A Speech of Mario Cuomo at the University of Notre Dame : A Politician’s Personal Faith and Official Obligation

84ネンダイ　トウリョウ　センキョ　ニ　オケル　マリオ　クオモ　ノ　エンゼツ　セイジカ　ノ　シンコウ　ト　ショクセキ

イケハタ, ユウイチロウ

Ikehata, Yuichiro

オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン ニンゲン カガク ケンキュウカ キョウセイガク ジャーナル ヘンシュウ イインカイ

大統領選挙

中絶

カトリック

公共道徳

Mario Cuomo

Presidential Election

Abortion

Catholic

Public Morality

This study provides an overview of the 1984 speech by Governor Mario Cuomo, a Catholic politician, at the University of Notre Dame, a catholic university. In his speech, Cuomo said that although he opposed abortion, he could not force his views through a policy. Around the same time, and in opposition to the Reagan administration (Republican Party) that was promoting pro-life policies, the Democratic Party selected Geraldine Ferraro, a Catholic, as the first female vice-presidential candidate for the 1984 presidential election. Cuomo’s speech was considered to have been in support of her candidature. This speech became a hot topic then and continues to influence U.S. politics and society today. This study analyzes the speech, an area unexplored in previous studies in Japan.