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I never thought anything would make me want to tell people I am from West Virginia. Rick Santorum is making a run at it. The latest outrage (link via Atrios) Bush more Catholic than JFK

• U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) has blasted President John F. Kennedy’s famous 1960 endorsement of church-state separation, saying that Kennedy’s vow not to take orders from the Roman Catholic hierarchy has caused "much harm in America."
Interviewed in Rome while attending an event sponsored by Opus Dei, a far-right Catholic group, Santorum told the National Catholic Reporter, "All of us have heard people say, ‘I privately am against abortion, homosexual marriage, stem cell research, cloning. But who am I to decide that it’s not right for someone else?’ But it is the corruption of freedom of conscience."
According to Santorum, Kennedy was not the nation’s first Catholic president. That distinction, he said, belongs to George W. Bush, a Methodist.
"From economic issues focusing on the poor and social justice, to issues of human life, George Bush is there," Santorum said. "He has every right to say, ‘I’m where you are if you’re a believing Catholic.’"

This is not a new report (March 2002), but it sure is obvious that Santorum has some way out views. So, if Kennedy's vow not to take orders from the Catholic hierarchy has caused "much harm", does Bush vow to take orders from Rome? If so, why would he ignore the Pope on the issue of war. He must have been in confession when that came out.
posted by Slim at 9:01 PM