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Chris Korzen: McCain Attacked Bush in 2000 Over Anti-Catholic Endorsement
Huffington Post Entertainment Blog — ... one Catholic pro-life Congressman has switched his support from Bush to McCain, and many Michigan Catholics support John McCain for president." My, how the tables have turned. Back in 2000, straight talking John McCain earned headlines by calling the religious right "agents of intolerance." But now he's "honored" to receive the endorsement of culture warriors like Pastor Hagee. On Thursday, a coalition of several Catholic organizations, including Catholics United, Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, and NETWORK, a National ...

Catholic Left Beats John McCain with Hagee Stick
Commentary - The Post Chronicle — The moment Bill Donohue demanded that Senator John McCain repudiate the anti-Catholicism of Rev. John Hagee, the Democrats began rubbing their hands in anticipation. Between February 28 and March 10, Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, issued eleven press releases ...

Cristina Page: Seriously Seeking Common Ground
Huffington Post Entertainment Blog — A few weeks ago, Senator Bob Casey, who opposes legal abortion, introduced what he described as a common ground bill: The Pregnant Women Support Act. He explained, "I believe there is more common ground in America than we might realize. If only we focus on how we can truly help and support women who wish to carry their pregnancies to term and how we can give them and their babies what they really need to begin healthy and productive lives together." I have been advocating for a common ground approach for years. Six years ago, on the anniversary of Roe, I published an op-ed on the subject in the New ...

Cristina Page: The Prevention President
Huffington Post Entertainment Blog — For those in favor of women's rights, the first 100 days of the Obama administration has been like a honeymoon. We've continually been reminded why we fell in love in the first place. Coming off an eight-year abusive relationship (to put it mildly), none of Obama's kindnesses are lost on us. He seems to be the kind of guy who does what he says he's going to do, another relief. And his gifts have not just been for the pro-choice movement either. Nearly all of Obama's actions on reproductive rights to date have focused on preventing the need for abortion, one of his "common ground" issues. And while he's won no fans in ...