The Bishops Themselves Are Cafeteria Catholics: Let's Turn the Far Right Left

In her 6/27 Plain Dealer column "Withholding Jesus a tricky business," Regina Brett exposes an important point. If those Catholic bishops who want to refuse Holy Communion to Pro-Choice candidates -- but not to Pro-Life candidates who support the death penalty or policies that further hurt the poor -- then the bishops themselves have become “cafeteria Catholics” themselves, selectively choosing who should receive sacraments. I don't like this trend but it can be addressed in a simple way: A vote for John Kerry, who unlike President Bush actually attends church but doesn't wear it on his sleeve, is the best way to begin the trend of taking religion out of the hands of the far right, these modern day Philistines who politicize the intensely private act of worship.