Stephen F. Schneck, director of the Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies and a national co-chair of Catholics for Obama, explains his thoughts on the current president and the Democratic Party’s platform. As he discusses same-sex marriage, caring for the poor, and abortion, he explains that, in his view, “the most important issue facing America today is the crisis associated with abortion.”

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