If requiring Catholic universities and hospitals to cover contraception for employees ends up hurting President Obama with Catholic voters, then Wisconsin is one place to keep an eye on.
That’s because it’s one of the most Catholic of the presidential swing states.
Among this year’s likely electoral battlegrounds, only New Hampshire (38%) and New Mexico (36%) had a higher percentage of Catholic voters than Wisconsin (33%) in 2008, according to exit polls:
An Administration decision not to exempt religious employers from a mandate to cover contraception has sparked an outcry among church officials and leading Republicans. (Churches are exempt from the mandate but church-affiliated institutions that serve the broader public, such as hospitals, are not).continue at The Wisconsin Voter
What is not taken into account is how this ruling will affect other non-Catholic groups. Several evangelical leaders have spoken out publicly against the ruling, even encouraging "going to jail" over the matter. You would be surprised how many pro-abort Catholics there are in this state, especially those that work at the diocesan level, and control diocesan newspapers.
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