Last Saturday, Gerri Williams and Audrey Williams sat inside the food court at Steamtown mall escaping the rain that poured over the abandoned steam trains at the railroad yard in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania. The Williams sisters -- who are in their fifties -- are Catholic but pro-choice and next week they will vote for Barack Obama over their Bishop's objections.

Just two Sundays ago, the homily in every Catholic church here moved from the parables of the Bible...