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Some few days before November 4 I received an e-mail that originated from the Supreme Office of the Knights of Columbus. It asked for my vote to preserve the progress bishops made toward reversing "Roe vs. Wade".

I voted for Senator Obama and replied with a "Cautionary Notice":

Vote Result --- Rating of 1:lowest and 10:highest for usefulness to community.
Score: 10.0, Votes: 3

USCCB: Statement on Obama, politics, abortion

Today, Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued a statement in the name of the bishops regarding relations with the incoming administration of President-elect Barak Obama, focusing in particular on the bishops' concern with abortion. The following is the full text of that statement, which is the result of three days of d