[NYer]

Democratic sources say Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Nicholas Lampson (D-Texas), both Catholics, are spearheading the project, which will compare the votes of Catholic members of both parties on a number of key issues that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops identified as its legislative priorities.

Wonder how they will score Kerry.

Catholic Ping - let me know if you want on/off this list

[Desdemona]

One thing to point out: the concress critters who scored 100% on the scorecard are not really well known. Check out the Planned Parenthood site on these people. They all receive a zero rating.

There are some democrats who claim Catholicism who truly do vote that way. They just aren't known much outside their districts. One of the group, I happen to know is a VERY devout Catholic. So it does exist.

[wonders]

In the March 29 issue of America ("The National Catholic Weekly") there's an article titled "Paying the Piper" which leaves no doubt that good Catholics should vote Democrat because their tax policy is more in line with "Catholic social teaching."

Grrr.

The person who spoke to our RCIA class on the topic of "social justice" went straight down the list of ultra-liberal objectives: we should have a state income tax (our state currently has no income tax), enact "living wage" legislation (every worker should make enough to support a family, no matter what the job they do), pay more taxes to help the poor, more taxes for education, we should have government health care, blah blah blah.

BTW, what in the world do these "living wage" proponents think would happen if they got their wish?