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Originally Posted by Minstrel
Yes, that's the standard wisdom, that says Democrats will have problems attracting votes from mainstream Christians (Catholics among them). The article I linked suggested that that's not as true as people believe...that there are a large number of them who will disagree on abortion and are not so invested against gay marriage and will still vote for Democrats.
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Obviously, people of faith make personal decisions that go against religious conventions all the time. There'd be a lot more babies in Catholic families in this country if everybody accepted the church's teachings on birth control. There's no doubt that there are many people who reject the traditional teachings on abortion and gay marriage, or who choose to take the position that God grants everyone free will to do as they wish and that government shouldn't legislate moral decisions (my own view). Regardless of that, to pretend that these issues don't give a political advantage to the Republicans is to ignore eight years of George Bush.