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During the process, however, at least one of the interviews would involve the members of the committee\u00a0meeting with, and talking to, my wife.\u00a0 That was an important part of the process, as the pastor\u2019s wife was considered part of the package.\u00a0 That was something difficult to explain to Catholics, BTW.\u00a0 Not only did I lose everything relative to my vocation and career, but in many ways, so did my wife.\u00a0 Actually it was a double loss for her, because she taught in a denominational school, and was dismissed when it was discovered we were going through RCIA.<\/p>\n

I say this because it reminds me of how important it was for the churches to know and understand my wife. Having me be one place in life, and her be another, would have been seen as problematic.\u00a0\u00a0 And rightly so.\u00a0 And I think it extends beyond the pastorate.\u00a0 Politics, too.\u00a0 Especially the presidency<\/a>.\u00a0 If we have tried to elect pro-life presidents in recent years, we seem to have been cut short by their wives.\u00a0 Since Ronald Reagan, the pro-life presidents appeared to be invariably attached to some pretty pro-choice spouses.\u00a0 Bill Clinton and Barack Obama don\u2019t count, since they themselves are pro-choice.\u00a0 But the Bushes and Reagan, pro-life though they claimed to be, were attached to the hip to wives who demonstrated\u00a0varying levels of support for abortion rights.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve often wondered if that is what accounted for those presidents\u2019 lackluster pro-life advocacy.\u00a0 Reagan, it is true, was more direct in his pro-life support.\u00a0 Then again, Nancy was always fanatically devoted to Ron, and even if she believed otherwise, I can see her doing nothing but zealously backing Ron in anything he set out to do.<\/p>\n

The Bushes, however, have come to exemplify that GOP \u2018promise everything to social conservatives and delivery as little as possible\u2019 that has plagued the Republicans in recent years.\u00a0 It\u2019s no easy thing to hold a position where your values are key, but they run afoul of your spouse\u2019s values.\u00a0 And\u00a0I can\u2019t help but think\u00a0that is behind at least some of the problems that the GOP has had in remaining loyal to the pro-life contingency. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"