I’m still waiting for Bob Casey (and the rest of his fellow travellers) to be excommunicated....tap...tap...tap...
Quoted from the article above:
“Pro-life” Senator Casey originally voted for the Brownback amendment but returned to the floor two days later to ask that the Senate allow him to recast his vote against it.
According to National Review, Senator Casey said, “It was my intention to vote ‘nay’ [to upholding the Mexico City Policy]. Therefore, I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to change my vote since it will not affect the outcome of that vote. “Casey must have heard from his supporters at Planned Parenthood who didn’t approve of his not following the “party line.”
Lifesitenews.com has reported that Casey declared himself opposed to public funding of abortion in the Voter Guide before the 2006 elections. He also indicated during the 2006 campaign that he “supports legal protection for human life from conception.”
This is sad news for the Democratic Party and the Church Bob Casey, Jr. had the opportunity to be the Catholic pro-life leader in a political party that desperately needs one.
The White House promises a presidential veto, explaining, “The administration strongly opposes this legislation, because it includes provisions which are inconsistent with the Administration’s international family planning policy.”
Cardinal Justin Rigali, Archbishop of Philadelphia and chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee for Pro-Life Activities, urged the Senators to preserve both the Mexico City and Kemp-Kasten policies. Rigali said that without the Mexico City policy “abortion-promoting organizations will exploit their status as the conduits for U.S. aid to promote abortion to vulnerable women in the Third World.”
The USCCB expressed disappointment at the passage of the legislation and appreciation for the promise of President Bush to veto it. There was no mention of the 16 Catholic Senators who ignored the letter from Cardinal Rigali asking them to continue supporting the Mexico City Policy.
Here are their names:
Robert Casey, Jr. (D-PA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT). Ted Kennedy (D-MA), John Kerry (D-MA), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Susan Collins (R-ME), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Ken Salazar (D-CO), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Jack Reed (D-RI), Christopher Dodd (CT-D), Claire McCaskill (D-MO).
It would have been 17 Catholic Senators voting to fund abortion, but Catholic presidential candidate Joe Biden (D-CT) missed the vote.
So Collins is a CINO as well as being a RINO.
A Special Request from the Diocese of Scranton:
PLEASE CONTACT SENATOR CASEY!!!
The Mexico City Policy is a policy that maintains that the US will not contribute to nngovernmental organizations (NGOs) which perform or actively promote abortion in other nations. The policy was announced by the Reagan Administration at a population conference in Mexico City in 1984.
On Sept.6, 2007, during Senate consideration of fiscal year 2008 State Dept/Foreign Ops Appropriations Bill, Sen Casey (Dem PA) voted in favor of an amendment that overturned the Mexico City Policy (Boxer Amendment).
He also voted in favor of the Brownback Amendment which was written to uphold the Mexico City Policy. On the following Monday, Sen. Casey then went on the Senate floor and stated that his vote in favor of the Brownback Amendment was a MISTAKE and was given permission to change his vote to “NO”.
According to the news source, Casey spokesman Larry Smar said the vote against the Mexico City Policy was a vote to REDUCE abortion. “His vote was to fund family planning services that would reduce the number of unwanted prgnancies and thus to reduce the number of abortions.” (NCR, 9-25-07).
Sen. Casey needs to hear from his constituents.
Contact info:
B-40 Dirksen Senate Building
Washington DC 20510(202) 224-6324
555 Walnut St.
First Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17101
(717)231-7540