This being an upstanding religious institution, there were no women in hot pants carrying the round cards. Playing to his audience, and a question about appealing to Catholic voters, Gillespie quickly moved for what McAuliffe called the wedge issues. Catholics “tend to oppose the heinous practice known as partial-birth abortion,” which Bush signed a law prohibiting, Gillespie said. Kerry, said the RNC head, was one of only 14 senators who voted against limits on gay marriage as spelled out in the Defense of Marriage Act, which Bill Clinton signed into law.
I know the Dems always call gay marriage a “wedge issue,” as Tim Graham has well noted here. But the chairman of the DNC tonight went in front of a sold-out crowd at Catholic University tonight–which every Catholic parish in America collects money for annually–and voluntarily called partial-birth abortion a “wedge issue,” along with gay marriage. That helps make things black and white for Catholic voters and politicians–good bishops–leaders–should help make such things clear.
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