Quote of the Day: Tom McClusky of the Family Research Council

“What is at the core of being Catholic is the life issue, and that’s something the pope has never strayed from. While other issues are important-such as helping the poor, the death penalty, views on war-these are things that aren’t tenets of the Catholic Church.”

-Tom McClusky, acting vice president for government affairs at the Washington-based Family Research Council, reacting to a statement by 55 Catholic House Democrats who asked for room to disagree with the Catholic Church on the issue of abortion. McClusky, who is Catholic, was quoted by The Washington Post.