Democratic Party Archives

Democrats diverge on outreach to pro-life swing voters

Feb 19, 2020

In a party that’s shifted leftward on abortion rights, Democratic presidential hopefuls are offering different approaches to a central challenge: How to talk to voters without a clear home in the polarizing debate over the government’s role in the decision to end a pregnancy.

Party’s abortion stance driving pro-life Democrats away, says ethicist

Feb 12, 2020

A prominent associate professor of theological and social ethics at Jesuit-run Fordham University and, until recently, a longtime board member of Democrats For Life, said Feb. 6 the Democratic Party’s support for abortion at any stage has driven him away from the party.

Presidential debate issue: Crossing picket line at a Catholic university
- Dec 17, 2019
Days before the scheduled Democratic presidential debate Dec. 19 at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, there was no debate about what the seven qualifying candidates would do if the labor dispute between a food service company and school employees was not resolved by Dec. 18. All of the candidates said they wouldn’t cross a picket line to participate in the debate and they hoped the two sides would reach an agreement.

By Carol Zimmermann
Biden’s communion denial highlights faith-politics conflict
- Oct 30, 2019
A Catholic priest’s denial of communion to Joe Biden in South Carolina on Sunday illustrates the fine line presidential candidates must walk as they talk about their faiths: balancing religious values with a campaign that asks them to choose a side in polarizing moral debates.

By Meg Kinnard and Elana Schor
Warren joins Buttigieg in nixing threat to church tax status
- Oct 14, 2019
Elizabeth Warren would not seek to revoke the tax-exempt status of churches or other religious entities that decline to perform same-sex marriages if she’s elected president, the Massachusetts Democrat’s campaign said.

By Elana Schor