Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden is being called out for political stances that conflict with his Catholic faith.
According to a recent Associated Press article, Senator Biden (D-Delaware) said he agreed with the Catholic Church's stance that life begins at conception, but that he would not impose his personal beliefs on others who are just as faithful as him. That response is drawing criticism from Catholic leaders. Even Biden's own bishop has banned him from speaking in Catholic schools because of his pro-abortion stance. Steve Dillard is a member of the Catholics for McCain national steering committee. "People would be appalled if someone said, 'I'm personally opposed to slavery, but I'm not going to impose my views on anyone else,'" he argues. "We would rightly think that that was a repugnant view, a vile view." And there is more, says Dillard. "[I]t shows his lack of seriousness on this fundamental, non-negotiable teaching of the church that he professes to be a member of -- which is abortion," says the McCain supporter. "Abortion is considered by the [Catholic] Church to be an intrinsically evil act." Dillard says the vice-presidential hopeful has parted with Catholic teachings on several other issues as well. Those issues involve euthanasia and embryonic stem-cell research. "Joseph Biden has basically taken sides with his party -- one that generally promotes a culture of death and that's unfortunate," he observes. Dillard maintains that those teachings that Biden has ignored in his role as a politician are non-negotiable church teachings -- not "personal and private" religious matters, as the senator described his feelings on when human life begins.
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