Unfortunately President Barry Prejean is against it. And since for far too many “progressives” he can do no wrong,the stats quo will remain in place — at least as far as “professional politics” is concerned.

BTW, I’m a Fully Recovered Catholic — having left the church right after confirmation. I was raised in New York in the 1950’s when Franny Spellman ran the show.

Franny was a great Ethel Merman fan. He went to see her in Annie Get Your Gun over and over again — until he’d fucked every chorus boy in the line. He also liked to blow helicopter pilots in ‘Nam.

No this is not “gossip.” This is historical fact and should be treated as such.

The 42-year-old Nassau County executive is a churchgoing Catholic who believes that abortion should remain legal. He is also a Democrat who thinks that government should take concrete steps to make it easier for women to choose against abortion. . . .

A politician who takes both these positions risks putting himself in the political crossfire, which is exactly what Suozzi did last week in a remarkable speech at Adelphi University. By gambling on offending everyone, this New Yorker just might move the national abortion debate to more constructive ground.

“As a Democrat, I do not often find it easy to talk with other Democrats about our need to affirm our commitment to the respect for life and how we need to emphasize our party’s firm belief in the worth of every human being,” he said. “As a Catholic, I do not often find it easy to talk with other Catholics about my feeling that abortion should and will remain safe and legal, and that we should instead focus our efforts on creating a better world where there are fewer unplanned pregnancies and where women who face unplanned pregnancies receive greater support and where men take more responsibility for their actions.” . . .

Will Suozzi’s argument get anywhere? It was a good sign that Long Island’s Roman Catholic bishop, William Murphy, called Suozzi’s speech “important and, on the whole, very helpful.” Abortion rights groups were more ambivalent, worrying, wrongly I think, that anyone suggesting abortion is a problem somehow undercuts the pro-choice position.

I wonder whether Bishop Murphy will approve of this op-ed.