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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: A practicing Catholic, as is her husband, Heinz Kerry remains outraged at attacks by bishops on her husband’s pro-choice views.
“You cannot have bishops in the pulpit – long before or the Sunday before the election – as they did in Catholic churches, saying it was a mortal sin to vote for John Kerry,” she said.
Heinz Kerry gave no examples. Last year, a few ultraconservative prelates said they would not allow the Democratic nominee to receive communion in their dioceses. The bishop of Colorado Springs declared that Catholics voting for pro-choice candidates were not welcome at the communion rail.
“The church has a right and obligation to teach values,” Heinz Kerry declared. “They don’t have a right to restrict freedom of expression, which they did.”
“We in the United States are not a banana republic,” added Heinz Kerry. She argued that Democrats should insist on “accountability and transparency” in how votes are tabulated.
“I fear for '06,” she said. “I don’t trust it the way it is right now.”
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“You cannot have bishops in the pulpit – long before or the Sunday before the election – as they did in Catholic churches, saying it was a mortal sin to vote for John Kerry,” she said.
Heinz Kerry gave no examples. Last year, a few ultraconservative prelates said they would not allow the Democratic nominee to receive communion in their dioceses. The bishop of Colorado Springs declared that Catholics voting for pro-choice candidates were not welcome at the communion rail.
“The church has a right and obligation to teach values,” Heinz Kerry declared. “They don’t have a right to restrict freedom of expression, which they did.”
- COUNTING THE VOTES: Heinz Kerry is openly skeptical about results from November’s election, particularly in sections of the country where optical scanners were used to record votes.
“We in the United States are not a banana republic,” added Heinz Kerry. She argued that Democrats should insist on “accountability and transparency” in how votes are tabulated.
“I fear for '06,” she said. “I don’t trust it the way it is right now.”
- A SECOND KERRY RUN: Heinz Kerry won’t stand in the way of a second presidential bid by her husband. She tersely summed up emotions at the end of November’s long election night: “No tears, some sadness.”
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