Looking for Obama.
Please read my post on Abbey-Roads1 “McCain - did he just wake up or what?”. Things are coming out about Obama and his campaign that a lot of Americans are not going to like. (Sarah Palin isn’t as dumb as Tina Fey and Network anchor people like to portray her.)
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And homogenized cultural values.
“A new poll of Americans ages 18-34 has surveyed the faith, politics, and issue positions of young adults before the 2008 election. The poll claims about 60 percent of younger self-identified Catholics say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, while 44 percent reportedly support same-sex marriage, a number which rises to 64 percent when religious liberty protections are emphasized.
The claims come from the Faith in Public Life’s “The Faith and American Politics Survey,” which was conducted by Public Religion Research between August 28 and September 19. Polling 2,000 American adults and an over sample of 1,250 younger adults, its methods included both land line and cell phone interviews.
Overall, 44 percent of Catholics said abortion should be illegal in all or most cases, while 54 percent said it should not. About 61 percent of young Catholics reported it was not a very important voting issue, compared to 56 percent of Catholics 35 years and older.” - Catholic News Agency
Do you think this is really a pervasive attitude amongst Catholics? Because as Catholic bloggers, we all tend to be pretty orthodox and conservative - or traditional. And we limit our exposure to those who express attitudes we agree with. We usually go to church where the liturgy is celebrated correctly, and the parish is devout. In a sense we insulate ourselves, or remain aloof from more liberal Catholics - who really seem to be in the vast majority - at least in the United States. And of course, this is the demographic normally polled.
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