Dale Kildee and Bart Stupak are both from my state of Michigan. On February 28, 2006 they were two of 55 Catholic Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives who signed a “Catholic Statement of Principles”. This statement proclaims that these Catholic Democrats reserve the right to be in disagreement with the Catholic Church on important issues like abortion. Connecticut Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro leads this group and issued the press release from her office.
DeLauro was Executive Director of “Emily’s List”, which is a huge national political organization whose sole purpose is to elect pro-choice Democrats and aggressively change the face of political power in America. “Emily’s List” is called the richest pro-abortion organization in the country and boasts that it has been responsible for helping get elected 61 Democratic pro-choice members of Congress, 11 pro-choice senators and eight pro-choice governors.
DeLauro’s office issued the press statement, which reads in part “we acknowledge and accept the tension that comes with being in disagreement with the church in some areas”. DeLauro declared that many Democratic politicians want to “reserve the right to obey (their) conscience rather than church teachings.”
This could be viewed as an enormous coup for DeLauro’s agenda as she caucused, enamored and duped her feeble fellow Democrats to make this disconnected statement in relation to the Catholic Church and its teachings.
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