The Jesuit Refugee Service is not safe for Catholic giving because, directly and through its partnerships, the group promotes and provides contraception, supports Planned Parenthood sex-education programs and is pushing a homosexualist agenda.
Groups like CARE, Population Services International (PSI), and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) are still thought of as charities, but have less and less in common with America’s vibrant voluntary tradition.
The left-wing media are making a great deal about the fact that Virginia gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli has donated thousands of dollars to crisis pregnancy centers. The abortion lobby, led by NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia, has attempted to demonize the pro-life centers which, unlike abortion facilities, provide free medical care and other forms of relief to pregnant women. The media have not reported some of Ken Cuccinelli's other charitable beneficiaries. According to tax documents, Cuccinelli gave money to: Jill's House a D.C.-area home for special needs children ($100); Every Orphan's Hope, which builds orphanages in AIDS-ravaged communities in Africa ($25); Feed More, […]
Yet the very charities many have supported are aligned with Planned Parenthood in forcing the people who support their work to pay for things that directly contradict their faith.