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(On Abortion): Pols Talk Faith, Bishops Talk Fact
www.creativeminorityreport.com ^ | 9/10/2008 | Matthew Archbold

Posted on 09/10/2008 1:16:59 PM PDT by Publius804

Pols Talk Faith, Bishops Talk Fact

There's a startling irony in the Bishop's statement concerning Senator Joe Biden's remarks on abortion on last week's Meet The Press.

When asked when life begins or when rights are granted Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi all awkwardly dragged their religion into the debate. I think it's safe to say that the reason they're on the Sunday morning shows is because they're politicians. The question of when life begins is put to them because they're lawmakers, not because they're great Christian thinkers. Yet oddly, they insist on answering the question solely on religious grounds.

But the funny thing is that while these lawmakers dragged their religions into the debate about abortion, the bishops have consistently pointed to the logic and the science concerning the life issue.

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TOPICS: Apologetics; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics; Religion & Science
KEYWORDS: abortion; bishops; catholic; catholics; democrats

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