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Catholic Church drops ACORN funding
UPI.com ^ | :Nov. 13, 2008

Posted on 11/13/2008 7:17:11 AM PST by AmericanMade1776

The Roman Catholic Church has halted contributions to the community organizing group ACORN because of questionable voting incidents, a church official says.

The Catholic Campaign for Human Development cited, among other things, complaints over ACORN's registration drives in the Nov. 4 election, CNN reported.

"We simply had too many questions and concerns to permit further CCHD funding of ACORN groups," Roger Morin, the auxiliary bishop of New Orleans and campaign chairman, told the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting in Baltimore, Md.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: acorn; catholic
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To: AmericanMade1776

ACORN had a lot of fronts, and money didn’t go to ACORN directly, but to something with a name like “Neighborhood Health Alliance” or some such innocuous thing. However, the lefties in the CCHD knew perfectly well where it was going. The bishops are finally asking some questions, but nobody questioned these leftists for way too long.


21 posted on 11/13/2008 7:42:37 AM PST by livius
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To: notaliberal
notaliberal wrote: Did’t take you Catholic bashers long to hop onto this thread, did it!

Steady boy! Even Catholics can be critiqued. I wouldn't call it bashing. Such sensitivity over the realities of what is going on within your church is kind of alarming. I wouldn't say that just for the Catholic Church , but for any denomination. Trust me , I have seen bad things done in churches and covered up, because well it is too sensitive to discuss or for the public to know about.

22 posted on 11/13/2008 7:42:48 AM PST by AmericanMade1776 ( Obama Happens! Not my Fault!)
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To: Piquaboy
Also our tax money.

And the next time you sign a mortgage, check and see that $490 line item added to it and ask why?

23 posted on 11/13/2008 7:51:24 AM PST by ColdWater
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To: sono

...like Waxman’s gonna go hard on Soros,,,,right


24 posted on 11/13/2008 7:56:23 AM PST by ErnBatavia (Cuba got "Change"...in 1959)
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To: notaliberal
Did’t take you Catholic bashers long to hop onto this thread, did it!

The Catholics voted in the majority for Obama.

25 posted on 11/13/2008 7:56:36 AM PST by ColdWater
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To: notaliberal

When the truth is presented, why is that bashing? Isn’t that simply pointing out the real character of the organization?


26 posted on 11/13/2008 7:57:02 AM PST by Dutchboy88
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To: guido911

Contact you bishop and tell him to not send the CCHD collection to the USCCB and instead keep in in your own diocese to serve the poor.


27 posted on 11/13/2008 7:57:55 AM PST by veritas2002
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To: ColdWater

Contact you bishop and tell him not to send the CCHD collection to the USCCB and instead keep in in your own diocese to serve the poor.


28 posted on 11/13/2008 7:58:50 AM PST by veritas2002
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To: guido911

Me too. I had no idea!


29 posted on 11/13/2008 8:00:13 AM PST by stevio (Crunchy Con - God, guns, guts, and organically grown crunchy nuts.)
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To: stevio

What do you know, the Catholic church has finally woken up, I never understood all those Catholic Democrats, I’ll refrain from saying more and let this end on a positive note. Good for the Catholics ...


30 posted on 11/13/2008 8:01:38 AM PST by Scythian
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To: AmericanMade1776

Too little-—too late.

The Catholics knew about ACORN’s problems for years. It was only because ACORN was finally put in the public spotlight that they stopped funding.


31 posted on 11/13/2008 8:03:08 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: AmericanMade1776

If you take a public stand against your pastor or Archbishop, you are critisized, shunned and mocked!

Criticism is never accepted and contempt is always manifested by the Hierachy.

the priest and bishops are always right!


32 posted on 11/13/2008 8:03:40 AM PST by ethics
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To: icwhatudo

I have stopped putting money in the collection basket on Sundays ever since the pedophile priests scandals broke. I also have never given to the CHD. There are many questionable organizations that may be included in this collection.


33 posted on 11/13/2008 8:04:58 AM PST by murron (Proud Marine Mom)
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To: AmericanMade1776

What’s the rush?


34 posted on 11/13/2008 8:12:41 AM PST by informavoracious
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To: sageb1

Drudge should make that a headline on his website.

George Soros being investigated for financial meltdown!!!!


35 posted on 11/13/2008 8:28:45 AM PST by BlueAngel
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To: AmericanMade1776

Voter fraud is okay if it’s conducted by democrats.


36 posted on 11/13/2008 8:30:47 AM PST by TAdams8591 (Senator McCain come out and support Governor Palin!!!!!)
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To: AmericanMade1776
One would have thought ACORN's links to abortionists would have precluded this to begin with.

Though better late than never....

37 posted on 11/13/2008 8:30:49 AM PST by onedoug
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To: Scythian

“I never understood all those Catholic Democrats”

I remember that when I was little and JFK was running, there were so many Catholics in our town who voted democrat. The connection was that they were laborers for Ford and the unions demanded that they vote democrat. And they did! God forbid that they should think for themselves and vote conscience in the booth. What the unions decreed, they did robotically.


38 posted on 11/13/2008 8:38:01 AM PST by MayflowerMadam ("...a hyphenated American is not an American at all." T. Roosevelt)
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To: AmericanMade1776
I am sure if funding ever becomes a problem the steps will be as follows.

Start new NPO.
Get more funding.
Go on with business as usual.
Rinse, lather, repeat.

We need to also watch the group of people behind these types of organizations.
39 posted on 11/13/2008 8:40:46 AM PST by LuxMaker (The Constitution is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, Thomas J 1819)
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To: Scythian

We have a bunch of leftists in our Church. They go under the guise of “The Faith Justice Group” and probably know, if not support this stuff. Our priest is a holy and conservative man, if he wasn’t, we’d be out of there. I’m a Christian first, Catholic second.


40 posted on 11/13/2008 8:46:32 AM PST by stevio (Crunchy Con - God, guns, guts, and organically grown crunchy nuts.)
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