I don't know what the reporter's problem was. I think she made her views quite plain to him. I understand exactly where she stands on the issue of children outside marriage.
Nope I think here again there are the weasel words in which she is unable to say that something is her
view. She uses a range of phrases that somehow detach what is, in effect, her view from being about her. So:
'This is what I practice - nope it is your view
'My faith would say that' - nope it is your view
And when specifically asked what her 'view' is, her reply
'that is the approach I would practise'And when specifically asked whether she thinks it is wrong. her reply
'it would be wrong according to my faith'It is as if she is trying to give the impression that none of this is her choice, her decision, her view - somehow that it is something kind of foisted on her - my faith would say that - nope Kate it is your choice to either accept the teachings of your religion or not, but whichever way you go you
own those decisions and those views - they aren't some kind of detached thing separate from her. It is almost like those people who talk about themselves in the third person.
Basically she seems unable or unwilling to describe anything as
her view even when specifically asked if something is
her view.
So, yes we all know what she means, but that doesn't mean that she isn't using weasel words to try to detach her views from being ... err ... her views.