The House representative from Rhode Island has been told by the Roman Catholic bishop of Providence, RI that he should "refrain from receiving communion because of his stance on abortion". This info was reported on the NY Times.com website today. Why doesn't the church also deny communion to those who support capital punishment or the war in Iraq; both are positions the church says they oppose. If the church is going to act in an obviously partisan political fashion, then they should loss their tax exempt status.
In the debate on the health care bill, Kennedy opposed language that would make it harder to get funding for an abotion, but when the final vote came up with the "anti-abortion language" in it, he voted for it. For some groups-the church here-there is no room for compromise.
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