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Charlie Pierce, the "he said, she said" team of punditry on Sunday's
Meet the Press found common ground. Peggy Noonan and E.J. Dionne had a nice little warm moment together, bonding over faith.
MS. NOONAN: That's what the church thinks. Can I just note, by the way...
MR. GREGORY: Yeah.
MS. NOONAN: ...as Catholics it was so great for three weeks that we all got along. We were all in agreement.
MR. DIONNE: Yeah.
MS. NOONAN: I mean, this is a church that...
MR. GREGORY: Yeah, exactly.
MR. DIONNE: President Obama united Catholics.
MS. NOONAN: Yeah.
News flash for the dynamic duo: President Obama had
definitely united Catholics, but not in the same way they're talking about.
A poll by the Public Religion Research Institute in Washington, D.C., found that support among Catholics (58 percent) is higher than that of the American public overall (55 percent).
Likewise, a Public Policy Polling survey commissioned by Planned Parenthood found that Obama's position enjoys support from 56 percent of American voters. Of the Catholics polled, 53 percent agreed with the president.
Because the majority of the American public, including Catholics, understand the difference between "religious liberty" and opportunistic culture wars, unlike their Beltway counterparts.