Catholics Against Kerry should read and heed this:

[Bullshot]

I found a stack of flyers setting at the main entrance of the Catholic church I attend. The vast majority of members of this church, it seems, are pro-Bush and mainly, if not solely because of the abortion issue.

The flyer was from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops: Among its bullet points:

CONSIDER COMPLETE CATHOLIC TEACHING: JUSTICE, LIFE AND PEACE.

Abortion rates have increased since the end of 2000, reversing a steady decline during the 1990s. About 52,000 more abortions occurred in 2002 than expected by pre-2000 standards.

The infant mortality rate increased in 2002. THE FIRST INCREASE IN 40 YEARS.

Over 44 million Americans lack health insurance, a 10% increase from four years ago.

Almost 36 million Americans live in poverty, an increase of 4.3 million from four years ago.

More than 13,000 civilians and 1,100 of our troops have died in an Iraq war called a "moral failure" by the Vatican.

"Any politics of human life must work to resist the violence of war and the scandal of capital punishment. Any politics of human dignity must seriously address issues of racism, poverty, hunger, employment, education, housing and health care." - U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

"What we will not do is vote for a candidate just because he uses words that we like to hear; remembering, as Scripture tells us, that we must be 'doers of the Word and not hearers only." - Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton, Detroit Free Press, October 20, 2004.

It's too bad this flyer wasn't discovered sooner.

My cynical side says many, if not most, of the people who call themselves "Right to Lifers" in my parish are pre-disposed to vote Republican and they pigeonhole the entire presidential election into the abortion issue. That's how they rationalize their support for Bush, even though he's the biggest loser of any president of any party in my lifetime.

These "Catholics Against Bush" signs I see should be thrown back in their owners' faces.