[rhinohunter]

What I've observed of these various bishops is that their firmness with their flocks is proportional how resolute they are in weeding unsuitables from their seminaries which is proportional ... to the number of "normal" priests they produce which is proportional to how many scandals they have in later years which is proportional to how seriously the flock takes the shepherd's voice on voting on the pro-life issue.

As a Baptist,

Well stated! I'm Catholic but we certainly see eye to eye on this.

[George W. Bush]

The personal qualities and steadfastness of the assistant shepherds (clergy) have the same well-known effects among Baptists and evangelicals and Protestants as they do among the Roman Catholics. The differences in how the flock behaves (and votes) are easy enough to observe.

We should all expect personal consistency and public leadership from our clergy on pro-life/pro-family matters.