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Catholic Campaign for Human Development Has Given ACORN $7 Million
Human Events ^ | 11-11-08 | Phyllis Schafly

Posted on 11/21/2008 8:44:13 AM PST by STARWISE

Do you wonder why 2008 election data shows that the majority of Catholics voted for Barack Obama even though his record as Illinois state senator proves him the most pro-abortion candidate who ever ran for president?

Perhaps one answer is that on the Sunday before Thanksgiving, millions of Catholics will again be putting in their church's collection plate their annual donation to what the pre-printed envelope calls "Campaign for Human Development: The Catholic Church working to end poverty and injustice in America; We'll turn your dollars into hope for the poor of our nation."

The generous Catholics who respond to that well-phrased appeal probably think they are making a Good Samaritan gift to provide necessaries to the down-and-out. Most would probably be shocked to learn that the money donated to the Campaign for Human Development (CHD) does not go for charity but for radical Obama-style community organizing.

Over the last 10 years, CHD has given $7.3 million of Catholic-donated dollars to the Saul Alinsky-style group called ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now).

When in 1998 some Catholics complained that CHD grants were not used for Catholic charity but were actually funding groups opposed to church teachings, CHD changed its name to Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD).

(Excerpt) Read more at humanevents.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: acorn; alinsky; ayers; catholics; cchd; communityorganizer; communityorganizing; dohrn; fundingtheleft; liberationtheology; machinepolitics; obama; obamatruthfile; obamatruthsquad; radicalleft; rats; rcc; religiousleft; rulesforradicals
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To: Mrs. Don-o; Petronski

That is Obama’s position on abortion.

52% of Catholics voted for him.

There should have been 0% Catholics voting for him, in my opinion.


41 posted on 11/24/2008 12:28:00 PM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: <1/1,000,000th%
If you subtract the allegedly "strongly pro-life tight-knit traditional families" Hispanic Catholic vote, then Obama did NOT get a majority of the Catholic vote. It was those "pro-life" Hispanic Catholics that gave him 2/3rds+ of their votes.
42 posted on 11/24/2008 12:31:15 PM PST by BillyBoy (Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
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To: <1/1,000,000th%
"There should have been 0% Catholics voting for [Obama], in my opinion."

You got that right, FReeper FRiend.

43 posted on 11/24/2008 12:59:48 PM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("It is our choices, far more than our abilities, that show us what we truly are. " -- J.K.Rowling)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

See. We agree. ;)


44 posted on 11/24/2008 1:01:03 PM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: <1/1,000,000th%
52% of Catholics voted for him.

Bzzzzt. False.

45 posted on 11/24/2008 1:02:29 PM PST by Petronski (For the next few years, Gethsemane will not be marginal. We will know that garden. -- Cdl. Stafford)
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To: trisham

We now know without a doubt whose side he is on - as if we didn’t before ...


46 posted on 11/24/2008 1:05:23 PM PST by nanetteclaret (Blessed Martyrs of Compiegne, Pray for Us!)
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To: Cicero

***some of the charities they support are very dubious***

Like Planned Parenthood - the country’s largest abortion provider.


47 posted on 11/24/2008 1:09:53 PM PST by nanetteclaret (Blessed Martyrs of Compiegne, Pray for Us!)
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To: STARWISE

bump


48 posted on 09/12/2009 5:20:14 AM PDT by Diago (Will the Obama plan of free taxpayer funded abortions make abortions rare?)
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