"Nonpartisan" Catholics United to “Set the Record Straight” by Trying to Convince Catholics That New Healthcare Law is "Pro-Life"

I just received an email from CatholicVote.org with the following information:

Dear CatholicVote Friend,

Let me be blunt: I am in a fighting mood.

This week the divisive group Catholics United announced they are preparing to spend $500,000 to defend members of Congress who voted FOR the pro-abortion healthcare law. You might remember Catholics United. They're an affiliate of Catholics in Alliance, which has received heavy funding from athiest billionaire George Soros.

So now Catholics United has a massive warchest to spew propaganda that will divide and confuse the Catholic vote.

We have a plan to fight back, but we urgently need your support today.

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Catholics United (Divided) has developed a bogus “Set the Record Straight” campaign to convince Catholics and other voters that the new healthcare law is pro-life! They are preparing television, radio and Internet advertisements that will tell voters that support for Obamacare was a vote to protect life. What nonsense!

We saw what happened during the 2008 election when this group and others attempted to co-op the Church’s teaching to push their partisan agenda. In fact, Denver’s Archbishop Chaput slammed Catholics United saying they “have done a disservice to the Church, confused the natural priorities of Catholic social teaching, [and] undermined the progress pro-lifers have made...”

But that hasn’t stopped them. They are back for more, and if we don’t respond this time, they are poised to do some major damage.

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Previous Pro Ecclesia posts on this subject:
Archbishop Chaput: A Bad Bill and How We Got It

Archbishop Chaput: Those Confusing the Catholic Stance on Health Care Will Bear the Blame for Anti-Life Effects of Heath Care Bill

CatholicVote Takes on Soros-Funded Catholics in Alliance and Catholics United

Sebelius and Kmiec Catholicism - the Catholic Left Declares War on Pro-Lifers

Apologists for Abortion-Loving Catholics Attack Archbishop ... Again

"Nonpartisan" Catholics United Attacks the Knights of Columbus

"Nonpartisan" Catholics United Hits McCain with Ad Questioning His Pro-Life Credentials

"Non-Partisan" Group of Catholic Obama Supporters Calling Itself "Catholics United" Gets Divisive

The Catholic Left Meets in Philadelphia

Convention for the "Common Good"

Bill Donohue: "How the Catholic Left Is Boxed in by Abortion"

"Catholic Democrats" Attack "Registered Republican Archbishop of Kansas City" for "Using Communion" to "Take Down" Sebelius

Deal Hudson: "Catholics Organize to Elect Barack Obama"