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Links for 01/28/16 | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: Senator Sanders faith, or lack thereof, is probably not a problem with his fellow Jews. Its certainly not a problem for most Catholic Democrats nor is it a constitutional difficulty. White evangelicals are not voting for him anyway, so the only political problem is with African American Pastors, who are integral to the politics of their members. Of course, Bernie is highly ethical, especially economically. If he can do this without a professed faith, what does that say about the rest of us?

Jerry Jr. is, like his father, an authoritarian - which is the frame of mind of Trump (as a capitalist) and Trump's GOP supporters. That Trump was either lying before or is lying now on abortion is a fact that most of these supporters will likely and deliberately ignore.

Rubio has wandered from Catholicism to Mormonism and back (with one other stop). Whether this is political or an honest reflection of his inner soul is for him to know and the rest of us not to care about - much in the same way that Sanders' atheism is not our concern. What is concerning is using that faith as a basis to further pander on abortion, where as a lawyer he should know better than to question the basis of Roe v. Wade (which rested on the fact that the unborn have no personal rights until Congress says they do - which is constitutionally correct - whether Catholics like it or not). As far as the hyphen, blame Microsoft grammar checker.