Friday cat blogging

Let's give the local cats the day off today. 

JD Vance's complaint about "childless cat ladies" setting the tone for our politics has set off some significant rebuttal from a quarter whose influence he should respect.

Icon artist Mickey McGrath thinks he's full of it:

In my mind and experience, some of the strongest, bravest, most talented and intelligent — and let's not forget overlooked, patronized and defamed — people in church history were women who were childless, unmarried and closely connected to cats.

Holy Cross Religious Studies professor Joanne M. Pierce thinks he ought to know that

Vance’s views on childless women are sharply at odds with the attitude of his present Catholic faith. As a scholar of medieval Catholicism, I know that Catholic history is full of childless women respected for their work, many of them members of religious communities. They often contributed to lasting social and cultural change. In fact, the very existence of women’s religious communities is a testament to the value Catholicism puts on childless women’s lives.

Some Catholic authorities that Vance might recognize are less restrained:

Millions of people could remind Vance that he has picked on the wrong target.