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Um. I would say probably neither actually, although it’s a heck of a headline, ay? Anyways, there’s a whole lot of controversy about Sebelius, a Catholic who’s pro-choice but against abortion personally, which seems generally to be the Catholic Democrat line. At any rate, there are a few posts in the US News and World Report religion blog about the fight her nomination has occasioned about who’s truly Catholic and the moral positioning of pro-life strategy. These are pretty old debates, but they’re still interesting in that there is an increasingly hardening stance among Catholics who simply will not bend on abortion, and I think it’s important to recognize these people often might be sympathetic to Democratic policies save this issue. It’s increasingly complicated though. Needless to say, the Catholic right is not thrilled and they’re also not happy that pro-life Senator Brownback has given Sebelius his support. Meanwhile, the Catholic left is a bit more supportive.
The right-wing position is clearly encapsulated by Weigel (this is the article linked to above):
This attempt to spin and redefine the pro-life position, such that one can claim to be a pro-life Catholic while supporting candidates or nominees who have taken extreme pro-abortion positions, must be publicly repudiated by the appropriate Catholic authorities at Gov. Sebelius’ hearings so that, no matter what the fate of her nomination, a clear, bright, and unmistakable line is drawn.


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