Washington D.C., Jun 7, 2004 / 22:00 pm
Senator Dick Durbin’s “Catholic Scorecard”, which ranks Catholic U.S. senators based on their votes on domestic, international and pro-life issues, is “ludicrous”, says the Catholic League in a recent press release.
The report issued by the senator of Illinois ranks Democratic senators John Kerry and Ted Kennedy among the “most Catholic” of 24 U.S. senators despite being openly pro-abortion.
Durbin’s report is called “Evaluating the Votes and Actions of Public Officials from a Catholic Perspective.” It ranks senators concerning the issues listed in a document by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, called “Faithful Citizenship.”
“To say that a senator votes better on Catholic issues because he has voted to increase the minimum wage while voting against a ban on killing a baby who is 80 percent born is ludicrous,” said Catholic League president William Donohue, referring to the recent act that was passed, banning partial-birth abortions.