Sixty years ago, John F. Kennedy insisted that his Catholicism was a private matter, and a generation of politicians followed suit. New York Gov. Mario Cuomo in 1984 famously declared himself "privately opposed" to abortion but obliged to support it publicly in the name of representing the whole people.
Last week, Cuomo's son and successor as governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, signed an expansive abortion bill into law, effectively giving license to kill a child up to the moment of birth. In addition to signing the bill, Cuomo enthusiastically campaigned for it, insisting he wanted to enshrine abortion rights in state law "in a way no one else has before," and celebrated its passage.
In response to the New York law, Catholics have been taking to social media and major newspapers to demand that the bishops take personal action against Cuomo. Many are calling for his excommunication.
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