CatholicVote seems to think that if every issue is presented as black or white, the pro-life, pro-family Catholic voter will line up obediently at the polls.
For millions, the pandemic has meant serious deprivation: not enough food, too many medical bills, the loss of a business, the prospect of losing one’s home.
Largely white and rural, the state has moved right over the past decade. Yet its response to the pandemic may lead to more competitive races this November.
For too long, the fantasy of a conservative court overturning abortion legislation has allied Catholics with otherwise anti-life politics. But it’s only a fantasy.