Category: Politics
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Remembering September 11th
Deal W. Hudson September 11, 2002 Many of us have been dreading the approach of the one-year anniversary of September 11th. After a long year of suffering under the memory of that horrible day, most of us are loath to relive it. We want to forget, or at least not subject ourselves anew to the…
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“Voice of the Faithful” Shows Its Stripes
Deal W. Hudson There was quite a flurry in the news yesterday involving our favorite dissident group, Voice of the Faithful (VOTF). It seems that yet another bishop has banned a VOTF affiliate from meeting in a North Andover, Massachusetts parish. Auxiliary Bishop Emilio S. Allue from the Boston Archdiocese wrote that “the activities and…
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War for Oil?
Deal W. Hudson Yesterday I mentioned the problems that can arise when people make faulty assumptions about your motives based solely on your actions. This isn’t just a problem when solving disputes in the Church, though; I’ve seen it happen time and again when people discuss the possibility of war in Iraq. I know a…
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Rick Santorum Is Right
Deal W. Hudson I’ve been in the media business long enough to have learned a thing or two about the way the system works. Sometimes I learned those lessons the hard way after being misquoted or having my statements taken out of context by an unfriendly reporter. It’s like playing the old game of telephone:…
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Catholic Opinion By the Numbers
Deal W. Hudson Nanci Pelosi is a conservative Catholic. Sure, she may be in favor of abortion, women priests, and homosexual marriages, but according to the House minority leader, that has no bearing on her life as a Catholic. How does she define “conservative Catholic”? In a January interview with the National Catholic Reporter, Pelosi…
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Dominant-Issue Voters
Deal W. Hudson Several Catholic leaders have recently commented that Catholics should not be “single issue” voters, meaning that they shouldn’t vote exclusively on the abortion issue. I agree. But it’s not necessary to be a single-issue voter to give the life issues the priority they deserve. Catholics should be “dominant issue” voters. The Catholic…
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Lobbying For The Bishops
Deal W. Hudson There are two things I need to bring to your attention… First, the biannual meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in Colorado came and went last week. Of course, you’d never know it from the minimal coverage. This is a shame since the bishops released a very important…
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Ten Things Republicans Must Do To Keep the Religious Vote
Deal W. Hudson August 26, 2006 A recent New York Times article reported a Pew Forum poll showing that significantly fewer people view the Republican Party as “friendly” to religion. “The survey found that the proportion of Americans who say the Republican Party is friendly to religion fell 8 percentage points in the last year, to 47…
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An Evangelical Ponders the Presidency
Deal W. Hudson September 25, 2006 If you know the name Huckabee it’s probably from the popular movie or the highly publicized weight-loss campaign of the Arkansas Governor. My wife is politically astute and very knowledgeable. When I told her I was meeting with Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas, she quickly replied, “Oh, he’s the…
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Can Fred Thompson Win Over Religious Conservatives?
Deal W. Hudson September 7, 2007 Former Senator, movie actor, TV star of “Law & Order,” Fred Thompson officially entered the presidential race last week. It’s remarkable after his bumpy start – with a turnover in his campaign staff and the delay of his official announcement – that Thompson is polling only a single percentage…
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