While the bishops bear much of the blame for the condition of American Catholicism, equal blame goes to the Republican (I don’t expect anything from the Democrats) politicians. It was the job of the political class to explain how, for example, the contraception mandate is a violation of basic American civics. Change in the arena of civil rights won’t occur until our political culture improves. We still don’t have a cadre of front-row politicians who can make a coherent argument for their own faith, let alone for the rights of other believers. Santorum was a happy exception, let’s hope others take it where he left off.
100% of the blame goes to the bishops.
But have no fear. This isn't a zero-sum game. There's plenty of blame to go around.
100% of the blame also goes to laity who didn't vote for Gov. Romney. The Kenyan anti-Christ is just that bad.
A special 100% of the blame goes to Catholics who actually permanently disfigured their souls by voting FOR the anti-Christ.
Another 100% of the blame can be allotted to anti-Catholic bigots who have persuaded low-IQ Catholics that they need to be less Catholic to be more American.
For good measure, I'll grant you, annalex, 100% of the blame to the Republican Party, which seemed to run as hard from social issues as it could, thus alienating a large part of its base.
But ultimately, we must, in all fairness, give credit where credit is due, and award the bishops ANOTHER 100% of the blame for their abject moral failures over the past decades.
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