when good religion goes bad

Good Equals Conservative Today, it's hard to be considered a good Catholic unless you're a conservative who supports the Bush agenda down the line, being for the president's judicial nominees, as well as pro-life, pro-death penalty, pro-war and pro-tax cuts. How do tax cuts get into it? Easy. Families should spend their tax dollars as they see fit. It makes for better family values. Roberts is definitely a good Catholic. He belongs to the Church of the Little Flower, a conservative parish in suburban Maryland, has worked only for Republicans whose line he has toed, and has a wife who directed a pro-life group. So who are the bad Catholics? The easiest way to describe them is that they are liberal Democrats. To get an idea of the currency of that formula, consider Wolf Blitzer's introduction of two CNN political analysts for a segment on the new Pope: Blitzer welcomed the ``conservative Robert Novak, the liberal Paul Begala, both good Catholics -- I don't know if good Catholics -- but both Catholics. I am sure Bob is a good Catholic. I am not sure about Paul Begala.''

[from Bloomberg Business News: John Roberts and Good Catholic, Bad Catholic]