*** Only Ms. Collins is not a Democrat ***
close enough !
what about Daschle, Kennedy, Pelosi ?
I've already sent a copy of this to Rush, Mike Reagan, Laura Ingraham, Chris Matthews, Bill O'Reilly, and my local talk-radio hosts.
Louisiana would appreciate it very much if you would please add the name of Senator Mary Landrieu to your list of Catholics that support abortion by refusing to vote against it. She hides behind the "I am personally opposed to abortion but I believe in the right to a woman's choice." I am sure if the issue were slavery she would take the same position.
Whoa!
After watching hourly re-posts of wishful thinking on this,
the NYT gives the story some cred?
What's next, columns written by the SBVFT?
You know where I think we're headed? To an abortion Oct Surprise with Bush. If in fact there is fire behind the smoke on that rumor, Kerry and his hacks will absolutely uncover it.
I've sent copies to my parents and other Catholic friends that still just don't get it.
Seriously, how do you think Kerry et al will personally take this?
Drudge has it.
The letter, first reported on Friday by Eternal Word Television Network, a Catholic station in Alabama, was written last month after Mr. Balestrieri met with an official at the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
In June, Mr. Balestrieri filed a complaint accusing Mr. Kerry of heresy and seeking to have him excommunicated. The complaint was filed with the Archdiocese of Boston, where Mr. Kerry lives. The archdiocese, which declined to comment Monday, can decide whether Mr. Kerry should be excommunicated because he supports abortion rights.
Mr. Balestrieri said that when he was in Rome, he did not disclose to the Vatican that he had filed the petition against Mr. Kerry. He said he merely asked whether someone who publicly supports abortion rights was guilty of heresy.
Experts in canon law say Vatican officials frequently receive questions about matters of church doctrine. They can choose to answer those questions officially, giving their answers the weight of church law, or they can choose to answer them unofficially, delegating the matter to a canon lawyer not affiliated with the Vatican.
In Mr. Balestrieri's case, the undersecretary of the office, the Very Rev. Augustine di Noia, asked a friend, the Rev. Basil Cole, an associate professor at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, to write an "unofficial" response to Mr. Balestrieri's question, Father Cole said in an interview.
A spokesman for Mr. Kerry, Michael Meehan, would say only: "Kerry's a Catholic who attends Mass regularly and receives communion. That explains his standing in the church."
A spokesman for Mr. Kennedy declined to comment. Mr. Harkin, Ms. Collins and Mr. Cuomo could not be reached.
We'll have to see what happens here.
bttt
This is the one time I wished what they printed was true.
NY Times coverage. This ups the ante and, God-willing, will force the Vatican's hand for the good. We can only hope.
Gore was ruled out by the US Supreme Court in 2000. Looks like we are moving up the ladder in sending a message in 2004 to those who support abortion...now from the Pope. The next message for those still hardened of heart might come from an even higher source...I wouldn't be standing under any trees even on a clear day if I were one holding that belief.