Doris Day

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name: "Doris Day"
relatedPeople:
  - "jessica-simpson"
  - "katharine-mcphee"
  - "jennette-mccurdy"
  - "julianne-hough"
date: "2013-06-26"
sources:
  - sourceTitle: "Doris Day (I) – Biography."
    sourceUrl: "http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000013/bio"
  - sourceTitle: "Considering Doris Day. Tom Santopietro."
    sourceUrl: "http://books.google.com/books?id=VhFbM2XhVs8C&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=doris+day+christian+scientist&source=bl&ots=MzzCDdB1lW&sig=mytF1pOiDHX6JyWaRPv8mXHOCAk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DKi0UZPjB8XCigLvlIDoDQ&sqi=2&ved=0CIIBEOgBMAc#v=onepage&q=doris%20day%20christian%20scientist&f=false"
  - sourceTitle: "How Doris Day's third husband cost her sanity – and her £66million fortune."
    sourceUrl: "http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1026643/How-Doris-Days-husband-cost-sanity--66million-fortune.html"
  - sourceTitle: "Doris Day and Mickey Rooney Remember Ronald Reagan."
    sourceUrl: "http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,122138,00.html"
  - sourceTitle: "Doris Day has some advice for President Bush (She's GOP pro-Bush…)."
    sourceUrl: "http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1159273/posts"
  - sourceTitle: "About DDAF."
    sourceUrl: "http://www.dorisdayanimalfoundation.org/about.html"
  - sourceTitle: "Michigan campaign finance: See who's funding ballot proposals to block wolf funt, political PACs."
    sourceUrl: "http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/04/michigan_campaign_finance_see.html"
summaries:
  religion: "Despite growing up in a Catholic family, Doris Day has been a devout Christian Scientist for most of her life."
  politicalViews: "She is a Republican, and a passionate advocate for animal rights."
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Doris Day, born Doris Kappelhoff, was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Day was born into a Catholic family,<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Fname%2Fnm0000013%2Fbio" title="Doris Day (I) – Biography.">[1]</a> but never felt a deep connection with religion until she was introduced to Christian Science by her second husband. She said her new faith "brought spirituality into my life, spirituality that would sustain me through some very dark times."<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DVhFbM2XhVs8C%26pg%3DPA80%26lpg%3DPA80%26dq%3Ddoris%2Bday%2Bchristian%2Bscientist%26source%3Dbl%26ots%3DMzzCDdB1lW%26sig%3DmytF1pOiDHX6JyWaRPv8mXHOCAk%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26ei%3DDKi0UZPjB8XCigLvlIDoDQ%26sqi%3D2%26ved%3D0CIIBEOgBMAc%23v%3Donepage%26q%3Ddoris%2520day%2520christian%2520scientist%26f%3Dfalse" title="Considering Doris Day – Tom Santopietro.">[2]</a> She said about her conversion to Christian Science, whose adherents do not seek medical treatment for the most part because of a belief that disease can be healed with prayer,

>I'd been thinking that I should be happier than I am. . . . One ought to be able to control one's thinking instead of having depressions. . . . I didn't want that kind of life, but I didn't know how to change it.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DVhFbM2XhVs8C%26pg%3DPA80%26lpg%3DPA80%26dq%3Ddoris%2Bday%2Bchristian%2Bscientist%26source%3Dbl%26ots%3DMzzCDdB1lW%26sig%3DmytF1pOiDHX6JyWaRPv8mXHOCAk%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26ei%3DDKi0UZPjB8XCigLvlIDoDQ%26sqi%3D2%26ved%3D0CIIBEOgBMAc%23v%3Donepage%26q%3Ddoris%2520day%2520christian%2520scientist%26f%3Dfalse" title="Considering Doris Day – Tom Santopietro.">[3]</a>

Day did periodically seek medical treatment, including occasional treatment for depression and a hysterectomy due to a large intestinal tumor,<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%2Ftvshowbiz%2Farticle-1026643%2FHow-Doris-Days-husband-cost-sanity--66million-fortune.html" title="How Doris Day&apos;s third husband cost her sanity – and her £66million fortune.">[4]</a> and she moved away from the more fundamental Christian Science beliefs later in her life. But her relationship with her religion and God has always remained an important part of her life. She said,

>I don't have to seek God. I don't pray. I just realize God.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DVhFbM2XhVs8C%26pg%3DPA80%26lpg%3DPA80%26dq%3Ddoris%2Bday%2Bchristian%2Bscientist%26source%3Dbl%26ots%3DMzzCDdB1lW%26sig%3DmytF1pOiDHX6JyWaRPv8mXHOCAk%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26ei%3DDKi0UZPjB8XCigLvlIDoDQ%26sqi%3D2%26ved%3D0CIIBEOgBMAc%23v%3Donepage%26q%3Ddoris%2520day%2520christian%2520scientist%26f%3Dfalse" title="Considering Doris Day. Tom Santopietro.">[5]</a>

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## Pulling for the GOP

Doris Day is a supporter of the Republican party, and has had a chummy relationship with at least two former Republican presidents. She acted in two movies with Ronald Reagan, and was so taken by the man that she wished they had worked together more. She said in an interview on Fox News following Reagan's death in 2004,

>I can only tell you that he was wonderful.  He was a marvelous actor.  He was a gentleman.  We had laughs because he's terribly funny.  And we just got along great.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fstory%2F0%2C2933%2C122138%2C00.html" title="Doris Day and Mickey Rooney Remember Ronald Reagan.">[6]</a>

And in that same year she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by president George W. Bush. Even though Day suggested the president would receive more votes if he stopped hunting, she still said he would get her vote,

>I'm pulling for him every step of the way.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freerepublic.com%2Ffocus%2Ff-news%2F1159273%2Fposts" title="Doris Day has some advice for President Bush (She&apos;s GOP pro-Bush…).">[7]</a>

But despite her support of the GOP, her most passionate political cause is one often associated with the liberal crowd: animal rights. She founded the Doris Day Pet Foundation (now the Doris Day Animal Foundation) in 1978 to help stray pets find homes. She also founded World Spay Day, and works with the Humane Society to help spay and neuter pets.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dorisdayanimalfoundation.org%2Fabout.html" title="About DDAF.">[8]</a> And she is directly involved in the political process with the Doris Day Animal League, a lobbying organization on behalf of animal rights.<a class="source-citation" href="#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fpolitics%2Findex.ssf%2F2013%2F04%2Fmichigan_campaign_finance_see.html" title="Michigan campaign finance: See who&apos;s funding ballot proposals to block wolf funt, political PACs.">[9]</a>

Fact about the Religious Beliefs of Doris Day

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