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Catholic League President Bill Donohue on the impact of religion on the Presidential race.
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Governor Romney accuses President Obama declaring a war on religion just one day after the president pushed his contraception mandate on the campaign trail.
To appeal through female voters.
Who -- -- -- President Obama used his health care plan to declare war on religion.
Forcing religious institutions to Google conspiracy.
Me wrong reasons that's wrong.
In 1979.
The summit -- Pope John Paul the second.
Spoke words that would bring down an empire room be not afraid.
-- religious freedoms -- who do you want to -- Joining us now they -- of the Catholic league Catholic league president bill -- here.
Bill good to see you thank -- that commercial as an effective and appealing to to Catholic voters.
I think it is which is why Catholics are having a great deal of skepticism about the president -- the attack on Catholics began in 2007 -- what it was kind of Obama.
Who said that if he becomes elected president is gonna -- a law the freedom of choice act.
Which would arguably forced Catholic hospitals to both -- abortions he -- get that of course Saddam is gone of course that this idea that you're not a Catholic institution.
If you hire -- -- people of other fights as one of the great strengths of Catholic institutions so now he has some three dozen lawsuits against him.
As a result of trying to -- at the federal government unprecedented.
-- -- the conscience rights of Roman Catholic.
It's not.
In October -- the operating spent -- and the cardinal Dolan one of those suits brought by him than at the church.
And he's invited.
In what have -- -- inferring is a display of accommodation.
To use president Obama's words when the negotiations were underway on.
The contraception mandate accommodating.
The Obama administration subway your reaction.
Let us look at bundled all of this morning and I love them.
Cardinal Dolan can't people what I hope Catholics are listening.
Because he reaches across the island breaks bread with somebody doesn't mean that he's walking it back he's not softening his position.
He's as tough as nails and we will go forward with there's the -- You can sit down have a drink with somebody doesn't mean that just selling out.
Yes he's a principled man cardinal Dolan he's also Prudential.
He's gonna get his way but just because he doesn't walk the line of some of the -- -- police in the Catholic Church doesn't mean that he -- -- The piety political outlook there I'm gonna try to you know -- the man his chance.
Dolan hasn't got a chance even put out a statement yet and so people about their own who are more -- you know holding the -- Pope Benedict the sixteenth welcome Nancy Pelosi is in my thinking because -- -- of CI he also welcomed Obama.
-- that the Pope become metal sold out the principles of the Catholic Church because he welcomed Obama is undergoing about the history of the Catholic Church we don't.
Don't -- it again I don't now we want to engage the culture so we can change the culture.
The alliance or mutual return but a very small number of Catholics -- -- talk throughout the piety police that's right I think a little -- -- I'll.
There -- there must -- more than one of those sort of delay.
Bill.
Our Fox News poll shows the choice for president born Catholic voters.
Everybody -- ready for this right now Obama 50% Romney 37.
What do you make of those numbers.
I know that McCain won the Catholic vote -- practicing Catholics by 1% in the last election.
He lost an overall when you when you begin to aggregate all these people show up once a year.
At christmastime and call themselves got which the Pelosi Catholics and others at -- Kathleen Sebelius talked -- -- There's no question that that Catholics who are practicing Catholics have grave reservations.
About what Obama is doing try to take away their -- we don't want special rights we want the status quo entity the kinds of conscience rights that we had before he started to battle with us.
I notice there that Catholics are diverse group you've got the piety police you've got below seek out right we've got -- established.
How many Donna you Catholics -- -- yeah.
Prior to I would hope an awful lot of the but I tell you wanted the -- the most important thing is this.
-- is not walking away from this you couldn't buy this minute -- tried to.
All right.
Nobody here another fellow who could be bought I don't think it but it even think about -- -- -- -- you -- that.
