Kansas Matters

CAN THE PROLIFE TENT BE ENLARGED?

Philip Schweiger October 16, 2006 - 9:14am

My parents were Democrats on both sides. Strong Dem¬ocrats. Most of my family’s from Ireland. I’m second and third generation.” That short family history, related by Mary Harren of Wichita, Kansas, differs little from that of many Catholics in this part of the country. What is unusual is that Harren will likely continue to vote Democratic this November, putting her in the minority of Catholics in Kansas.

In the 2004 presidential...

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Philip Schweiger, a native of Wichita, is completing a master’s in literature at Fordham University.