"Catholic" Democrats preparing a "Catholic Voting Scorecard"

I had meant to post this last night but was distracted when Bill O'Reilly had Notre Dame's Fr. Richard McBrien on to discuss Kerry/Communion/Catholic Teaching. That's what I like about O'Reilly - he seems to go out of his way to pick dissenters that agree with his positions about certain doctrinal issues of which he disagrees with the Church. So much for being a "faithful" Catholic! Anyway, the story - this time from Catholic World News:

Washington, DC, Apr. 16 (CWNews.com) - Catholic Democrats in Congress are preparing to respond to criticism that they don't put their faith into action in their politics by creating a "Catholic Voting Scorecard," according to political newspaper The Hill. Nearly 27 percent of the members of the House of Representatives are Catholic.

According to the newspaper, the scorecard will compare the votes of Catholic members of both parties on a issues defined as legislative priorities by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, including partial-birth abortion, human cloning, child tax credits, the Defense of Marriage Act, AIDS relief funding, assistance to needy families, and raising the minimum wage.
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Republicans charged that using the US bishops' legislative priorities as the bar and making all issues equal-- abortion and the minimum wage-- unfairly distorted Church teaching on the responsibilities of Catholic in political matters.
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Frank Monahan, director of government affairs for the bishops' conference, said the scorecard accurately reflects issues where the conference has taken a position, even though it is not a complete list.

Yep! It accurately reflects the issues of the conference...what a loaded and ambiguous statement. I can't wait to see the 'scorecard' - the pro-aborts will get the best grades!

We can thank the conference and majority of U.S. Bishops, who, because of their inaction concerning fundamental life issues, allow the scandal and confusion to continue.

Another article link here.