Clergy giving invocations or benedictions at the Republican and Democratic Conventions this season have gotten more than their usual attention.
Most in the spotlight has been New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan, an outspoken critic of Obamacare’s contraceptive/abortifacient mandate, who will close the Republican Convention in Tampa this evening sometime after Mitt Romney’s acceptance speech. The attention lavished on Dolan’s GOP appearance has resulted in his scheduling to appear also at next week’s Democratic Convention, where he will again deliver a closing benediction on the final night.
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