Rick Santorum – Cafeteria Catholic

Rick Santorum – Cafeteria Catholic

The phrase “Cafeteria Catholic” refers to people who identify as being Catholics, but who do not follow all of the teachings of the Catholic Church. The phrase is most frequently used pejoratively by some conservative Catholics to describe more socially progressive Catholics who do not strictly follow the Church’s teachings against reproductive freedom, LGBT equality, divorce, and pre-marital sex. But the phrase can and should be used just as much to describe Catholics who seek to enforce Catholic views on issues such as abortion, contraception, and gay rights, while ignoring or even actively working against the Church’s progressive teachings on issues such as torture, unjust wars, economic justice, and the death penalty. The poster child for such conservative Cafeteria Catholicism is GOP Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum, who is happy to use his Catholic faith as the basis for attacking reproductive rights and LGBT equality, but promotes conservative policies that oppose Catholic teachings on a wide array of other issues.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/03/04/rick-santorum-cafeteria-catholic/

Rick Santorum and how his policies contradict Catholic doctrine:

http://ohnimus.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/why-i-dont-like-rick-santorum/