It is always risky business when an atheist comments on other people’s religions, but I always thought that Catholics weren’t allowed to pick and choose among the tenets of their faith.
The Times today had an article about the importance of Jeb Bush’s Catholicism in his daily life. It even had a picture of him praying before a cabinet meeting when he was governor of Florida.
His faith was so important that he tried to force a hospital to keep comatose Terri Schiavo on life support. He also tried to appoint a guardian for the fetus of a developmentally disabled rape victim and to prevent a 13-year-old girl from having an abortion.
While he failed in all of those attempts, he was much more successful in applying the death penalty. While he was governor, 21 prisoners were executed in Florida, more than any other Florida governor since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.
The Catholic Church opposes the death penalty, but maybe executions are more popular with the voters.
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