{"id":2458,"date":"2012-01-13T12:14:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T12:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2012\/01\/is-rick-santorum-a-catholic-or-an-evangelical-yes.html"},"modified":"2012-01-13T12:14:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-13T12:14:00","slug":"is-rick-santorum-a-catholic-or-an-evangelical-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2012\/01\/is-rick-santorum-a-catholic-or-an-evangelical-yes.html","title":{"rendered":"Is Rick Santorum A Catholic Or An Evangelical? Yes."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
Just days after Rick Santorum surged to a virtual tie for first in the Iowa caucuses, conservative activists at an invitation-only summit along the South Carolina coast were buzzing about the former Pennsylvania senator\u2019s sudden and promising breakthrough.<\/div>\n
Deal Hudson, who directed Catholic outreach for George W. Bush\u2019s White House before starting the conservative group Catholic Advocate, was among the movers and shakers at the annual Awakening gathering on Kiawah Island. He was especially pleased to hear such praise for a fellow Catholic \u2014 until Hudson realized something odd.<\/div>\n
\u201cThere were a number of knowledgeable people who were very enthusiastic about Rick but didn\u2019t know he was Catholic,\u201d Hudson said with a quiet laugh. \u201cI was really surprised.\u201d<\/div>\n
To be fair, those conservative kingmakers may not be the only ones who don\u2019t know what church Santorum attends, much less care. But that, some say, is exactly the point.<\/div>\n
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