Washington D.C., Nov 10, 2009 / 03:00 am
A Catholic lawyer from Michigan who says John Paul II is one of his role models has filed to run for the state’s 7th Congressional District.
Brian Rooney, a pro-life Republican attorney for the Thomas More Law Center, will face a primary challenge against another pro-lifer, Tim Walberg, who lost the seat to Democrat Mark Schauer in 2008.
Rep. Schauer has been described by NARAL Pro-Choice America as “fully pro-choice” and he voted against the Stupak-Pitts Amendment to the health care bill.
Rooney told Deal Hudson of InsideCatholic.com that that vote shows Schauer is “completely out of touch with his constituents,” whom Rooney described as “mostly middle to right.”