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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Manuel
Miranda [mailto:mmiranda@att.net]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 27, 2006
10:25 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Undisclosed-Recipient:;<BR><B>Subject:</B> Catholics and
Santorum v. Casey<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=articledate>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">As you
may know, I am the former president of the Cardinal Newman Society for
Catholic Higher Education, so I took an interest in this controversy over Bob
Casey, Jr. You may want to forward these two articles, especially to
your Pennsylvania friends.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">______________________________________________________</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
href="http://www.ncregister.com/articulo4.php?artkod=OTUx"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">http://www.ncregister.com/articulo4.php?artkod=OTUx</SPAN></FONT></A><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The University and the
Candidate</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Oct. 1-8, 2006</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">by KATHYRN JEAN LOPEZ
</SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">My alma
mater, The Catholic University of America, owes Sen. </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Rick
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Santorum</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, R-Pa., an
apology.</SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Santorum</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">’s opponent
in his re-election fight, Democrat Bob Casey Jr., gave the annual Pope John
XXIII lecture earlier this month at CUA’s Columbus School of Law. The Democrat’s
remarks were billed as on “Restoring America’s Moral Compass: Leadership and the
Common Good.” By giving him a forum at the bishop-chartered school, CUA showed
poor leadership; its compass was pointed in the wrong
direction.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">You may argue though that CUA was
technically within its rights having Casey on campus. Casey opposes abortion,
though he supports public funding of contraception and the over-the-counter-sale
of Plan B, which can act as an abortifacient. He refused to oppose the
abortion-lobby-lead filibusters on Bush judges and has given no real indication
that he seeks to be a pro-life leader on the level of the man he seeks to
replace.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In other words, Bob Casey Jr. is no
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Rick </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Santorum</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">.</SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Santorum</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">, on the
other hand, is the foremost leader in the U.S. Congress when it comes to
protecting innocent human life. </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Santorum</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> fathered
the partial-birth-abortion ban. He has fought for a federal marriage amendment,
an issue many shy away from. He has not only fought against attempts to legalize
cloning, but has worked to find a constructive, non-destructive middle ground on
stem-cell research. Others may share his passion and consistency, but he’s in
the Senate leadership</SPAN></FONT> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">—</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> the youngest
member</SPAN></FONT> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">—</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> with such high name
recognition that TV mob boss Tony Soprano mentioned him last season on HBO. He
gives those we can’t yet hear not only a voice but clout. He has earned respect
for both his principled leadership and his prudential political skills.
</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">That said, it’s not the job of The
Catholic University of America to determine who should win the
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Pennsylvania</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Senate
race. Which is also precisely why Casey shouldn’t have been on campus this fall.
Although the dean of the law school defended the decision to invite him against
complaints of political favoritism by arguing that the speech was not political
in nature, there was no way a candidate in the most contested Senate race in the
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">United States</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> could
appear on campus and it not be a political speech. And, as anyone could have
predicted, the speech did, in fact, have an impact beyond </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Pennsylvania</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> … with the
speech itself, by the way, sounding a lot like a campaign stump speech covering
everything from the environment to Iraq.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Within days, one </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Pennsylvania</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> paper
reported that “values voters” are “up for grabs.” Since both Casey and
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Santorum</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> say they’re
pro-life</SPAN></FONT> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">—</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> and since CUA seems to
have no beef with Casey</SPAN></FONT> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">—</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> well, what’s the
difference, anyway?</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The black-and-white difference for
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Catholics</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> to take a
look at is the prospect of losing a leader for life. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Still, you may argue, Casey supports
a ban on cloning, he’d likely be better news for the cause of defending human
life than all too many other Democrats. True enough. But put that alongside his
support for civil unions (and backing from the homosexual-rights group, the
Human Rights Campaign), his enthusiasm for Plan B and his insistence while at
CUA that faith can’t “dictate” a public official’s views on matters like
marriage and religious liberty, and you don’t exactly have the ideal Catholic
candidate. But, in the end, “that’s for voters to weigh in the imperfect world
of politics,” as my friend Patrick Reilly, president of the Cardinal Newman
Society says.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">When it comes to CUA, though, Reilly
says, “Catholic colleges and universities have a higher burden to meet than
other institutions (or at least they should have), when it comes to providing a
forum for speakers, especially when the topic is ‘</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">America</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">’s Moral
Compass.’”</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The
one bit of silver lining in the Casey lecture is: The public misstep provides an
opportunity for CUA to teach</SPAN></FONT> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">—</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> about Catholic
teaching on contraception, on the moral obligations of </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Catholics</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> in public
life. So far, I haven’t heard that kind of teaching in the wake of the Casey
speech, at least publicly. I’ll give the university the benefit of the doubt and
hope they’re at least doing it in the classroom. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If they’re not, they don’t owe just
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Santorum</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> an apology,
they owe their students and every American Catholic who ever put a dollar in the
collection basket for CUA an apology, too.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Kathryn Jean Lopez is the editor of
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">National Review Online
(</SPAN></FONT><A href="file:///\\www.nationalreview.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">www.nationalreview.com</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">) and is a
nationally syndicated
columnist.</SPAN></FONT> <BR><BR></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></SPAN>
<P><SPAN class=articledate>________________________________________</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=articledate>National Review Online</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=articledate>September 13, 2006, 2:02
p.m.</SPAN><BR><BR><STRONG><FONT size=5><SPAN
class=articletitle>Misinvitation</SPAN><BR></FONT></STRONG><SPAN
class=articlesubtitle><EM>Bob Casey’s stumble into Church
politics</EM>.</SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN class=articlesubtitle>By Patrick J.
Reilly</SPAN><BR><SPAN class=drop></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN class=drop>F</SPAN>undamentally, it’s not a question of politics, but
of truth in advertising. Bob Casey has no business delivering a lecture on
public morality at the Catholic bishops’ national university of the United
States.<BR><BR>The Catholic University of America (CUA) in Washington, D.C., was
founded in 1887 with the certainty expressed by the great John Henry Newman just
30 years earlier in his classic <EM>Idea of a University</EM>: that Catholic
theology is true and ought to inform all academic study.<BR><BR>While many
Catholic colleges and universities are struggling to live up to their identity
as Catholic institutions, CUA has recently done a much better job of providing
genuine Catholic education, even prohibiting <EM>The Vagina Monologues</EM> and
discouraging lectures that could be a scandal to faithful Catholics.<BR><BR>That
is why it is disappointing that the CUA’s law school has honored Pennsylvania
Senate candidate Bob Casey with a! n invit ation to deliver the annual Pope John
XXIII lecture on “Restoring America’s Moral Compass: Leadership and the Common
Good.”<BR><BR>Bob Casey, a Catholic and graduate of the law school, is a poor
choice for two main reasons. First, he is an active candidate for office and is
in a very tight race at the moment. Second, although purportedly pro-life, his
public positions on a number of issues should disqualify him from giving a talk
on morality and leadership at a Catholic school.<BR><BR>The Cardinal Newman
Society, an organization I founded in 1993 to strengthen Catholic identity at
America’s 224 Catholic colleges and universalities, has long held the position
that it is a violation of academic neutrality for a school — even a secular
university — to feature active candidates for office at lectures or other events
.<BR><BR>Such activities inevitably lead to questions about a Catholic
institution’s political neutrality, and their academic mission is subjected to a
candidate’s p! olitica l motivations for earning the respect and votes of
students, faculty and the Catholic community. <BR><BR>This is true even in this
case with CUA being located in Washington and Casey running for office in
Pennsylvania, because of the important role that Catholic University plays as
one of the flagship Catholic institutions in the country. <BR><BR>And,
practically speaking, is there any doubt that Casey views the event as
politically helpful? Why else would he pause from campaigning in Pennsylvania
only weeks before a competitive election? <BR><BR>As I wrote in a letter to
Catholic University President Fr. David O’Connell yesterday, “The law school’s
poor choice is compounded by the fact that Casey is a prominent Catholic who <A
href="http://www.pacatholic.org/election archive/gen04audtr.htm">supports</A>
public funding for contraceptives, laws mandating contraceptive coverage in
health plans, and civil unions for homosexuals, and who has stated that he
opposes legislation ! banning adoptions by gay partners.” <BR><BR>Critics will
say, yes, but those issues do not rise to level of abortion, the most important
issue, and, besides, Casey is pro-life. But what of Casey’s pro-life
credentials?<BR><BR>Last week on <EM>Meet the Press</EM>, Casey said that he
supports over-the-counter sales of the “Plan B” pill, because “It is
contraception, and I support it.”<BR><BR>Host Tim Russert followed up by asking
Casey if he believed that life begins at conception, and Casey answered that he
does.<BR><BR><STRONG>Russert then asked him the next logical question: if an egg
is fertilized would Casey call its destruction contraception or abortion? Backed
into a corner, Casey called it contraception.<BR><BR>Leaving aside Casey’s
enthusiastic support for contraception for a moment — in itself a matter of
dissent from Catholic teaching — even the </STRONG><A
href="http://www.go2planb.com/ForConsumers/AboutPlanB/HowItWorks.aspx"><STRONG>“Plan
B” manufacturer</STRONG></A><STRONG> freely acknowledges that in addition ! to
bein g a contraceptive, the pill also prevents fertilized eggs from implanting
in the womb. Such a situation would, as Russert’s question implied, be an
abortion.<BR></STRONG><BR><STRONG>So, in other words, Bob Casey believes life
begins at conception, but supports the sale, without a prescription, of a pill
that could end a young life. This is in addition to his support for public
funding for contraceptives, including presumably
abortifacients.<BR></STRONG><BR>Is Bob Casey’s record on life issues better than
many Democrats and Republicans already in office? Yes, it is. To be fair, Casey
supports a human-cloning ban and opposes public funding of abortions and
attempts to weaken Pennsylvania’s abortion laws.<BR><BR>But that’s for voters to
weigh in the imperfect world of politics. A university — and a <EM>Catholic</EM>
university, no less — should be above political gamesmanship on moral concerns,
especially matters of life and death.<BR><BR>That’s the point. Catholic colleges
and universities have a highe r burden to meet than other institutions (or at
least they should have) when it comes to providing a forum for speakers,
especially when the topic is “America’s Moral Compass.”<BR><BR>In this case, the
evidence is overwhelming that Bob Casey, as a public Catholic who openly
dissents from fundamental Church teachings, does not meet the test.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><EM>— Patrick Reilly is the founder and president of the <A
href="http://www.cardinalnewmansociety.org/">Cardinal Newman
Society</A>.</EM></P></DIV></DIV>
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