Catholics Must Withhold Vote From Pro-Abortion Politicans Says Supreme Knight of Knights of Columbus

Once again we meet during a presidential election campaign in the United States and once again the question confronts us: “How should Catholics exercise their responsibilities as citizens?” Our fundamental responsibility is to build a culture of life. And to do this requires a new politics.

Today we constantly hear about change. We must remember that real change means building a culture of life and a civilization of love, and that means truly transforming our politics. In this process of change, dealing with the abortion issue is fundamental. While there are certainly many issues that are important to Catholic voters, none has caused more damage to our society than this taking of innocent human life.

The Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus had some stark clear words on Politicians and Abortion

In this CNS news article Supreme Knight reiterates call to end abortion, support marriage

Supreme Knight Carl Anderson challenged American Catholics to overturn the "regime of Roe v. Wade" in November by withholding their vote from any candidate who supports abortion.

He made the comments during an address to the 126th annual convention of the Knights of Columbus in Quebec City.In a wide-ranging 68-minute report that reviewed the organization's accomplishments during the last year, Anderson saved his strongest comments for nearly the end of his address.

He criticized politicians of all parties who court Catholic voters by saying that abortion is one of many issues that deserve attention in any election."It's time to put away the arguments of political spin masters that only serve to justify abortion killing," Anderson said.In apparent reference to Sen. Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, Anderson said change in the country can come only when the practice of aborting unborn children ends."We have all heard a great deal this year about the need for change," he said. "But at the same time we are told one thing cannot change, namely the abortion regime of Roe v. Wade.

It is time that we demand real change and real change means the end of Roe v. Wade.""It's time to stop accommodating pro-abortion politicians, and it's time we start demanding that they accommodate us," Anderson added as the 500 delegates from around the world stood up and loudly applauded.

Anderson said he was not singling out candidates from any political party for criticism.Later, Anderson told Catholic News Service that he decided to focus on the same terminology that Obama is using in his presidential campaign "to get people's attention."

More at above link!!!

The Knights of Columbus has a Special Covention page here .

There is a article here that has more quotes called In Annual Report, Supreme Knight Vows Fight for Life and Marriage (note entire address can be viewed in sections here at Annual Report - the part dealing with Abortion that touches on America, developments in Canada, and Mexico is here at Faithful Citizenship - Faithful Fatherhood

A few more quotes

Once again we meet during a presidential election campaign in the United States and once again the question confronts us: “How should Catholics exercise their responsibilities as citizens?” Our fundamental responsibility is to build a culture of life. And to do this requires a new politics.
Today we constantly hear about change. We must remember that real change means building a culture of life and a civilization of love, and that means truly transforming our politics. In this process of change, dealing with the abortion issue is fundamental. While there are certainly many issues that are important to Catholic voters, none has caused more damage to our society than this taking of innocent human life.

(wow he is really mimicking you know who)

Can we support a candidate who may be attractive for many reasons but who supports abortion? Some partisan advocates have sought to excuse support for pro-abortion candidates through a complex balancing act. They claim other issues are important enough to offset a candidate’s support for abortion. But the right to abortion mandated in the United States by the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision is not just another political issue; it is in reality a legal regime that has resulted in more than 40 million deaths. Imagine for a moment the largest 25 cities in the United States and Canada including New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Dallas, and Vancouver suddenly empty of people. This is what the loss of 40 million human beings would look like. In fact, 40 million is greater than the entire population of Canada.

What political issue could possibly outweigh this human devastation? The answer, of course, is that there is none. Abortion is different. Abortion is the killing of the innocent on a massive scale. It is time to put away the arguments of political spin masters that only serve to justify abortion killing. We have all heard a great deal this year about the need for change. But we are told that one thing cannot change – namely, the abortion regime of Roe v. Wade.......

It is time to end the entanglement of Catholic people with abortion killing. It is time to stop creating excuses for voting for pro-abortion politicians. Catholics should no longer be asked to be partners in the abortion regime by voting for politicians who support abortion.

We will never succeed in building a culture of life if we continue to vote for politicians who support a culture of death.
It is time that Catholics shine a bright line of separation between themselves and all those politicians who defend the abortion regime of Roe v. Wade.
Imagine if this year millions of Catholic voters simply say “no” – no to every candidate of every political party who supports abortion.
It’s time we stop accommodating pro-abortion politicians, and it’s time we start demanding that they accommodate us. This is the only decision that offers a real chance for real change. What candidate or political party can withstand the loss of millions of Catholic voters in this election or the next?

Pretty hard hitting