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I Have No Question That The Roman Catholic Church Teaches That Abortion In Virtually All Circumstances Is Wrong. I Think The Church's Position At All Times In Modern History Has Been That It Is Unequivocally Opposed To Abortion.but That's Not The Question For A Catholic Who Is A Public Official. I Happen To Subscribe To The Church's Position As A Person. Still The Question, As Governor Mario Cuomo Suggested, Is: What Is Your Obligation As A Civic Leader? I Agree Entirely With John F. Kennedy. I Answer Only To My Conscience In My Public Life And That's That.

I Think It Is Important That Religious Leaders Of All Kinds Consciously Attempt To Distinguish Between Issues Of Natural Law On Which There Is Consensus Among Catholic, Protestant, And Jew And Those Issues On Which There Must Be A Greater Degree Of Tolerance Of Other Peoples' Opinions And Of The Diversity That Is Characteristic Of American Society.

I Would Argue That Practices That Destroy Ecosystems Always Destroy Jobs.

Taxes Are The Flip Side Of Expenditures. The Same Issues Apply On Both Sides. There Are Questions Of Fairness And Justice As Much In The Way You Take Money Away As In The Way You Disburse It.

I Am One Of Those People Who Deeply Resents Not Having Been Born In The 19th Century, When There Were Still Open Places To Explore.