Will CAA become a Catholic interest group?

[milimac]

I was looking at candidates for the upcoming election and noticed that there is a Catholic interest group called “NETWORK - A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby”. Here is how they analyze the issues and candidates: (networklobby.org/issues/background.html#analyze)

I looked them up on vote-smart.org to see how they rate various members of congress: vote-smart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=004052M.

I don’t know how your state stacks up, but in Colorado, most of the congressmen who are against destroying embryos for stem cell research, against abortion, and against gay marriage all got a rating of 0, while those congressmen who do mostly were rated 100. Social justice? Give me a break!

I don’t know what the plans are of Catholic Action, but a legitimately Catholic organization such as they would do a huge service to Catholics by rating the candidates against the 5 non-negotiables. Perhaps they could even get themselves onto vote-smart.org. Currently the only “Catholic” one is the bogusly Catholic one called NETWORK.

 

[urban-hermit]

I hope so.

Catholic Answers Action would be great to replace the disconnected NETWORK you referenced. Yuck.

 

[KathleenElsie]

This is being discussed on another thread.
Catholic group’s voters guide urges church principles
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=111889

 

[milimac]

This is being discussed on another thread.
Catholic group’s voters guide urges church principles
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=111889

Similar thread, but it discusses a different group than NETWORK and does not discuss CAA becoming an interest group on vote-smart.org.

 

[vern_humphrey]

I was looking at candidates for the upcoming election and noticed that there is a Catholic interest group called “NETWORK - A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby”. Here is how they analyze the issues and candidates: (networklobby.org/issues/background.html#analyze)

I looked them up on vote-smart.org to see how they rate various members of congress: vote-smart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=004052M.

I don’t know how your state stacks up, but in Colorado, most of the congressmen who are against destroying embryos for stem cell research, against abortion, and against gay marriage all got a rating of 0, while those congressmen who do mostly were rated 100. Social justice? Give me a break!

I don’t know what the plans are of Catholic Action, but a legitimately Catholic organization such as they would do a huge service to Catholics by rating the candidates against the 5 non-negotiables. Perhaps they could even get themselves onto vote-smart.org. Currently the only “Catholic” one is the bogusly Catholic one called NETWORK.

Anyone can call themselves a Catholic – that doesn’t mean they are Catholic.

What is disturbing that the term “social justice” is becoming a code for pro-choice, pro-embryonic stem cell research, pro-gay marriage, and so on.

Stick around these forums and sooner or later some purported Catholic will tell you about “poor women who have no choice but to get an abortion.” I have a standing offer of $100 to anyone who can give me a real-world case of a woman in the US who had no choice but to get an abortion!