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Catholics have a societal obligation ; Church's teachings require values backed by votes, activism.
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Columbia Daily Tribune
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July 29, 2008
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The Catholic Church has gone through a rough patch because of the
clerical sex abuse scandal. National coverage by both the electronic
and print media was extensive and rightly so. Guest columns and
editorials in the print media in particular have been critical. As
this became less newsworthy, the media moved on to other topics.
Locally, the Tribune in editorials and political cartoons has
spoken out vigorously against the church because of its positions on
abortion, embryonic stem cell research and same-sex marriage. Two
underlying accusatory themes repeatedly appear in the criticisms.
The first is Catholic positions represent uninformed and outdated
dogmatic beliefs that are out of step ...
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