We must truly be moving into general election mode with Count Novakula coming out with a serious hit piece on Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius. Nice to see that the Catholic Church can’t help but attack all pro-choice Catholic politicians.
Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, whose Roman Catholic archdiocese covers northeast Kansas, on May 9 called on Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to stop taking Communion until she disowns her support for the “serious moral evil” of abortion. That put the church in conflict with a rising star of the Democratic Party who is often described as a “moderate” and is perhaps the leading prospect to become Barack Obama’s running mate.
Naumann also took Sebelius to task for her veto April 21 of a bill, passed by 2 to 1 margins in both houses of the Kansas Legislature, that would strengthen the state’s ban on late-term abortions by authorizing private lawsuits against providers. Last year, she vetoed a bill requiring explicit medical reasons for a late abortion, and she vetoed other abortion legislation in 2006, 2005 and 2003.
The rest of Novak’s piece just gets nastier with insinuations and guilt by association and distortions. Par for the course from the right. You know when I’ll be impressed with the Catholic Church’s moral political leadership? When they start denying Communion to people that carry out the Death Penalty or support torturing people, then I’ll be impressed. Until then, it seems horribly partisan to go after only Democratic candidates. There’s a good chance we’d have a Catholic president right now if the Church hadn’t refused to treat John Kerry as a member in good standing.
