Is the pope even a Christian? Some conservatives aren’t so sure.
by digby
I wrote a while back about the Christian right going to war with itself. And I concluded with this:
First we have we have the likes of Ted Cruz saying that the Catholic intelligentsia, as represented by John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito are not up to the job of properly defending social conservatism on the Court. True, all but Kennedy voted against marriage equality. But the others are supposed to persuade him. The deal was that the Catholics would provide the intellectual arguments that would prevail when they got a majority — a majority largely delivered through bloody battles fought by the evangelical right. Cruz, being one of the very few pointy headed intellectual evangelical elites, feels they have failed to deliver their side of the bargain.
And for over two decades Republicans have been telling us that there is no difference between the political and the religious realm. Many have even declared that America is a Christian nation, full stop. Now we have leading Catholic politicians, Bush and Santorum, distancing themselves from religion because the the global leader of their church is not observing that nice little agreement that held the religious right together. Their loyalties are to the party first, which isn’t surprising. They are politicians. But the question is how many other Catholics will follow suit.
Here’s more evidence of that schism:
It gets worse: Catholics – at some point you’re going to have to choose between Pope Obama and Conservatism http://t.co/DS04cGS8B5
— Jim Hughes (@TheJimHughes) July 13, 2015
At some point, you’ll have to choose between this Pope Obama and Christianity. https://t.co/BrbaMCaxcN— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) July 15, 2015
I’m pretty sure Ann Coulter just said the pope isn’t a Christian. That doesn’t offend me particularly but then I’m not a Catholic. I can easily imagine that a sincere Catholic believer might not like it. Even the conservatives.
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