LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Biden’s abortion support makes him cafeteria Catholic

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To the Editor:

I must protest your headline in today's RI Catholic [Aug. 28, “Sen. Joe Biden: Catholic with mixed record joins ticket,” p. 9] proclaiming "Joe Biden: Catholic..." leading an article saying he "supports legal abortion" and has "a rating of 0 from National Right to Life."

A better headline would have been: "Joe Biden: Cafeteria Catholic joins ticket." Or “Kennedy Catholic."

Running this article implies an endorsement. If he does not support life, what other issue matters? I trust you will run an article before election suggesting the "Catholic Values" we should be looking for in a candidate.

Philip Gately

Westerly

(Ed. note: "Beginning on Aug. 28 the RI Catholic is running an election season series on the USCCB Document "Faithful Citizenship." The first was last week's "Voting by Conscience;" this week's centers on stem cell research." See page 16, and read the entire series online at www.faithfulcitizenship.org)