This week, Senator Rick Santorum and 37 other Catholic leaders delivered a message to Senator John Kerry about squaring his rhetoric with his actions.
It's clear that John Kerry wants Catholic voters to think that his faith informs his policy positions. Yet on a very core issue--supporting the culture of life--John Kerry actually sets aside his own reasoning and his faith, because it is a statement of the Catholic Church. John Kerry says life begins at conception, yet his own record in the Senate of voting against the partial birth abortion ban and Laci and Connor's Law contradicts his reasoning as well as the position of the Catholic Church--that life is sacred, and those most vulnerable require protection.
The open letter from Catholics helps to lift the fog on Kerry's doublespeak and set the record straight.
Click here to read the letter.
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Tuesday, October 19, 2004
An Open Letter From Fellow Catholics To John Kerry On Faith & Reason
Dear Senator John Kerry:
America is a place of hope and opportunity for many reasons. Chief among them we are a people of great faith and that is what keeps us strong.
But while Americans have always been a religious people, our faith is tied to reason. We choose goodness and truth not only because faith tells us to, but also because doing otherwise would be inherently wrong.
Disagreements will always exist in the civic arena. How high the minimum wage? How to best provide educational opportunity for all? The appropriate level of taxation? These are decisions that we work out in the political process and upon which the Church has no specialized knowledge. As Catholics and as Americans we are called to discern the truth in public policy and to determine which candidate best addresses our concerns.
There are core truths, however, around which we as Catholics must rally. Not just because it is the word of the Church, but also because of reason. This is where we stand on opposition to abortion.
Innocent human life must always be protected. Senator John Kerry, you have said that “life begins at conception,” but you have persistently supported abortion and oppose all sensible restrictions on the practice.
You have voted six times against banning the barbaric practice of partial birth abortion. You voted to spend taxpayers’ dollars to fund abortion at least 25 times.
You opposed Laci and Conner’s Law, which protects pregnant women and their unborn babies from violent crimes.
In the most recent debate Senator Kerry, you said, "everything you do in public life has to be guided by your faith” and that “everything is a gift from the Almighty.” But apparently, when it comes to the issue of the right to life, you follow neither your own faith nor your own reason.
Senator Kerry, your stand contradicts both your faith and reason.
As Americans and Catholics, both faith and reason lead us to President George W. Bush as the choice for life, compassion and justice for all. For that reason, we are urging fellow Catholics to join us in voting for the President on November 2.
Respectfully,
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Rick Santorum , Pennsylvania U.S. Senator
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Sam Brownback, Kansas U.S. Senator |
John Roth, Florida Major General , US Army (Ret.) |
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Kenny Hulsof, Missouri U.S. Congressman
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Maria Sophia Aguirre, Washington , DC Professor, Catholic University |
Donna Sytek, New Hampshire Former Speaker of the State House |
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Professor, Amherst College
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Mayor, Hazelton
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Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute
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Bob Atwell , Wisconsin
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Bray Barnes , New Jersey |
Frank Stella, Michigan FD Stella Products
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Linda D. Barrasse, Pennsylvania Cardiologist
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MaryBeth Bonacci, Colorado Real Love Inc. |
Mark Ryland, Virginia President, AMDG Foundation |
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James Barry, Wisconsin
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Bill Brown, Iowa |
Austin Ruse, Washington , DC President, Culture of Life Foundation
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Mary Ellen Bork, Virginia Women Affirming Life
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Joe Cella, Michigan President, National Catholic Prayer Breakfast |
M. Edward Whelan , Washington , DC Ethics & Public Policy Center
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Joe Canizaro, Louisiana
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Umberto Fedeli , Ohio |
Jack Kelly , Florida |
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Bruce Chapman, Washington Former Ambassador to the U.N.
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Teresa Stanton Collett, Minnesota Professor, University of St Thomas Law School |
Connie Marshner, Virginia President, American Catholic Council
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Bob Destro, Washington , DC Professor, Columbus Law / Catholic University |
Bernard Dobranski, Michigan Dean, Ave Maria Law School
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Leonard Leo, Virginia Co-Founder, National Catholic Prayer Breakfast |
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Laura Dolehide, Iowa Homemaker
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Nicholas Eberstadt, Washington , DC Economist |
Bowie Kuhn , Florida Former Commissioner of Major League Baseball
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Michelle Fischbach, Minnesota State Representative
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Robert George, New Jersey Professor, Princeton University |
Thomas & Margaret Melady, Washington , DC Former US Ambassador to the Holy See |
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Brian Golden, Massachusetts State Representative |
Scott Hahn, Ohio |
Christopher Wolfe Professor, Marquette University |
* Group affiliation listed for identification purposes only and does not imply any endorsement.
- More reasons why Kerry is wrong for Catholics 10/21/2004
- An Open Letter From Fellow Catholics To John Kerry On Faith & Reason 10/19/2004
- President Shares Goals for Promoting Family, Faith and Compassion at 122nd Knights of Columbus Convention 8/3/2004
- President Bush Focuses on Protecting Lives and Dignity of Innocent Women and Children 7/16/2004
- Bush-Cheney '04 Radio Ad Facts: "Havoc" 7/12/2004
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