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Originally Posted by saden1
It's very difficult for me to mitigate SS33's option vs facts and more facts. Unless catholic voters fall well outside the norm of a typical voter I don't see an issue, only wishful thinking. |
12th and saden you're right in lockstep with the Administration. Great news, please keep letting Obama know he's doing the right thing and to stay-the-course on this....but here's what's going on outside the Beltway:
Obama's grand miscalculation with Catholics | Fox News
Important points: "Obama was ahead among Catholics by 9 points in early March, and is now trailing by 5 points. The Pew survey finds that, among Catholic voters with an opinion, 47% would today vote for President Obama, and 52% for former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. That same margin, were it to hold on Election Day, would mark a swing of 18 million voters
away from Obama."
"And among every other category of women, the issue turns out to be a loser, while also carrying a very tangible cost among Catholics: Twenty-nine percent say they are now less likely to vote for the president because of this issue, more than double the 13% who say it makes them more likely to support him. "
Also this from NYT, check questions 73 & 74.
New York Times/CBS Poll - Document - NYTimes.com
Again, this isn't about whether contraception is OK, it's about whether a religious institution should be forced to violate its beliefs.
And no one's buying the "employee going to the insurer direct" compromise/nonsense, the insurer will simply be burying the cost into the Church's premiums.