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The Family Foundation Action, a prolife, pro-family group in Virginia has released their voter guides for the 2009 elections. Sized to fit in a church bulletin, these guides show the positions of the candidates on various issues of interest to the family. They do NOT endorse candidates or parties, so are PERFECTLY LEGAL for use in churches. There is a version for the 3 statewide candidates, a Spanish version of the same, and several versions for selected House of Delegates races. Please visit the website for more information.... http://www.tffaction.org/

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In a recent letter titled “A Voter’s Guide For the Faithful” (Bulletin, Letters, Oct. 22), the writer, like so many ill-informed people today, indicted the Catholic church for a number of sins, including the now widely accepted but jejune version of the Galileo affair. He then went on to invoke Scriptural support for his Social Democratic agenda, his condemnation of the so-called “rich” in particular. Perhaps he forgot that however many sharp things it has to say to the rich who oppress the poor, Scripture also forbids covetousness/ jealously/envy. I would add, moreover, that by using it as political tract,...

Not to be confused with Rev. Jeremiah Wright in Illinois, here is a true story about a Rev. Joe Wright in Kansas. This event actually happened in the Kansas House in Topeka on January 23, 1996. At the time, Joe Wright was the pastor of Central Christian Church in Wichita and was House guest chaplain that day. When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new House session, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but this is what they heard: Heavenly Father, We come before You today to ask Your Forgiveness and seek Your direction and guidance. We know...

Post Your Best Links & Sites for Undecided Voters Here! 1 in 7 Undecided--GET OUT THE TRUTH! ----------------------- As we approach the big finish line, now is time to intensify! Do not relax or be fearful. WE HAVE THE TRUTH ON OUR SIDE! The consciences of those who are undecided or even presently committed to Obama--desperately need the truth. PRAY. Print. Forward. Telephone. DON'T make this a discussion thread, use it as a front-line information arsenal against the powers of darkness. Their ONLY power is based in lies and deceit. AP poll: 1 in 7 voters still persuadable ONE IN...

Robin Mazyck here with a guest blog for The Brody File. David and I spent the weekend in Las Vegas covering the election and how things are playing in this crucial swing state. What we found is that both campaigns are pulling out all the punches in the final leg of the race. We came out here to cover a rally that Senator Obama held Saturday. He has made about 20 trips to Nevada. Meanwhile, the McCain Campaign is handing out flyers in Las Vegas to give guidance to voters in this critical election. The flyers are titled Voter's Guide...

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PLEASE REPORT YOUR FAVORITE VOTER GUIDES AND LINK OF POSSIBLE, BELOW Let's get this information out to all contacts! See this link, for inspiration: The 08 Election Can Change http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2118227/posts Now, different people will have very different opinions as to the nature of the top post in that thread (now is not the time to argue about that). This is the time for all of us to be stimulated by those words! Let’s get emboldened, ourselves!

<p>Christian right leaders are abuzz today because a new online candidate guide that has been posted by Focus on the Family Action, the political arm of Jim Dobson's conservative Christian empire. The webpage offers edited excerpts of recent webcasts with the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins, explaining where the candidates stand on "pro-family issues."</p>

An executive for one of the nation's leading evangelical groups says in a video voter guide that Mitt Romney has "acknowledged Mormonism is not a Christian faith," although the GOP presidential candidate has said he follows Jesus Christ and his church insists it is Christian. Tom Minnery, senior vice president of government and public policy at Focus on the Family Action, said in an interview Friday that the comment was his interpretation of Romney's December "Faith in America" speech that was meant to reassure voters about his religion. Minnery said that he spoke with the campaign after the video was...

Voter's Guide for Serious Catholic's        To read the Voter's Guide for Serious Catholics online, just follow one of these links.Booklet: Display in Pop-up Window (pdf, 100 KB)(Displays Voters Guide booklet in a new browser window)(To save the file to you computer, right click the link and select Save)Booklet: Embedded in Web Page (pdf, 100 KB)(Displays Voters Guide booklet within this browser window)NOTE: Best with Internet Explorer browserThe links above use the Adobe pdf format. Adobe Reader 5 (or above) required.FREE Adobe Reader Download (opens in new window) We also have the Voter's Guide for Serious Catholics...

EL CAJON, Calif. (National Catholic Register) – The 2006 version of Catholic Answers Action’s Voter’s Guide for Serious Catholics became available in late July. Like the previous version distributed in the 2004 election cycle, the 16-page guide identifies five “non-negotiable� issues that Catholic Answers says should take precedence when Catholics are deciding how to vote. The issues are abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem-cell research, human cloning and homosexual “marriage� – all of which must be universally opposed by the Catholic voter. “On most issues that come before voters or legislators, the task is selecting the most effective policy to implement or...

Voter’s Guide for Serious CatholicsCopyright © 2004, Catholic Answers.All Rights Reserved.HOW THIS VOTER’S GUIDE HELPS YOUThis voter’s guide helps you cast your vote in an informed manner consistent with Catholic moral teaching. It helps you avoid choosing candidates who endorse policies that cannot be reconciled with moral norms that used to be held by all Christians.On most issues that come before voters or legislators, the task is selecting the most effective strategy among several morally good options. A Catholic can take one side or the other and not act contrary to the faith. Most matters do not have a "Catholic position."But some...

Voter guides tongue-tied DUE TO MIX-UP, SOME RECIPIENTS FACE UNEXPECTED LANGUAGE BARRIER By Kim Vo Mercury News Charles Rogers speaks English, but his state voter guide came in Spanish. His son's arrived in an Asian language. And Rogers can't borrow his wife's -- she never got one. ``I like to have a pamphlet and sit and read. I study it for about a month before I make up my mind,'' the Sunnyvale homeowner said of the booklet that details candidates' statements and proposition arguments. ``It's really inconvenient to have something you can't understand.'' It wasn't clear Friday how widespread the...

"These five current issues concern actions that are intrinsically evil and must never be promoted by the law. Intrinsically evil actions are those that fundamentally conflict with the moral law and can never be deliberately performed under any circumstances. It is a serious sin to deliberately endorse or promote any of these actions, and no candidate who really wants to advance the common good will support any action contrary to the non-negotatiable principles involved in these issues."

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                                              English                                                                  catholicvoices1@comcast.net                                                                                                        Spanish   This booklet gives clear and concise official Church statements on five "non-negotiable" moral issues. After reading it, there will be no doubt or confusion about what the Church teaches and requires of her children. Also available in Spanish and for non-Catholic Christians. Print the Voter's' Guide The Presidential Candidate's Positions on ' Key' Catholic Issues: Bush vs. Kerry on 'Key' Catholic Issues- CLICK HERE! Voting Catholic.org              Voting Catholic.org Voter Guides              Print the Voter Guide Christian Youth Project  Citizen Leader Voter Registration   Citizen Leader Coalition Voter Guides   Click here to download...

Press Releases Legislative Agenda Issues Powerful Parishes Links News About Us  Take Action Become a Member Donate Represent Your Parish Ray Flynn Contact Us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 29, 2004 Catholic Citizenship Announces Release of Voter GuidesBoston, MA - Catholic Citizenship announced today that it now has its voter guides available online. In Massachusetts, the "Catholic Citizenship Voter Guide" is a non-partisan, comprehensive voter guide covering legislators and candidates positions on issues of interest to Catholics. Candidates were surveyed on school choice, the death penalty, cloning, embryonic stem cell research, partial-birth abortion, parental consent for minor's abortion, and same-sex...

2004 is a monumental election year. While the presidential election is center stage, there are also numerous key congressional seats up for grabs. Significant races abound in your own backyard. Who are the candidates? Where do they stand on the issues most important to you? From candidates to statewide ballot initiatives, all the information you need is just a click away. We are partnering with Christian Coalition to provide you with reliable, non-partisan voter guides for this year's elections. The following state-specific voter guides are available now: Alaska Indiana New York Texas Arizona Iowa North Carolina Utah Arkansas Kansas North...

E-mail  Bruce ASAP for the 72 hour task force info.and call or e mail your GOP county chairman for additional information and the state GOP  Voter Guides www.wevoteprolife.com     New Jersey voter guide -http://www.wevoteprolife.com/newjersey.htmNew Jersey Right to Life PAC voter guide http://www.njrtl-pac.orgNational Right to Life Voter Guidehttp://www.nrlc.org/EandP/CompareEnglish.pdf http://www.nrlc.org/EandP/CompareSpanish.pdfAn Approved  Bush-Kerry Voters' guide for Catholics and Pro-Life Personshttp://www.pacatholic.org/election%20archive/presidential04flyer.pdfCatholic Answers Voter Guide  http://www.catholic.com/library/voters_guide.asp  Where Can I Find the Candidates' Positions on the Issues?Citizen Leader Voter Guide  http://www.citizenleadercoalition.com/2004_election_voter_guide.html  Click here to download a 148 KB PDF version, suitable for printing on your home color or b/w printer .Christian Coalition Voter Guide Presidential Voter Guide ...

Christian Coalition has great voter guides in English and Spanish for the Presidential Election: http://www.cc.org/voterguides.cfm Christian Coalition also has state guides at the same location for these states: Colorado Connecticut Florida Illinois Indiana New Jersey North Carolina South Carolina South Dakota National Right to Life has Presidental Voter Guides, in English and Spanish: http://www.nrlc.org/ These are PDF files that you can print and copy......

Fellow Freepers, send this email to churches on your email list to encourage them to print and distribute Christian Coalition Voter Guides....... Dear Pastor, Please place this notice in your church bulletins for the next 2 weeks: "Tuesday, November 2 is election day. The President and some other federal offices are up for election. Please remember to vote. Let's all use our God-given privilege to vote in a free country." Also, Christian Coalition now has their voter guides for the Presidential race posted online, in English and Spanish. These are PDF files that you can print and copy as needed....

Why is Bush getting the bishop's blessing? Thursday, October 14, 2004 NEWARK'S ARCHBISHOP John Myers wrote an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal last month on why Catholics cannot in good conscience vote for a pro-choice candidate. It was titled "A Voter's Guide."Myers wrote that abortion and research that destroys human embryos are evil and that no other issue outweighs that evil in this presidential race: not the death penalty, poverty, or the war in Iraq.The archbishop did not name names, but his message is clear: Catholics can't vote for John Kerry. Since Catholics make up one-quarter of the...

WASHINGTON - The Christian Coalition is distributing 30 million voter guides that use conservative catch-phrases such as "unrestricted abortion on demand" and "affirmative action programs that provide preferential treatment" in detailing the positions of the two presidential candidates. The guides will be distributed nationally starting Thursday, handed out in churches, at shopping malls and at other public locations. The coalition has been producing the guides since 1992. Roberta Combs, coalition president, said the guides were an attempt to educate voters and "I don't think the wording is loaded at all." The description of the guides as "nonpartisan" was questioned by...

These five current issues concern actions that are intrinsically evil and must never be promoted by the law. Intrinsically evil actions are those which fundamentally conflict with the moral law and can never be deliberately performed under any circumstances. It is a serious sin to deliberately endorse or promote any of these actions, and no candidate who really wants to advance the common good will support any action contrary to the non-negotiable principles involved in these issues. 1. Abortion The Church teaches that, regarding a law permitting abortions, it is "never licit to obey it, or to take part in...

WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites)'s campaign criticized a new Democratic effort to get out the religious vote for John Kerry (news - web sites) on Friday, saying it could endanger churches' tax-exempt status by involving them in partisan political activity. The Democrats said changes would be made. A Democratic National Committee (news - web sites) Web site launched this week encouraged Kerry supporters to download, print and distribute a DNC "Kerry/Bush Values Comparison Chart" to church groups and at churches. The chart opens with the statement "John Kerry Shares Our Values." "Share it with your pastor and...

"Judges can't right all political wrongs, even when they wish they could," a Denver district judge said 9/28/04 when he refused to order new versions of a voters guide... I'm trying to find this judge's address so we can all freep him our thanks and congratulations on his judicial restraint. Meanwhile, read the article and smile!!!

         NRLPAC Home!Register to Vote!DonatePres. Bush's Record on Life IssuesCompare the  CandidatesJohn Kerry's Voting RecordJohn Edwards' Voting Record   Candidate InfoPress Releases Polling   FreeNeeded to view Adobe Acrobat pages on this site. COMPARE THE CANDIDATESPresident Bush and Senator KerryIn EnglishEn EspanolYou can download the comparison flier by clicking on either of the links above.Or, if you prefer to order printed copies of this FREE flier, click here. Compare the candidates in selected U.S. Senate RacesThe following comparison pieces may be downloaded to copy and distribute.Alaska  Arkansas Colorado  Florida  GeorgiaIllinois   Missouri  North Carolina   North DakotaOklahoma   South Carolina  South DakotaWashington  Wisconsin     NRLC...

HOUSES OF WORSHIP A Voter's GuidePro-choice candidates and church teaching.BY ARCHBISHOP JOHN J. MYERSFriday, September 17, 2004 12:01 a.m. EDT Amid today's political jostling, Catholic citizens are wondering whether they can, in conscience, vote for candidates who support the legalized killing of human beings in the embryonic and fetal stages of development by abortion or in biomedical research. Responding to requests to clarify the obligations of Catholics on this matter, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome, under its prefect, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, released a statement called "On Worthiness to Receive Holy Communion." Although it dealt primarily...

Using Church documents, Catholic Answers has written a guide citing "Five Non-Negotiable Issues" for Catholic voters. "These five current issues concern actions that are intrinsically evil and must never be promoted by the law," says the guide. We used the guide as a starting point to compare each candidate’s positions.1. Abortion The Church teaches that, regarding a law permitting abortions, it is "never licit to obey it, or to take part in a propaganda campaign in favor of such a law, or to vote for it" (Evangelium Vitae, The Gospel of Life, No. 73). President Bush signed into law the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TO THE PRESS Release Date: September 8, 2004 Contact: Mark Adams 318-794-1170 BISHOPS CONFERENCE WITHDRAWS PRESIDENTIAL QUESTIONNAIRE In a letter released to the US Bishops on Friday, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops' Office of Government Liaison announced they have withdrawn the Presidential Questionnaire which had been delivered weeks ago to the Bush and Kerry campaigns. At this moment the press office of the USCCB has no statement prepared but we are told by diocesan sources that at least one of the campaigns did not return the questionnaire by deadline. "We have been critical of the Presidential...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today announced the launch of VICTORY 2004, its national grassroots political action plan to help ensure the re-election of President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney. ABC, which represents 23,000 construction and construction-related firms across the United States, endorsed the re-election of the Bush-Cheney ticket in June of 2003. "Helping re-elect President Bush and Vice President Cheney is ABC's number one goal," said Carole Bionda, 2004 ABC National Chair and vice president, Nova Group, Napa, Calif. "ABC members and their employees can be the deciding factor in...

Dear Colleague, Today we report on a popular voter guide published by the group Catholic Answers that focuses exclusively on the life issues, along with marriage. Catholic dioceses report that the guide has met resistance from the lawyers of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. Do they fear that the IRS will come after dioceses for distributing it? Or is it that the anwers too clearly favor the Republican? Spread the word. Yours sincerely, Austin Ruse President Action item: To view the voter guide and to order copies for your Church, go to http://www.catholic.com/library/voters_guide.asp _________________________________________________________ CULTURE & COSMOS August 24,...