Catholic Bishops in American Politics

Byrnes, Timothy A.

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“…As O'Connor explained, he could not see 'how a Catholic in conscience could vote for an individual explicitly expressing himself or herself as favouring abortion'. 47 In response, ninety-seven Catholics signed a full-page advertisement in the 7 October 1984 New York Times entitled 'A Diversity of Opinion Exists Regarding Abortion Among Committed Catholics'. Twenty-four of those signing were sisters.…”

Section: Sisters and Abortionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Clothes Make the Nun? Feminism, Fashion, and Representations of Catholic Sisters in the 1980s

Keeley¹

2019

Gender & History

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Section: Sisters and Abortionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Clothes Make the Nun? Feminism, Fashion, and Representations of Catholic Sisters in the 1980s

Keeley¹

2019

Gender & History

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“…Jimmy Carter, and the Republican Candidate, President Gerald Ford, sought to win the Catholic vote by courting the leadership of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB 1 ). When the bishops said they were "disappointed" with Carter's opposition to a constitutional amendment to ban abortion but "encouraged" by Ford's support of some form of amendment, it was widely perceived that they were backing the Republican candidate [9]. The NCCB leadership "stopped short of donning Ford buttons, but there was no mistaking the effect, if not the intent, of their extraordinary press conference in the White House briefing room", wrote columnist Mary McGrory [10].…”

Section: Abortion and The "Catholic Vote"mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Catholic Bishops and the Rise of Evangelical Catholics

Miller¹

2016

Religions

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White Catholics are increasingly trending toward the Republican Party, both as voters and candidates. Many of these Republican-leaning Catholics are displaying a more outspoken, culture-war oriented form of Catholicism that has been dubbed Evangelical Catholicism. Through their forceful disciplining of pro-choice Catholics and treatment of abortion in their quadrennial voting guides, as well as their emphasis on "religious liberty", the U.S. bishops have played a major role in the rise of these Evangelical Catholics.

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“…To the contrary, the bishops' visible religious identify and unapologetic moral assertiveness have made them attractive potential allies to a wide range of political forces. Anxious to attract Catholic voters, exploit Catholic resources, and apply a religious gloss to their own partisan programs, candidates and party leaders have sought the bishops out, engaged the bishops in political discussion, and highlighted the bishops' moral agenda ( [15], p. 5).…”

Section: The Bishops' Expanded Political Rolementioning

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“…Ferraro and Cuomo used arguments similar to John Courtney Murray's reasoning about contraception, namely that in a pluralistic society whose citizens had differing moral perspectives on abortion, respect for religious freedom prohibited Catholics from imposing their own views on everyone else ( [15], pp. 119-21).…”

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The Catholic Bishops vs. the Contraceptive Mandate

Griffin

2015

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Abstract:The Roman Catholic bishops of the United States have publicly opposed artificial contraception since they first issued a public statement condemning it in 1919. Thereafter, the bishops were generally unsuccessful in persuading the public that contraceptive access should be restricted. Recently, however, the bishops succeeded in a campaign to restrict access to contraceptives for Catholic and non-Catholic women alike. Their lobbying and public criticism of the contraceptive mandate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which requires employer health plans to offer preventive reproductive care coverage, forced Obama administration officials into a series of accommodations that gutted portions of the law intended to provide contraception to employees without copayment or cost sharing. In contrast to their earlier efforts to restrict reproductive freedom, the bishops successfully characterized their efforts against the ACA as a battle for religious freedom rather than against reproductive rights. This successful strategy may lead to future setbacks for women's reproductive liberty.

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Catholic Bishops in American Politics

Cited by 16 publications

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Clothes Make the Nun? Feminism, Fashion, and Representations of Catholic Sisters in the 1980s

Clothes Make the Nun? Feminism, Fashion, and Representations of Catholic Sisters in the 1980s

The Catholic Bishops and the Rise of Evangelical Catholics

The Catholic Bishops vs. the Contraceptive Mandate

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