Cuomo’s persistent and unrepentant public support for the evils of abortion and homosexual activity are according to Catholic teaching, acts of self ex-communication. His immoral lifestyle — that of being a divorcee while living in sin with his girlfriend Sandra Lee — is a grave scandal to the community he serves. Cuomo is not only not worthy to receive Catholic Communion he is also not fit for public office.

Contrary to Cuomo, morality and faith are not things that can be restricted exclusively to the private sphere. No politician in any society or government can, in good conscience, rule coherently in the service of the common good apart from one’s own faith or values. The conscience being one and indivisible does not permit the acting out of parallel lives.