of church and state. i think that s what happened is that this issue has been a away of appealing to the right evangelical evangelical christians and it has been used by my republican colleagues to attract more support. and if you notice what s been happening the last few days, they re not talking about this draft decision. they re talking about the leak because they know that they have really overreached here, so yes, this is a violation of church and state. that s protected in the first amendment as well. it s what brought so many of our pilgrims to the united states because they wanted to be able to practice their religion freely. i am a catholic. i m a practicing catholic. i do not impose my believes on others. nor should others impose their beliefs on me. congresswoman, thank you so
abortion. and of course he is a practicing catholic, that has always played a large part in his views on this issue. but he has evolved over the years. he has shifted more towards the left of the democratic party on this issue when he was running for president in 2019, he changed his view on a key the key issue of the hyde amendment which bans federal funding for abortions. he dropped his support for that. that came after pressing from his campaign advisers who said that that stance was really kind of untenable for a democratic candidate in 2020. now, as you said, the president now faces this sort of defining issue on this in the last 30 years. it will be up to him to kind of get around this ruling and do these executive orders, regulatory actions. and that is not necessarily comfortable position for him. as you say, he had not used the word abortion not said it out
frustration. i know the family well. georgia family justice act i know the family well. i got started in the politics because of the civil rights movement. i notice that some of you are looking and i thought you are wondering how does another blac national anthem? because i saw in the black church after going for 7:00 o clock mass. i ve been i m a practicing catholic. 10:00 o clock on the east side getting ready to go out and desegregate. start. it to be clear, there is no record of joe biden ever de sie read the segregating restaurant during the civil rights movement . whether it s on messaging or a policy or anything between, the biden presidency is imploding. its approval is slumping. his agenda is in peril and americans are losing confidence in the leadership ability by th second. it s a massive failure on every front. and at a time when joe biden is
think about it. i got started in politics because of the civil rights movement. i noticed some of you are looking. some of you are looking like how do you know the black national anthem? because i sat in a black church after going to 7:00 mass and being a practicing catholic at 10:00 on the east side getting ready to go out and desegregate restaurants and movie theaters in my state. guess what. i ve never seen anything like the unrelenting assault on the right to vote. never. i don t think any of you on this stage have. it s not a joke. and folks, as john lewis said, it is the only without the right to vote, there is no democracy. it s not just about who gets to vote. or making it easier as we used to try to do to make people
this. i mean, across the political spectrum. and basically what they were saying was, you had a former president who checked none of the life issue boxes for the catholic church except that he said he would appoint supreme court justices that could overturn roe v. wade. and that s all that seemed to matter. we had a photo op of the bible. seemed to make fun of the pope and then you have joe biden, a practicing catholic, who is pro-choice, although he says he s personally opposed to abortion, and people are talking about denying him communion. the reception of communion. people see it as really based in hypocrisy. i can t tell you. some said this is the final straw for them. if the bishops go ahead with that, that s it for them. yeah, and father, you point out that some bishops believe that church leaders are, quote,