And Aristotle, Aquinas, Archbishop Chaput and various Bishops, and Brokaw…All weigh in on the House Speaker’s response to Brokaw on Sunday morning’s “Meet the Press” (scroll to the end) in which he raised–yet again–the age-old question, “When does life begin?” Pelosi’s response did not, to say the least, do justice to the Catholic tradition: MR. BROKAW: …

On first glance, the DNC’s Interfaith Gathering at the Wells Fargo Theatre in the Convention Center in Denver was underwhelming.  Clumps of churchy looking people wafted towards the entrance, and by the designated starting time of 2pm the large theatre was only about a fifth full.  Booring, I predicted.  Well, religion is almost never boring,…

Another protester, speaking somewhat more softly said that he “believed in the constitution” apparently objecting to the DNC opening its convention with reilgion.

4pm Denver, As the choir sang “walk together children and don’t you get weary” one protester and then another interupted the opening of the first ever DNC Interfaith Gathering.  The three men each started yelling that Obama was a baby killer, shocking the gathered assembly.  All of agathering sudden the stakes of ths religious gathering seem very…

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