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  • Vickie K tells bishops: Back off (Kennedy Alert!)

    05/24/2004 6:45:07 PM PDT · by wagglebee · 98 replies · 797+ views
    Boston Herald ^ | 5/24/04 | Andrew Miga
    WASHINGTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's wife yesterday sounded off on a hot-button political issue, calling on Roman Catholic clergymen to back off their threats to deny Communion to Catholic politicians supporting abortion rights. ``I am deeply saddened and concerned by the threatened denial of Communion to pro-choice Catholic politicians,'' Victoria Reggie Kennedy wrote in an op-ed piece in yesterday's Washington Post. ``This course of action takes both the church and public discourse in this country to a new and dangerous place, and I urge that it be rejected.'' Victoria Kennedy, who is Catholic, urged church officials to let worshipers...
  • WHAT VICTORIA REGGIE KENNEDY DOESN'T GET

    05/24/2004 3:54:20 PM PDT · by swilhelm73 · 8 replies · 732+ views
    NRO - The Corner ^ | 5/23/04 | Ramesh Ponnuru
    She has an op-ed in the Washington Post on communion that displays a very common misunderstanding, one relevant to non-Catholics as well as Catholics. (That is to say: This specific mistake comes in her thinking about abortion, not her thinking about communion.) She writes, "Essentially, proponents of this harsh penalty make the flawed and intellectually dishonest argument that a vote not to criminalize abortion is the moral and church law equivalent of the act of abortion itself. Then, building on that mischaracterization, they erroneously conclude that pro-choice politicians are 'obstinately persevering' in the 'manifest grave sin' of abortion and must...
  • Kennedy's wife slams church moves against pro-choice Catholics

    05/24/2004 6:36:19 AM PDT · by madprof98 · 76 replies · 171+ views
    WASHINGTON (AFP) - The wife of prominent US Senator Ted Kennedy decried as "dangerous" recent statements by Catholic clergy saying they would deny communion to Catholics who support abortion rights. "As a Catholic, I am deeply saddened and concerned by the threatened denial of communion to pro-choice Catholic politicians. This course of action takes both the church and political discourse in this country to a new and dangerous place, and I urge that it be rejected," wrote Victoria Reggie Kennedy in an opinion piece in Sunday's Washington Post. The issue has become one of the most heated talking points in...