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Article: Politics and religion // Line dividing them has gotten blurred in this year's campaign
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- September 25, 1988
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The 1988 election season has raised numerous questions about the
propriety if not legality of political activity by religious groups
and individuals.
A few regulations do exist, yet the broader discussion of
religious values' proper role in politics is still slowly unfolding
and with by no means universal agreement.
Some of the highlights this year have been:
A Roman Catholic archbishop, speaking as a private citizen,
announced he had quit the Democratic Party because of its
"pro-abortion" position. His statements were carried on the pages of
his archdiocesan paper, of which he is publisher, immediately after
his denomination's top lawyer warned clerics to eschew both political ...