I believe all the
church teaches – makes a poor fit
for either party
Adapted from the paragraph:
Devout Catholics have historically been difficult to place in the American political binary. They were often anti-abortion but in favor of immigration and a social safety net. “I believe all the church teaches,” Leah Libresco Sargeant, the author of two books on her Catholic faith, told me. “I try to live up to it. And obviously that makes me a poor fit for either political party.”
In the article, ‘Maga Catholics’ are gaining ground in the US. Now their sight is set on the Vatican by J Oliver Conroy in the Guardian on April 29, 2025.
There was a time when the same could have been said about Evangelical Christians in America.
You know what word stands out for me in that passage?
It’s that word there, obviously.
Like … DUH.
Like … OF COURSE.
I am reminded of the old question …
Are you a Christian by conviction … or by convenience?
As Garrison Keillor once wrote, or as close as I can remember, “They didn’t learn anything new to the day they died. The next day, though, they learned an awful lot.”
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