CBS Mum on FOCA in Story On Priest Warning Pro-Obama Parishioners

Ken Shepherd
November 14th, 2008 4:32 PM
CBS News has found a Greenville, S.C., Roman Catholic priest who has warned any and all of his Obama-voting parishioners to repent of voting for the Illinois Democrat before taking Communion, owing to the president-elect's "stance on abortion." Yet in reporting the November 14 story on its Web site, CBS News failed to ever mention by name the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), the signing of which…
 

SC Catholic Priest Makes Firm Post-Election Doctrinal Statement on Abo

Tom Blumer
November 14th, 2008 4:20 PM
Why wasn't there more of this before the election? The headline at a Greenville, SC News story carried at USA Today says, "Priest urges penance for Obama voters." Father Jay Scott Newman is actually demanding it of those who would claim to be faithful Catholics. In the process, he is also stating longstanding Church policy on abortion that has largely been absent from Sunday pre-election…