How about we agree that we are electing a President of a government and not a national pastor? How about folks give us a break on Catholic doctrine, since most Catholics don’t really know it or follow it, and since many of their own Clergy pervert it for their liberal social justice doctrine - how about we not try and make it national policy?
How about we admit, as Krauthammer has trouble doing about his support of Romney, that Santorum has said any number of times that his religious views on contraception and marriage are not to be legislated. I personally heard him repeat this again on van Susteran just the other night.
And how about we acknowledge that Santorum is a Catholic, and that these issues are dear to him, and that he has carefully studied them since he does not feign NOT holding them.
As an ordained member of a mainline protestant denomination, and as a retired military chaplain, and as a graduate of a major national seminary, and as a minister with decades of experience in multi-faith settings, let ME assure you that the Catholic faith does reject contraception, does teach natural marriage between one man and one woman, and that it does teach openness to fruitfulness in that marital relationship.
And let me suggest again that Newt Gingrich is a newly converted Roman Catholic.
And that anyone attacking Santorum’s religious views as Krauthammer has done is doing so for political purposes. Krauthammer is a Romney-bot.
I suspect every naysayer against Gingrich or Santorum of being a covert Romney-bot.