The California ProLife Council (CPLC), California’s arm of National Right to Life, has provided voter guides for 13 California regions for the 2012 Presidential elections with the intention:
“We must tell people who the true prolife candidates are!”
All 13 CPLC regional guides feature information about the importance of Proposition 32 in stopping massive and coercive funding of pro-abortion candidates and pro-abortion ballot proposition campaigns by pay roll deductions from pro-life union employees, particularly teachers and nurses.
The prolife group has provided both church and political versions along with the option of color or black & white for each of the 13 regional guides.
Each of the pro-life voter guides are laid-out on one side of standard 8.5 X 11 inch letter paper to make them easy to download (in pdf format) and to copy and reprint for wide distribution at churches and other venues in 13 regions of California.
The one-page guides can be distributed electronically to e-mail lists and by hand, fax, and mail.
The pro-life voter guides give information on candidates for President, US Senate, US House of Representatives, State Senate, State Assembly, and for some local offices like school boards.
The voter guides give the candidates’ positions, determined from signed questionnaires, previous voting records, or confirmed public statements on three issues:
1) Does the office seeker support the legal protection for unborn children?
2) Does the office seeker support requiring parental consent before an abortion can be
performed on a minor child?
3) Does the office seeker oppose efforts promoting a state policy of euthanasia such as
‘physician assisted suicide’?
The candidates’ positions on the three issues are presented as:
[Y=Yes], [N=No], [?=Unclear Position], and [No Resp=No Response].
On the political versions of the voter guides, the names of candidates who have been endorsed by CPLC are shown in Bold Italics.
The political versions of the guides for all 13 regions state clearly:
“VOTE YES ON PROP 32″
“Bans unions from forcing employees to pay union dues that support pro-abortion candidates and causes! Funding abortion extremists should not be a condition of employment.”
The church versions of the CPLC guides provide the following information:
“Prop 32 Facts”
“Bans corporate and union contributions to state and local candidates. Bans automatic deductions by corporations, unions, and government wages to be used for politics. Reports filed at the Secretary of State’s Office show unions spend millions of dollars each election year on pro-abortion candidates. Several unions like the California Teachers Association and California Nurses Association have spent money directly to defeat Parental involvement initiatives.”
Coerced pay-roll deductions used for massive funding of pro-abortion candidates and to defeat pro-life initiatives like the Parental Notification Propositions 73, 85, and 4, and to promote culture of death initiatives like the stem-cell Proposition 71 not only make California a pro-abortion haven but violate the consciences of Catholic and other pro-life employees.
This situation is especially reprehensible because Catholic Hospitals have entered into agreements with the pro-abortion California Nurses Association to fire any Catholic or other pro-life nurse who will not agree to pay union dues or “fees” which the nurses’ union bosses use for pro-abortion political activities and campaigns.
California Nurses Association dues or “fees” now exceed $1,200 per year for nurses who work more than half-time, and provide the nurses’ union with an annual income of more than $60 million dollars.
The California ProLife Council voter guides are available for these 13 regions:
Central Coast, Central Valley, East Bay, North Coast, Orange County, Sacramento / Sierra, San Francisco Bay, San Gabriel Valley, San Jose / Santa Cruz, San Diego, Inland Empire, San Fernando Valley / Ventura, and Long Beach / Los Angeles. There is an additional voter guide for San Joaquin County.
To access these pro-life voter guides, click here.
Super.
CA BISHOPS should have done this ! ! ! ! !
When all candidates fill out questionaires or the public voting record is used of all incumbents, then the IRS can never be involved.
FL Conference of Catholic Bishops did for FL. It was unanimous from all the FL Bishops. The two biggest items in a separate email from the Bishops to all those who provided their emails – were abortion and euthanasia.
Along with recommendations and why – regarding two propositions on the ballot.
The last I heard – FL is in the same Country as CA, with the same IRS.
The only conclusion can be that some of the CA Bishops must support Democratic candidates who support ABORTION, EUTHANASIA, HOMO-SEXUAL MARRIAGE or are against FREEDOM of RELIGION.
The FLORIDA Bishops did not tell anyone how to vote.
Just where each candidate stood on particular issues of import to our Faith.
They sent questionaires out to each candidate.
Every Sunday in Parish bulletins, the Diocese Bishop has a letter printed on why something is a sin.
The EMAIL letter that came was signed by each FL Bishop individually.
Go to the web site of: DIOCESE of VENICE FL, to see videos on Church teachings including quotes from the CCC on:
Upcoming Election Issue: Defense of Human Life
Upcoming Election Issue: Marriage and the Traditional Family
Bishop Dewane on Defending Religious Freedom ! (Video is posted each Monday)
etc.
This is what CA Bishops should be doiing.
Bishop Dewane also prays the Rosary at abortion clinics with interested Catholics.
And this Sunday the 28th (weather permitting) he will be carrying the Eucharist in public procession through the streets starting at Christ the King Church in Sarasota FL to proclaim Christ the King of our Society and to ask His Blessing on the upcoming elections.
Christ the King is a Catholic Parish of the FSSP that holds Latin Masses, and trains other priests in FL who are interested in learning the Latin Mass.
“The only conclusion can be that some of the CA Bishops must support Democratic candidates who support ABORTION, EUTHANASIA, HOMO-SEXUAL MARRIAGE or are against FREEDOM of RELIGION.”. Or……some CA Bishops ARE actually Democrats who support ABORTION, EUTHANASIA, HOMO-SEXUAL MARRIAGE, etc.
WatchingMediaNow,
Unfortunately for the faithful, your conclusion is correct!
God bless, yours in Their Hearts,
Kenneth M. Fisher
I already voted.
This is very welcome information. Many people don’t know about Proposition 32. I worked for the state for many years, and had union membership so that I could keep a life insurance policy through the union – but I realized that my dues to a large extent were supporting every anti-life candidate and anti-life proposition. I hope that current government and hospital workers and others will now be free of the oppressive tactics of unions who steal their money and “kick sand in their faces”.
God Bless you for taking such a strong stand on what is right…
The Lord said to Joshua…”Be Courageous and Obey the Laws of the Lord….”….He then promise to be with ‘them’ (meaning us, all of us)
until the end, the Lord said these words to Joshua three times,
He then said woe to those that do not obey the Law of the Lord…
read the book of Joshua in the Old Testament…I’m not good at quoting
but remember this well because in our parish we have Bible Study Group, and we are now doing Joshua
God Bless America because we are the only country that openly say IN GOD WE TRUST because we are ONE NATION UNDER GOD!!
I voted yes.
The political power that unions have through automatic payroll deductions needs to be ended.
Hooray! I agree yes on 32!
How many Catholic’s are not leaving their union jobs; despite knowing that their funds are being used to fund Genocide?
“Take up your cross and follow me”
I am sure there is some educated explanation as to why someone would hold on to a Union Job despite the evil it funds and still get to heaven.
Yes, Yes on 32!! The Unions run California. The Unions have put 50 million dollars into the effort to defeat this proposition with a deceptive campaign. They don’t want to loose their power! They know what is at stake!!!!! The yes on 32 has very little money. They are relying mostly on word of mouth. That’s you and me!
I meet people who won’t vote for Obama this time, but they won’t vote for Romney neither. They say that they just aren’t going to vote at all. They tell me that politics are corrupt. When I tell them about Prop 32 their eyes just glaze over. I tell them please, if nothing else, go to the polls and vote Yes on prop. 32.
So many Catholics have voted for the devil for years and have finally become disillusioned. Now that they have the chance to kick the beast out they just sit there like defeated children. I suppose that they are still listening to the devil. We really need to promote the year of faith as well!!!
Have the CA Bishops andDiocese Priests – made known – PROP 32 ?
JUSTICE demands a big, big YES.
Tell your family, friends and neighbors.
No, they are too busy cooperating with the Demonic ACLU in trying to end the Death Penalty!
God bless, yours in Their Hearts,
Kenneth M. Fisher
There would seem to exist a hidden motive for ending the death penalty. What could it be but ending man’s ability to defend himself? This end always suits tyrants, and these marxist bishops are indeed cryptic tyrants. Look what the do to their own circles, to wit the homosexual and pedophile scandal. They’d to the same thing to everyone if they could get away with it.
Over 35 years ago, when the court was hearing Roe vs Wade, only one Catholic priest was in the courtroom. The bishops ignored the outcome when they should have threatened to use peaceful means to protest this horrible holocoust. Now that abortion has become practically a ‘sacrament’ to the demonic left, silly, uncomprehensible booklets are released by the USCCB. Thank God for the pro-life organizations who are doing what the bishops should be doing. Judy Brown and others will be rewarded by Almighty God for the great things they are doing for the safely of the unborn, and for pro-life issues. These are issues which the Catholic Church has always upheld as moral absolutes.
I received the USCCB voter guide today, enclosed within the parish bulletin. It is lengthy, wordy, and loosey-goosey. It it full of loopholes and lacks an unequivocal condemnation of the democratic platform. I understand the bishop or Green Bay Wisconsin issued an outright warning to his flock that voting for “a political party that endorses abortion and same sex marriage” does not deserve the votes of believing Catholics. I sincerely wish our California bishops showed an equal amount of courage.
God Bless you Father.
I voted yes on 32, no on 30.
VOTE NO on the death penalty one…Do not end the death penalty!
That’s right, no on 30. The CCC says that in some instances the death penalty is necessary to protect the innocent–just like “just war”. I attended social justice meetings in our area where some went on and on about the poor people on death row–I challenged them all to stand outside any planned parenthood facility if they wanted to see the REAL death row! Then just this Sunday in our parish bulletin, a Bishop encouraged everyone to vote yes on 30, comparing the deaths of the INNOCENT the same as those on death row! Really? May God help this mis-guided Bishop.
Proposition 30 has nothing to do with the death penalty–30 is the sales and income tax initiative.
In Fidei Depositum John Paul II declared the FIRST edition of the Catechism a “sure norm for teaching the faith” and “a sure and authentic reference text.” The near-reversal of support for the death penalty in the second edition was pushed by through certain bishops when the pope was already infirm. I only refer to and study the first edition which is the sure norm for the faith.
Thanks Sandra for your encouraging post to inform others. This lie that some Bishops are pushing about the death penalty is truly unjust and ungodly if you ask me. I find it a tragedy that someone would compare the blood of innocent unborn children to the ones who have committed heinous crimes and would again recommit them if given an opportunity, this is an injustice to all people.
I like how you stood up for the unborn. God bless you always!
The Bishops should never get involved in politics that defy the exact teaching in the “Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition”. The CCC does NOT say “NEVER” regarding the death penalty.
If someone will be a threat to prison guards or other prisoners in the USA the death penalty can be used.
In the USA it takes many years (in which any prisoner has time to ask God for forgiveness) prior to the implementation of the death penalty.
After hearing all the evidence, Juries not Bishops will determine if someone is still very dangerous to others.
CCC: ” 2267 Assuming that the guilty party’s identity and responsibility have been fully determined, the traditional teaching of the Church does not exclude recourse to the death penalty, if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives against the unjust aggressor.
If, however, non-lethal means are sufficient to defend and protect people’s safety from the aggressor, authority will limit itself to such means, as these are more in keeping with the concrete conditions of the common good and are more in conformity to the dignity of the human person.
Today, in fact, as a consequence of the possibilities which the state has for effectively preventing crime, by rendering one who has committed an offense incapable of doing harm – without definitely taking away from him the possibility of redeeming himself – the cases in which the execution of the offender is an absolute necessity are very rare, if not practically non-existent. ”
(Do you suppose that some Bishops do not encourage the reading of the CCC is so that they can preach their own brand of politics?
Remember the fiasco regarding ILLEGAL immigration – when the CCC clearly states that immigrants MUST OBEY the laws of the host Country – and this does not exclude immigration laws.)
Chris not only that but evidence shows that laws change continually and many times hard core criminals do slip between the cracks and have become serial killers and rapist because of an imperfect legal system, it is very evident that even given flat out real evidence of the history of a serial killer, rapist, sodomizer etc the law still protect them better than they do the innocent victims.
Due to laws changes often there is always that chance that criminals will find a way to gain their freedom to recommit their crimes. How often do we see evidence of someone who has raped not one but more than several children, most of the time, we hear about their bodies found somewhere. If we don’t protect our people from such things, it’s no wonder we don’t feel safe anymore to let our kids enjoy a couple of hours of bike riding, or walking to the nearest grocery store, or walking to their friends house…..those good ole days are gone…..SO its foolish for anyone to think that these modern days it can be more contained but they are terrible misinformed and are placing people in danger with those views. We need to keep the death penalty in place, here in California there are very few on death roe anyways, so why mess with trying to remove it! I would rather keep it in place, to be used to defend us from someone really hard core into harming society!
Excellent comments Chris!
HEy there, I have to give a speech, and I was thinnikg about this. It is going to be a persuasive speech at my college. I was thinnikg about a the topic: It is a baby, not a tissue, yes I say, there are tissues made of human cells, equals to human being. Anyways, I know I may not convince them, or who knows I may, at least one of them. What do you guys think? Because I was not sure of doing it, I was thinnikg to my self: no, it is such a big topic, and naa,. But I realize that it is an opportunity and by the way the instructor said that we have convince, and she also said it can be right or wrong,( although I know I will be right according to our belief or God), and the prochoice people would be wrong,,, common it is a human being!! Please help me out so that I can give a simple persuasive speech, please pray for me!!