Catholic Primary Issues: Huckabee and the Catholic League, Catholics for McCain
A couple of Web-bits from the 2008 primary (January 8, here in New Hampshire):
- The Fighting Irish Thomas blog takes a swing at Catholic League President Bill Donohue for criticizing Mike Huckabee for Huckabee's Christmas television spot. Thomas writes, addressing Donohue, "it disturbs me that someone so dedicated to debunking that pseudo philosophy of separation of church and state (which, of course, is never stated as such in the Constitution) now rejects someone in the public arena that in this case (not to be confused with 'bookcase') is really one of our own." I can see both points here: to Donohue's point, it does seem a bit like Huckabee is claiming Jesus' endorsement here; on the other hand, how could anybody in position of selling himself to voters not seem to be doing that to some degree no matter how cautiously he mentioned his religious faith? It's one of the necessary complications that accompanies religion in the public square -- though certainly not an argument against it.
- Republican candidate John McCain has announced a "National Catholics for McCain Leadership Team" chaired by U.S. Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) and former Governor Frank Keating (R-OK). According to McCain, "I am very pleased to have the support of this distinguished coalition of Catholic leaders. I am proud to stand side-by-side with Catholics on many of the most critical issues of our day: defending the sanctity of human life, upholding traditional marriage, expanding educational choice, and defending America from the threats that we face around the globe. I have fought my entire life to protect religious freedom and human rights around the world. I look forward to working with these Catholic leaders in the weeks and months ahead as we take our shared values to the White House." You can read the whole press release here.
- The Fighting Irish Thomas blog takes a swing at Catholic League President Bill Donohue for criticizing Mike Huckabee for Huckabee's Christmas television spot. Thomas writes, addressing Donohue, "it disturbs me that someone so dedicated to debunking that pseudo philosophy of separation of church and state (which, of course, is never stated as such in the Constitution) now rejects someone in the public arena that in this case (not to be confused with 'bookcase') is really one of our own." I can see both points here: to Donohue's point, it does seem a bit like Huckabee is claiming Jesus' endorsement here; on the other hand, how could anybody in position of selling himself to voters not seem to be doing that to some degree no matter how cautiously he mentioned his religious faith? It's one of the necessary complications that accompanies religion in the public square -- though certainly not an argument against it.
- Republican candidate John McCain has announced a "National Catholics for McCain Leadership Team" chaired by U.S. Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) and former Governor Frank Keating (R-OK). According to McCain, "I am very pleased to have the support of this distinguished coalition of Catholic leaders. I am proud to stand side-by-side with Catholics on many of the most critical issues of our day: defending the sanctity of human life, upholding traditional marriage, expanding educational choice, and defending America from the threats that we face around the globe. I have fought my entire life to protect religious freedom and human rights around the world. I look forward to working with these Catholic leaders in the weeks and months ahead as we take our shared values to the White House." You can read the whole press release here.
posted by Ernesto at 9:31 AM
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