As the Nov. 6 election looms, …nuns have come to represent the divide among American Catholics, both in the pews and in the voting booth. Both Obama and Romney are battling for the Catholic vote, a crucial slice of the electorate that represents about 1 out of 4 voters nationwide.
“The Obama campaign is going after Catholics who love nuns, who are social justice Catholics, who are concerned about the poor,” said the Rev. Thomas Reese, a Georgetown University Jesuit priest and Catholic commentator, referring to Campbell’s appearance.
Republicans are targeting Catholics who are anti-abortion rights, anti-gay marriage and more conservative, said Reese, so nuns dressed in old-fashioned habits convey those values.
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