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On the recordJuly 30, 2003
So according to what the Senator has just said, someone who considers oneself a faithful Catholic, faithful to the core teachings of the Catholic church, which leaves no leeway on the issue of abortion, under that understanding, someone who has a deep faith and understands that with deep faith as a Catholic comes the requirement to be against abortion, that as a result of that deep faith and as a result of that deep faith in Catholicism, having to subscribe to the church's teaching on abortion, would that not lead, in a sense, to a prohibition by some Members of having anybody who is a faithful Catholic as a member of the judiciary?
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Rick Santorum
Republican · Pennsylvania
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Discussing the implications of Catholic beliefs on judicial appointments.

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