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Of church and state. i think thats what happened is that this issue has been a away of appealing to the right evangelical evangelical christians and it has been used by my republican colleagues to attract more support. and if you notice whats been happening the last few days, theyre not talking about this draft decision. theyre talking about the leak because they know that they have really overreached here, so yes, this is a violation of church and state. thats protected in the first amendment a...

Abortion. and of course he is a practicing catholic, that has always played a large part in his views on this issue. but he has evolved over the years. he has shifted more towards the left of the democratic party on this issue when he was running for president in 2019, he changed his view on a key -- the key issue of the hyde amendment which bans federal funding for abortions. he dropped his support for that. that came after pressing from his campaign advisers who said that that stance was reall...

Frustration. i know the family well. georgia family justice act i know the family well. i got started in the politics because of the civil rights movement. i notice that some of you are looking and i thought you are wondering how does another blac national anthem? because i saw in the black church after going for 7:00 oclock mass. ive been im a practicing catholic. 10:00 oclock on the east side getting ready to go out and desegregate. start. -- >> it to be clear, there is no record of joe biden ...

Think about it. i got started in politics because of the civil rights movement. i noticed some of you are looking. some of you are looking like how do you know the black national anthem? because i sat in a black church after going to 7:00 mass and being a practicing catholic at 10:00 on the east side getting ready to go out and desegregate restaurants and movie theaters in my state. guess what. ive never seen anything like the unrelenting assault on the right to vote. never. i dont think any of ...

This. i mean, across the political spectrum. and basically what they were saying was, you had a former president who checked none of the life issue boxes for the catholic church except that he said he would appoint supreme court justices that could overturn roe v. wade. and thats all that seemed to matter. we had a photo op of the bible. seemed to make fun of the pope and then you have joe biden, a practicing catholic, who is pro-choice, although he says hes personally opposed to abortion, and p...

And, you know, i can understand, on the one hand, the logic of saying president biden is the president. he is a practicing catholic. we need to clarify these doctrines. fine. it is odd, when you compare the devotion of president biden to his faith, with the behavior of former-president trump. and the lack of a peep of criticism from the conference of catholic bishops with regards to president trumps behavior in office, individually, or his policies. and so, it seems to create a pretty robust dou...

Happen. thank you. >> lets get some perspective from father james martin and editor at large of american magazine and democratic congressman joe kennedy. let start with you. this is not the first time pro-choice politicians and the catholic church have been at odds over communion. at certain points members of your family have been caught up in this. this is the first time its been extended to a sitting president in the u.s. what is your reaction to move by the bishop? >> so, couple things, ander...

The churchs credibility is on the line and also other issues other politicians, other catholic politicians have not agreed on like the death penalty ordering executions and wasnt talk about this. so unfortunately, many of the bishops and the bishops conference meeting mention president biden and speaker pelosi and makes it very difficult for people to michael vick away-- move away from t assumption some of this is politically motivated. >> do you think politics are at play here?this is political...

>> his head exploded when amy vanderpool a playboy writer tweeted supreme court justice neil gorsuch appeared on fox & friends this morning making a point to parent a -- pair it the merry christmas talking point of the g.o.p. now, how is merry christmas a g.o.p. talking point? >> laura: i will take it. >> i have friends and i didnt know that reagan were sitting around crafting merry christmas. i thought that predated bed all -- all of them but i guess not. >> laura: nancy said whatever holiday y...

>> his head exploded when amy vanderpool a playboy writer tweeted supreme court justice neil gorsuch appeared on fox & friends this morning making a point to parent a merry christmas talking point of the g.o.p. now, how is merry christmas a g.o.p. talking point? >> laura: i will take it. >> i have friends and i didnt know that reagan were sitting around crafting merry christmas. i thought that predated bed all of them but i guess not. >> laura: nancy said whatever holiday you celebrate, i celebr...