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I-CAN is a function of the Indiana Catholic Conference (ICC), which calls itself “the public policy voice of the Catholic Church in Indiana” and, like all other state Catholic Conferences, includes the full quiver of Indiana’s acting bishops. ICC’s website insists it’s “not trying to form a religious voting block...nor tell people how to vote,” despite making recommendations for specific actions, such as “Ask Your Senator to Oppose Enforcement Only Measures”....
....The logic of this is: I-CAN supports “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” (and we know what THAT means) and therefore the Indiana Catholic bishops support “Comprehensive Immigration Reform,” which is approved by them on the basis of Catholic moral principles and therefore carries the weight of the Church, manifested in Indiana by the ICC…although, as a citizen, the Indiana Catholic is free to vote otherwise....
....Presumably, the Catholic can apply the same logic: I-CAN supports the Definition of Marriage Act and therefore the Indiana Catholic bishops support the Definition of Marriage Act, which is approved by them on the basis of Catholic moral principles and therefore carries the weight of the Church, manifested in Indiana by the ICC …although, as a citizen, the Indiana Catholic is free to vote otherwise....

....Therefore, giving both prudential public policy statements and public policy statements about moral truths equal weight, and prefacing both with the caveat that it’s not telling anyone “how to vote,” the I-CAN/ICC is, hopefully unwittingly, creating moral relativists among its Catholic citizens. And the moral relativist Catholic citizen votes for pro-abortion politicians if they support “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” and universal health care.