Moral majority trumps liberal Democrats.

Washington, D.C. -- President George W. Bush was re-elected with a three-and-a-half-million majority of the popular vote, contrary to the predictions of a very close vote. Bush's secret weapon (secret only to the liberal establishment) was the religious vote. Church-going Catholics voted against Catholic Senator Kerry (and South Dakota Senator Daschle) for his unfaithfulness to the Church's defence of the natural moral law; Evangelical, Baptist and Pentecostal Christians turned out in huge numbers to reject the Democratic party's championship of abortion, radical feminism, and "gays" (see our "Democratic Party: anti-family, anti-life," Oct. 2004, p.32).

Noted Globe & Mail's Washington's correspondent Paul Koring: "The re-election of George W. Bush represents a triumph for traditional, conservative, smalltown, and church-going America, confirms the eclipse of the northeastern liberal elite in the country's politics, and underscores an emergency primacy of values over policies" (Nov. 4).

Comment: This is not quite accurate. All policies are value-related. What is new is the recognition that some "values" such as unborn life and marriage are foundational. This recognition is not restricted to small towns. The lesson for Canadians where Catholks form 40 percent of the population? Put pressure on your local bishop to speak out clearly as American bishops have begun to do.