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Tuesday May 18, 2010


USCCB Belongs to Pro-Abort Coalition Supporting Kagan with Video Ad

By Kathleen Gilbert

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A civil rights coalition that boasts the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) among its members has published a 30-second ad endorsing Solicitor General Elena Kagan, who is pro-abortion and homosexualist, for the Supreme Court.

The advertisement, which lists Kagan’s various achievements while President Obama describes the ideal Supreme Court nominee in a voiceover, is available on the website of The Coalition for Constitutional Values, a project of the Leadership Counsel for Civil and Human Rights (LCCHR). The Coalition for Constitutional Values also re-published a statement praising Kagan from the Human Rights Campaign, a leading homosexualist group in the U.S.

The pro-abortion and homosexualist lobbying activities of LCCHR, whose members must pay a $1000-minimum annual membership fee, are well-documented. On its website, the group lists the “right to privacy and choice” of abortion as among women’s rights, and pushes for same-sex “marriage” and other homosexualist legislation as a matter of civil “rights.”

Along with the U.S. Bishops, among LCCHR’s coalition members are listed top pro-homosexuality and abortion groups, including the Human Rights Campaign, Lambda Legal, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the National Organization for Women, the National Partnership for Women and Families, and Planned Parenthood.

Bishop Robert Vasa of Baker, Oregon expressed concern in February after Deal Hudson of Inside Catholic pointed out the USCCB’s membership in the organization, saying: “I am not well enough versed in the ‘politics’ of such associations to make any criticism of the motives or justifications which might be provided but, on the face of it, I would have to agree that support of this organization and an active endorsement of its principles and purposes would appear to be problematic.”

The USCCB did not respond to a LifeSiteNews.com request for comment as of press time.

After the Kagan video was released, Hudson again called on the USCCB to end the scandal.

“The avid support for Elena Kagan, whose support for abortion ‘rights’ has been widely documented, must be regarded as the final straw, a clear signal that the USCCB needs to withdraw from membership in the Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights,” remarked Hudson.


Contact Information:

Bishop William Murphy, Chairman of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development

Diocese of Rockville Centre

50 North Park Ave. (PO Box 9023)

Rockville Centre, NY 11571-9023

Phone: 516-678-5800 ext. 400

Fax: 516-764-3316

E-mail: [email protected]

Bishop Roger Morin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Catholic Campaign for Human Development

Diocese of Biloxi

1790 Popps Ferry Rd.

Biloxi, MS

39532

Phone: 228-702-2111

Fax: 228-702-2178

John Carr, Executive Director (Department of Justice, Peace, and Human Development)

3211 4th Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C.

20017-1194

Phone: 202-541-3181

E-mail: [email protected]

Ralph McCloud, Director (Catholic Campaign for Human Development)

3211 4th Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C.

20017-1194

Phone: 202-541-3367

E-mail: [email protected]


See related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:

Bishop Vasa Cautiously Concerned Over USCCB Membership in Pro-Abortion Coalition

https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/feb/10021006.html

U.S. Bishops’ Exec Responds to Charges of Cooperation with Pro-Abortion, Homosexualist Group

https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/feb/10020208.html