Against The Grain

Tuesday, October 19, 2004

What's Wrong with Kerry - Contribution to Hugh Hewitt's Symposium

Hugh Hewitt is running a blogger symposium, inviting bloggers to respond, in 250 words or less, why vote for Bush and what's wrong with Kerry?

There are many reasons to vote for Bush, but I believe that Catholics who are seriously concerned about the effective promotion of the culture of life will be moved to consider voting for Bush by simply looking at Kerry's record:

Kerry promised to revoke the Mexico City Policy as his first Executive Order. Instituted by Reagan, revoked by Clinton, re-instituted by President Bush, the policy requires nongovernmental organizations to agree as a condition for Federal funding that they would neither perform nor actively promote abortion as a method of family planning in other nations.
Kerry carries a 0% Ranking From National Right To Life Committee For 108th, 107th And 106th Congresses. He boasts the endorsement of Planned Parenthood and has advanced unconditional abortion with every legislative opportunity.
Kerry Voted Against the Unborn Victims Of Violence Act.
Kerry Has Voted At Least Six Times Against Banning Partial-Birth Abortion and claims “there is no such thing as a partial-birth.”
By identifying himself as “pro-choice,” and yet a good Catholic, Kerry deliberately misrepresents the teachings of his Church, contributes to public scandal and mocks the authority of the bishops and the Pope.
Kerry supports unrestricted embryonic stem-cell research and “therapeutic [human] cloning,” despite the moral objections of those who question the sacrifice of innocent human life.

I'm not counting, but I believe my 250 words are up, so I’ll refer the reader to KerryWrongForCatholics.com; National Right to Life’s Comparison of Bush & Kerry on Abortion (.pdf format) and CatholicKerryWatch.

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