I have not lived in Baltimore in years but I have always remembered the Catholic Church in Baltimore being much more open minded than the church elsewhere. Cardinal Keeler is now speaking out against vocal elements in the church who have been trying to drag US politics into the Catholic church.
"Our position is ... Catholics have a responsibility to examine their own conscience and see if they are in a state that is appropriate for the reception of the sacrament," he said. "We don't need bishops to get into the act."
"We have said again and again as bishops, we are not in partisan politics," Keeler said. "We dare not be pulled into a dispute between one party and another." - Baltimore Sun
