And yet many Catholic legislators and elected officials are claiming to be Christian Catholics and voting to continue the killing of innocent unborn human life. When these politicians show up at Sunday Mass and receive Holy Communion, many people are mystified, some are angry, but some feel confirmed in their sinfullness. If Kerry can do it and the Bishops aren't speaking out against him, it must be OK.

Well, it's not O. K. and it does a lot of harm.

For 31 years we have been trying to get the pro-life message out: Abortion kills a baby and harms a mother. Women deserve better; babies deserve life. Now we have a presidential candidate, a Catholic, who tries to skirt the issue hiding behind those tattered, specious arguments: "I'm personally opposed but..." "America believes in separation of Church and state..." and "The Church can't tell a legislator what to do..."

Murder is murder.

The fifth commandment says, "Thou shall not murder." If you are personally opposed to murder, you can't be politically for it. Not opposing the murder of the innocent has nothing to do with the separation of Church and state. It has to do with the separation of the soul from God, and it's God, specifically, who is telling all of us we can't either condone or comit murder.

Some bishops and Cardinals have let us down; others are standing up courageously to teach and to lead. It is time for Catholics to button down to business and go public with the truth. We need to start the conversation in our social gatherings and in the marketplace and we have the way to do just that! Incidentally, this isn't just a "Catholic" issue. Any Christian or Jewish person who honors their faith can't be either fully Christian or Jewish and remain pro-choice. We are wonderfully and fearfully made, in His image.

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