Coakley: No Catholics Need Apply

OK, so maybe THIS is Martha Coakley’s “Shannon O’Brien” moment. What a dumb way to answer an abortion question.

For days I’ve been rolling my eyes at attacks from folks like Margery Eagan because Scott Brown  supported the idea that people who think abortion is murder would not be forced to perform one, even in an emergency room. 

The solution to that 1 in a 1000 case where a rape victim who needed the morning after pill and found herself at a Catholic hospital is for the hospital to provide all other treatment she needs, then take her to one of the many nearby hospitals for that treatment.  Everybody comes out as best they can from this horrible situation. 

This outrages Margery and, more importantly, Martha. The hospital must be FORCED to provide treatment that violates its values.  OK, well that leads to this:

Coakley explained that this should not be a problem because "we have a separation of church and state." "Let's be clear," the attorney general added. 

The radio host, Ken Pittman, pointed out that complex legal principle that "In the emergency room you still have your religious freedom."

She agrees that "The law says that people are allowed to have that." But, making clear her view — the woman who wants to be the next senator from Massachusetts — "You can have religious freedom, but you probably shouldn't work in an emergency room."

You can have religious freedom, except when you’re at work?  So much for that silly “Constitution,” right Martha?

You can listen to Coakley’s stammering answer here.

Mark Steyn is right; What an awful candidate she is.  But this is Massachusetts. It wasn’t supposed to matter.

BIG hat tip to Red Mass Group for breaking this story.