Obama Controversy - 1

OBAMA CONTROVERSY - 1
cinops be gone Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Preface:

Since May 2007 we have had more than 390 letters directly and indirectly dedicated to the exposure and removal of Catholic-in-name-only politicians from the U.S. political arena.

Thanks to William A. Donohue president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, Volume 35, Number 5 – June 2008, we have some information on Sen. Barack Obama’s Catholic National Advisory Council for your study and consideration. There are four pages.

“When Sen. Barack Obama recently announced the formation of his Catholic National Advisory Council, he said he was “deeply honored to have the support and counsel of these committed Catholic leaders, scholars and advocates.” We (Catholic League) quickly urged him “to dissolve it immediately.”

Of the 26 Catholic former or current public office holders listed as either National Co-Chairs (5), or as members of the National Leadership Committee (21), not one of them agrees with the Catholic Church on all three of the following public policy issues: abortion, embryonic stem cell research and school vouchers.

Indeed, on the issue of abortion, their record is disgraceful. Consider the scorecard as issued by the most radical pro-abortion organization in the nation – NARAL. Of the two national Co-Chairs who have a NARAL tally, one agrees with the extremist group 65% of the time and the other agrees 100 percent of the time. Of the 20 members on the National, Leadership Committee with a NARAL score, 17 earned a 100 percent rating. Of those who have less than a perfect score, not one is in favor of school vouchers.

“Practicing Catholics have every right to be insulted by Obama’s advisory group,” we said. We continued, “What is the purpose of having an advisory group about matters Catholic when most of its members reject the Catholic position.” Indeed, we said, “to choose Catholic dissidents to advise him about Catholic concerns is mind boggling.” P. 1

George H. Kubeck, Duplicate and translate into Spanish and Vietnamese.