Sunday, August 08, 2004
Pro-abortion Dennis KUCINICH:
"I would refrain from Communion if Bishop Pilla asked me to, but the bishop has not done so."
Kucinich's press secretary, Kathie Scarrah, in May of 2003: "He absolutely believes in the sanctity of life and that life begins at conception."
Kucinich in a letter to the Plain Dealer: "I don't believe in abortion; few do. I do, however, believe in choice."
Kucinich in interview with the San Francisco Chronicle: "I am going to continue to take a thoughtful approach, and that doesn't preclude the poor from having the government support their right to choose."
Kucinich to Tim Russert after his flip-flop: "The position I'm taking now is an expansion; it's not a reversal."
From Kucinich for President website:
In a Kucinich administration, a woman's right-to-choose will be protected as essential to personal privacy and gender equality. Only those who agree to uphold Roe v. Wade will be nominated for the Supreme Court. Civil rights (and voting rights) enforcement will be intensified. Lesbians and gays will be afforded complete equality throughout society, including in marriage. Affirmative action will be maintained as a tool for racial and gender equality. Drug policy will emphasize treatment over criminalization, and not a rampaging war that erodes Constitutional freedoms, privacy, and law enforcement resources. An end to capital punishment will be sought.
From the July 23, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer :
U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a Cleveland Democrat who became an abortion rights supporter last year, said he would abstain if his bishop asked him to, but that the bishop has not done so. Cleveland Bishop Anthony Pilla has said that Catholic politicians who support abortion rights may decide for themselves whether they are morally fit to receive Communion in the eight-county Diocese of Cleveland.
http://www.cleveland.com/religion/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/living/1090580133105680.xml
Ask Bishop Pilla to help save Kucinich's soul:
Main Cathedral Square Personnel Phone and extensions to 216-696-6525
Office of the Bishop: The Most Reverend Anthony M. Pilla ext. 2030Fax (216) 696-6547 * bishop@dioceseofcleveland.org
Rev. Ed Estok, Administrative Assistant to the Bishop ext. 2000Fax (216) 696-6547
Eileen Von Alt ext. 2030
Secretary for Parish Life: Sr. Rita Mary Harwood ext. 2200 rmharwood@dioceseofcleveland.org;
Liturgy Office:Rev. J-Glenn Murray ext. 4120
Interfaith Commission: Rev. Joseph Hilinske ext. 5110 Chancery Office: Rev. Ralph Wiatrowski ext. 2080 / Night: (216) 521-8379Fax (216) 621-7332
Vice Chancellor: Rev. David J. Walkowiak ex 2120 Clergy Personnel Rev. Larry Jurcak ext. 2440 ljurcak@dioceseofclevelandorg
Auxiliary Bishops:Most Rev. A. James Quinn (440) 244-2120 / (216) 579-0326 / Fax (440) 899-1122
Most Rev. Roger W. Gries (216) 361-0873 / Fax (216) 361-0877
Most Rev. Martin J. Amos (330) 762-9651 / Toll Free 1-877-406-1049 / Fax (330) 762-9655
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"I would refrain from Communion if Bishop Pilla asked me to, but the bishop has not done so."
Kucinich's press secretary, Kathie Scarrah, in May of 2003: "He absolutely believes in the sanctity of life and that life begins at conception."
Kucinich in a letter to the Plain Dealer: "I don't believe in abortion; few do. I do, however, believe in choice."
Kucinich in interview with the San Francisco Chronicle: "I am going to continue to take a thoughtful approach, and that doesn't preclude the poor from having the government support their right to choose."
Kucinich to Tim Russert after his flip-flop: "The position I'm taking now is an expansion; it's not a reversal."
From Kucinich for President website:
In a Kucinich administration, a woman's right-to-choose will be protected as essential to personal privacy and gender equality. Only those who agree to uphold Roe v. Wade will be nominated for the Supreme Court. Civil rights (and voting rights) enforcement will be intensified. Lesbians and gays will be afforded complete equality throughout society, including in marriage. Affirmative action will be maintained as a tool for racial and gender equality. Drug policy will emphasize treatment over criminalization, and not a rampaging war that erodes Constitutional freedoms, privacy, and law enforcement resources. An end to capital punishment will be sought.
From the July 23, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer :
U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a Cleveland Democrat who became an abortion rights supporter last year, said he would abstain if his bishop asked him to, but that the bishop has not done so. Cleveland Bishop Anthony Pilla has said that Catholic politicians who support abortion rights may decide for themselves whether they are morally fit to receive Communion in the eight-county Diocese of Cleveland.
http://www.cleveland.com/religion/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/living/1090580133105680.xml
Ask Bishop Pilla to help save Kucinich's soul:
Main Cathedral Square Personnel Phone and extensions to 216-696-6525
Office of the Bishop: The Most Reverend Anthony M. Pilla ext. 2030Fax (216) 696-6547 * bishop@dioceseofcleveland.org
Rev. Ed Estok, Administrative Assistant to the Bishop ext. 2000Fax (216) 696-6547
Eileen Von Alt ext. 2030
Secretary for Parish Life: Sr. Rita Mary Harwood ext. 2200 rmharwood@dioceseofcleveland.org;
Liturgy Office:Rev. J-Glenn Murray ext. 4120
Interfaith Commission: Rev. Joseph Hilinske ext. 5110 Chancery Office: Rev. Ralph Wiatrowski ext. 2080 / Night: (216) 521-8379Fax (216) 621-7332
Vice Chancellor: Rev. David J. Walkowiak ex 2120 Clergy Personnel Rev. Larry Jurcak ext. 2440 ljurcak@dioceseofclevelandorg
Auxiliary Bishops:Most Rev. A. James Quinn (440) 244-2120 / (216) 579-0326 / Fax (440) 899-1122
Most Rev. Roger W. Gries (216) 361-0873 / Fax (216) 361-0877
Most Rev. Martin J. Amos (330) 762-9651 / Toll Free 1-877-406-1049 / Fax (330) 762-9655
