The thing is, it’s always been there.

The trick, though, is that the majority of peope listed in the article I blogged on earlier today (see below) are already established in the Catholic world as liberals–even if the real world is coming to recognize diversity within the Catholic ghetto, we folks already in the ghetto are doing no better at “talking to the other side” Witness Bishops Chaput and Martino taking up where Burke left off; even if more Catholics voted for Obama than Kerry, I seriously doubt that had anything to do with a change within the Catholic world on abortion.  Instead, I’m willing to venture economic issues or other concerns compelled an Obama vote.  All in all, I’d say the dividing lines about abortion in the Catholic church are stronger than they’ve evern been–those who are more moderate are just better at expressing themselves outside the ghetto.