Doug Kmiec, the former dean of the Catholic University Law School, and I joined forces with another former Notre Dame law professor, Ed Gaffney (a religious freedom expert), to write America Undecided: Catholic, Independent and Social Justice Perspectives on Election 2012 about the Religious Liberty issue that has roiled the Church.
It's available on Amazon for Kindle e-book readers, and also in paperback. It combines the medical perspective on the whole contraception issue with the constitutional and religious freedom issues raised by Cardinal Dolan and Archbishop Lori.
I felt it was important to mount some kind of forceful response to the idea that the administration was somehow anti-Catholic or anti-religion.
At
the heart of the book is the story of the several Catholic priests who
hired President Obama in 1985. Most people don't realize that he worked
for three years out of an office in a Catholic Church rectory in
Chicago, and really got his first exposure to organized religion from
Fr. Bill Stenzel and Fr. Tom Kaminski.
With my thanks, as always~
Patrick Whelan
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America Undecided: Catholic, Independent and Social Justice Perspectives on Election 2012
Authored by Amb. Douglas W. Kmiec, Authored by Edward M. Gaffney Jr., Authored by J. Patrick Whelan, M.D. Ph.D.
List Price: $12.95
5.5" x 8.5" (13.97 x 21.59 cm)
Black & White on White paper
184 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1480131453
ISBN-10: 1480131458
BISAC: Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State
In a carefully documented analysis for the 8-10% of America's voters who are undecided, the authors demonstrate why Barack Obama deserves a second term. The authors -- trained in law, theology, diplomacy and medicine -- reveal the achievements of President Obama from a Catholic, Independent and social justice perspective.
What's more, the authors knock down the specious arguments being made that Obama has denied religious liberty or pursued a foreign policy putting the nation at risk. Barack Obama ended the war in Iraq, placed accountable limits on the military in Afghanistan, demonstrated both prudence and respect for our international partners without over-committing or ignoring global obligations.
The President's mature handling of these issues has indeed left GM alive and Bin Laden dead. As a matter of social justice, President Obama is committed to restructuring the tax code in favor of a broadly conceived middle class. addressing the needs of the very poor, and taking steps to continue to build an economy where "made in America" again signifies quality and innovation.
President Obama is committed to support those nations which abide by a rule of law, resolve in favor of free, open elections, gender equality, sound environmental practice, and religious freedom.
The President favors greater inter-faith understanding as a means of reducing world conflict in the Middle East as elsewhere. Committed to Human rights, the President will continue to act against human trafficking and the allied, illicit drug and weapons trades. and in freeing markets in north Africa and elsewhere of the scourge of illegal activity while containing the hatreds of terror, open vast markets for U.S. goods and services and the peace that is strengthened by responsibly exercised freedom of expression and commercial intercourse.
Never before published material reveal the distinctly and profoundly Catholic influence on President Obama's early life and work as a community organizer in Chicago.
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