The Bishop and the Chairman

It looks like there’s still fallout from RNC chairman Michael Steele’s abortion stance from a recent GQ magazine interview. Bishop Gerald Gettelfinger, the head of the Diocese of Evansville, Ind., will boycott this year’s Vanderburgh County’s Right to Life annual banquet. The reason? Steele will be in attendance The Bishop particularly takes issue with Steele’s […]

It looks like there’s still fallout from RNC chairman Michael Steele’s abortion stance from a recent GQ magazine interview. Bishop Gerald Gettelfinger, the head of the Diocese of Evansville, Ind., will boycott this year’s Vanderburgh County’s Right to Life annual banquet. The reason? Steele will be in attendance

The Bishop particularly takes issue with Steele’s stance that abortion should be under the jurisdiction of state’s rights.


Moneyquote: “And, if you’re a principled person, you can’t allow yourself that. Otherwise, it’s a slippery slope. As soon as you use the language of choice, you open up the other side of things.”

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