Contra America, it is not the bishops but the party that must make the decision whether Catholics are to be «precluded from holding high public office.» (firstthings.com)
And isn't it refreshing for us and for our children to see elevated into high public office someone described as «an affable, collegial, unpretentious man with a good sense of humor»? (firstthings.com)
He concluded: «The core information in this story, namely that the father had an adulterous affair with the mother, deceiving both his wife and the mother's partner and that the claimant, born about nine months later, was likely to be the father's child, was a public interest matter which the electorate was entitled to know when considering his fitness for high public office.» (newlawjournal.co.uk)