Nice to know they still chat. But if the Advisory Council were really thriving, why have they nixed it from their website?

They should chat. Hopefully Obama will reconsider the worthlessness of human life unless it somehow escapes the dangers of being grown in a liberal womb. But then again, he still views the child as a punishment.
“I don’t want them PUNISHED, with a BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Who is William Donohue? Is he a Priest? Does he represent the Catholic Church? I must say I have never heard of him.

On the same token, I guess I could also ask who Sharon Daly is? Why is the conversation a tit for tat between Catholic intellectuals instead of the real issues facing the American people? This is all silly.

It’s good to have a confirmation that the group is still going full force in favor of a pro-abortion politician. I intend to write letters to several Bishops about the faculty members, including Theology professors from Catholic schools like Notre Dame and Boston College, who need to have their Mandatum reviewed. “Commend[ing]” pro-abortion Obama to Catholics is compromising the Catholic identity of their respective educational institutions. More importantly, it isn’t “leading the youth to truth”, as Benedict has recently instructed Catholic faculty.

I grow tired of those of you who talk in absolutes, as if abortion is the only issue on which we should base our decisions. Such logic is small-minded and destructive of the broad range of issues which we should consider as Catholics.
The Obama advisory council is a noble effort, in my mind, and I’m glad their work continues.

There are many Catholics who will support Obama, whether Bill Donohue likes it or not. They will also continue to receive communion every week, as do those Catholics who use artificial birth control.
Those to whom abortion is the only issue, will probably not vote for Obama. We’ve heard the same thing in every presidential election. I just wonder what they’re getting for their vote. We were told that abortion would end if Bush was elected. Still there. If McCain gets elected the plan is to have Roe overturned by the Supremes and sent back to the states. Didn’t happen under Bush and who knows if it will happen under someone else. It’s so tricky to say what the Supremes will do. After all, it was a life-long Republican, appointed by a Republican, Harry Blackmun who wrote the majority opinion in Roe v Wade. Of course, in most states, even if Roe were overturned, abortion would continue. Recent Gallup polling says that only a small percentage of Americans support a total ban on abortion.

gmo2 what are you getting for your vote? hopefully not a president who supports infanticide. while in the illinois senate, obama led the fight to deny health care to babies BORN ALIVE as the result of a botched abortion.

Is there any candidate out there who both supports right to life and opposes the death penalty, as the Church teaches? This isn’t a rhetorical question. I’d really like to support this person!

Rob,
Yes, there are plenty. But none are running for President.

Rob, I share your concerns. The way I see it, it doesn’t help to frame the argument in pro-life/pro-choice dichotomies, as those have been so aggressively politicized as to lack all meaning. Obviously (except to B. Daily) no president “supports infanticide.” That is a ridiculous phrase on its face, when we stop and think about it. (No one “supports” abortion, either.) The matter at hand is whether you believe criminalizing abortion is really the answer to addressing the tragedy of abortion. As gmo2 suggests, fighting over Roe v. Wade isn’t necessarily the answer either.
Obama’s approach involves getting at the root causes, about trying to reduce unwanted pregnancies. He wants to lift the issue above its current status as a political football and make it an issue that, through bipartisan compromise and conversation, American can finally and concretely confront.

Bil Donohue doesn’t speak for all Catholics – he’s a Republican hack and he speaks for his GOP sponsors.