New Ad Unveils California’s Unholy Trinity

SACRAMENTO, September 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Wednesday, September 17, 2003, the Crusade for the Defense of Our Catholic Church, a project of American Life League, will hold a press conference to unveil its newest ad: California’s Unholy Trinity. “The Catholic Church teaches unequivocally that every human being’s life is sacred and should be defended at all stages-from conception to natural death,” said Judie Brown, president of American Life League.  “As a native Californian, I’m saddened that the top three contenders – Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cruz Bustamante and Gray Davis – are unabashedly campaigning on their ‘Catholic’ heritage, while openly defiling the Church’s teachings by their support of abortion-on-demand.”  American Life League’s Crusade for the Defense of Our Catholic Church – as it did this past May with the release of its California Deadly Dozen ad campaign – is once again asking California’s Catholic bishops to make clear to all in their flock that you cannot be pro-abortion and still be a Catholic in good standing.  “It is time for Cardinal Roger Mahony, as a shepherd of the Church, to dispel the lie that a Catholic can be ‘personally pro-life’ while publicly being pro-abortion,” said Joseph Starrs, director of the Crusade. “The Church has made it clear on many occasions, most recently this past January, that ‘Catholic’ politicians cannot be pro-abortion.  This makes one wonder why the cardinal appears to be doing nothing more than appeasing public figures and celebrities, when as their spiritual leader he should be challenging them.”  The ad will run Sept. 17 in the Sacramento Bee, and it will appear in several other newspapers throughout California and the United States prior to the recall election.