Catholics: This Election Season, Don't Be A Sourpuss

Why manufactured moral outrage over the Al Smith Dinner is dumb and unproductive

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We are less than a week out from the 2024 presidential election. In the current political atmosphere, blood pressures are high and attention spans are short, so I will be brief.

I noticed some moral outrage among Catholics over off-color jokes told by former president Trump at the recent Al Smith Dinner—particularly this one: