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FROM THE PRESIDENT; A STARK CONTRAST.
Lately, the obligations of Catholic legislators with regard to the right to life have become a topic of lively public discussion.
Catholics in the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives comprise about 28% of the membership: 14 Democrats and 10 Republicans in the Senate, and 71 Democrats and 53 Republicans in the House. (For comparison: In 2000, the total U.S. population was 281.4 million. The number of Catholics in 1999 was 62 million. Thus the percentage of Catholics in the U.S. is about 22%.)
Here are the voting statistics for the current 108th Congress. NRLC's scoring is based on key votes on
>TX* the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act;
>TX* the Human Cloning Ban;
>TX* attempts to repeal the ban of abortions in military facilities;
* attempts to weaken the Kemp-Kasten law, which prohibits funding of organizations that support, facilitate, or participate in coercive abortions;
- Catholic Democrats seek room to differ with church stances.(News)
- Magazine article from: The Christian Century March 21, 2006 700+ words
...presidential election, a coalition of 55 Catholic Democrats in the House of Representatives acknowledged...formulation of the statement, said Catholic Democrats do not want to see Catholic faith...issued in May 2004, in which 48 Catholic Democrats said threats by some bishops to ...
- Lift up your voices: congressional Catholic Democrats address the...
- Magazine article from: Commonweal Dionne, E.J., Jr. March 10, 2006 700+ words
...Statement of Principles by Fifty-Five Catholic Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives...and their public commitments. "As Catholic Democrats in Congress," the statement begins...And in very polite language, the Catholic Democrats suggest that their bishops allow...
- The return of the communion wars: prominent Catholic Democrats targeted for...
- Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter Barron, Mary May 30, 2008 700+ words
...activists at the party-affiliated Catholic Democrats organization. Whether Catholic bishops...based communications director of Catholic Democrats. * Signs that the issue was about...wrote. Patrick Whelan, president of Catholic Democrats, decried the recent turn of events...
- Catholic Democrats decry Eucharist sanctions.(Nation/World)
- Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter Feuerherd, Joe May 28, 2004 700+ words
...on the basis of a voting record," two-thirds of the Catholic Democrats in the House of Representatives told Washington Cardinal...thinking, goes "well beyond politics." Many of the House Catholic Democrats, particularly those whose liberal views on economic issues...
- Bridging the abortion divide.(OPINION)(statement of Catholic Democrats)
- Magazine article from: Conscience Kissling, Frances June 22, 2006 700+ words
IN FEBRUARY, 55 CATHOLIC Democrats in Congress issued an unprecedented statement of principles...pope will do. But, by issuing this statement early on, Catholic Democrats have let these folks know that they are prepared to respond...
- CATHOLIC DEMOCRATS FACE CONTRADICTIONS.(Opinion)(Letter to the Editor)
- Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) March 21, 2004 700+ words
...have a question for some Democrats. Not all Democrats, of course, as many are lost causes. I'm thinking of Catholic Democrats. Not the ones who last saw the inside of a church while they were waiting for the wedding reception to start...
- Catholic politicians.(ABORTION MISCELLANEA)(Catholic Democrats define...
- Magazine article from: Catholic Insight July 1, 2006 700+ words
New York, NY -- In March 2006, 55 Catholic Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives signed a "statement of principles" which rekindled the debate on their responsibilities...
- Key U.S. Catholic bishops told 55 Catholic Democrats in the House that there is...
- Magazine article from: The Christian Century April 4, 2006 700+ words
* Key U.S. Catholic bishops told 55 Catholic Democrats in the House that there is no wiggle room in church teaching on abortion, and that they are duty-bound to work against "the...