Back to the Dark Ages

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Needless to say, stories like this never fail to amuse me:

[O]ne day after President-elect Barack Obama first spoke with His Holiness the Pope, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is expected to issue a statement that will express concern about the direction the pending Obama administration will take the nation as far as abortion is concerned.

The statement will state that the Church is completely united and resolute in defending “the unborn child from the moment of conception,” with a particular opposition to the proposed Freedom of Choice Act, which would strike down many abortion restrictions and which Obama supports.

The statement will also state that the election was not a referendum on abortion, and will suggest that aggressive abortion-rights polices "would alienate many Americans and be interpreted by many Catholics as an attack on the Church."

Given the fact that a solid majority of Roman Catholics voted for Obama and that an even larger majority of "younger self-identified Catholics say abortion should be legal in all or most cases," it really looks as if these relics from centuries ago are fighting a losing battle—thanks be to ... oh, yeah.