Monday, November 24, 2008

Dr Edward Peters: Canonical options for dealing with Catholic legislative support for FOCA

Dr Peters writes:
The final wording of the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) has yet to be set, but there is every indication that it will be the most radical piece of pro-abortion legislation ever proposed at the federal level.

The near certainty that FOCA will be re-introduced (compounded by the increased likelihood that it will pass and be signed into law) means that, ready or not, Catholic bishops will have to face squarely the problem of well-known Catholic legislators supporting a specifically and gravely evil bill.

As I see it, bishops have four options for dealing with Catholic legislators who support FOCA.

Read about them here.

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