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Senator Kennedy Reads the New Testament by Fr. Michael ReillySenator Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., has apparently just returned from Lourdes a believer, or at least viewers of ABC's "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos might be inclined to think so after watching his interview on Sunday. This time there was no haughty lecture on the separation of church and state when Stephanopoulos asked Kennedy about the impact of his faith on his politics. "I read the New Testament too," the flustered senator from Chappaquiddick protested as he bumbled about his faith and his family. Story Continues Below "My father made nine First Fridays for twenty-six years," he said as he praised his mother's devotion. Kennedy rather sloppily referred to "the teachings of Mark," which say that we will be judged on the way we treat the poor and marginalized [actually Matthew 25, although there are some interesting things about divorce and re-marriage in Mark's Gospel] and went on to speak about his Catholic faith as a religion of "hope and resurrection." In other words, his last visit to a Church [apart from campaign stops] was for a funeral. Republicans take note. As Democrats scramble to cut their losses on religious issues, witless Republicans like Christie Whitman lament that the Republican Party has been hijacked by religious conservatives. The 2004 election proved that the Republicans need cultural conservatives to win on the national level. Senator Kennedy's stammering about the importance of his faith only confirms what should be obvious to the most casual observer.
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