O professor da Fordham University, Charles Camosy, que deixou o Partido Democrata no início deste ano por causa da posição do partido sobre o aborto, chamou Harris de uma escolha “profundamente falha” para vice.
“É muito bom que uma mulher negra tenha sido indicada para vice-presidente. E posso entender o desejo de escolher o menor de dois males ”, disse Camosy no Twitter na quarta-feira.
“Mas para os católicos a favor da justiça pré-natal e do governo que defende essas crianças da violência terrível, devemos dizer que Harris é um candidato profundamente falho. Elogios sem reservas à sua candidatura a VP é, na verdade, mais um exemplo de apagamento da criança pré-natal ”, disse Camosy.
O Democratas pela Vida da América também criticou a escolha de Harris, dizendo em um comunicado que ela “não oferece garantias aos democratas pró-vida e irá, de fato, alienar ainda mais 21 milhões de eleitores democratas que foram deixados de fora do partido por vários Tempo.”
A posição de Harris sobre o aborto está “muito fora de linha com a maioria dos democratas e americanos nesta questão delicada”, disse a organização, e encorajou Biden e Harris a entrar em contato com os democratas pró-vida e ajustar as posições da plataforma do partido sobre o aborto.
Michael Sean Winters, escritor do National Catholic Reporter e autor de “Esquerda no altar: como os democratas perderam os católicos e como os católicos podem salvar os democratas”, também expressou suas reservas sobre Harris.
“[Massachusetts senadora Elizabeth] Warren era a pessoa que eu queria que Biden escolhesse”, disse Winters na quarta-feira.
“Após as tensões raciais que o país experimentou neste verão, colocar uma mulher negra na chapa é algo que deve ser elogiado”, disse Winters, mas chamou a escolha de Harris de um “revés para os progressistas”.
Winters criticou o questionamento de Harris em 2018 de um nomeado judicial por causa de sua filiação aos Cavaleiros de Colombo, chamando seu tratamento de Brian C. Buescher de “embaraçoso em sua ignorância e preconceito”.
“Quaisquer que sejam as dificuldades que eu tenha com a liderança no K of C, elas não desculpam seu desprezo em relação a uma religião mantida por milhões de cidadãos, incluindo seu novo companheiro de chapa”, disse Winters na quarta-feira após o anúncio da escolha de Harris.
Na época em que a CNA divulgou a história da provação de Buescher, a America Magazine publicou um editorial dizendo que as perguntas de Harris ao candidato a juiz mostravam “uma surpreendente ignorância das muitas atividades religiosas, caritativas e cívicas dos Cavaleiros além de sua defesa política direta, para não mencionar um completo desprezo por sua história na oposição ao anticatolicismo virulento no passado da nação. ”
A redatora da National Review, Alexandra DeSanctis, fez uma observação semelhante, dizendo que o tempo de Harris no comitê judiciário do Senado mostrou “preconceito anticatólico condenável e não há razão para acreditar que suas opiniões tenham mudado”.
Vários comentaristas de toda a divisão política também observaram o apoio de Harris ao acesso ilimitado ao aborto.
Brian Burch, presidente da CatholicVote, descreveu Harris como “firmemente pró-aborto e anti-liberdade religiosa”, e disse que ela “favorece políticas de aborto radicais, incluindo aborto tardio pago pelos contribuintes, bem como forçando ordens religiosas católicas como a Pequenas Irmãs dos Pobres devem fornecer medicamentos para aborto em seus planos de saúde. ”
O bispo Thomas Tobin, da Diocese de Providence, disse no Twitter que, de fato, a escolha de Harris por Biden apontou para uma ausência de valores católicos pelo candidato democrata.
“Biden-Harris. É a primeira vez em algum tempo que a chapa democrata não traz um católico. Triste.” Tobin tweetou na terça-feira.
Biden, um católico que estava na chapa democrata em 2008 e 2012, tem sofrido críticas constantes de muitos líderes católicos por seu crescente apoio ao aborto e por ter oficializado um casamento do mesmo sexo.
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Le correspondant de RECOWACERAO NEWS AGENCY, RECONA, en poste à Washington DC a déposé cette nouvelle qui indique que les catholiques et les organisations pro-vie aux États-Unis et dans le monde en général ont offert une gamme de réactions à la sélection du sénateur Kamala Harris comme ancien vice colistier du président Joe Biden pour les élections de 2020. Biden a annoncé sa sélection le 11 août, déclenchant une vague de réactions parmi les commentateurs politiques et catholiques
Charles Camosy, professeur à l’Université Fordham, qui a quitté le Parti démocrate plus tôt cette année en raison de la position du parti sur l’avortement, a qualifié Harris de choix «profondément imparfait» pour le poste de vice-président.
«C’est très bien qu’une femme noire ait été nommée VP. Et je peux comprendre une volonté de choisir le moindre de deux maux », a déclaré mercredi Camosy sur Twitter.
«Mais pour les catholiques en faveur de la justice prénatale, et du gouvernement défendant ces enfants d’une terrible violence, il faut dire que Harris est un candidat profondément imparfait. L’éloge sans réserve de sa candidature à la vice-présidence est, en fait, un autre exemple d’effacement de l’enfant prénatal », a déclaré Camosy.
Les démocrates pour la vie d’Amérique ont également critiqué la sélection de Harris, affirmant dans un communiqué qu’elle “ ne donne aucune assurance aux démocrates pro-vie et va, en fait, aliéner davantage 21 millions d’électeurs démocrates qui ont été exclus du parti pendant un certain nombre. temps.”
La position de Harris sur l’avortement est «bien en décalage avec la majorité des démocrates et des américains sur cette question sensible», a déclaré l’organisation, et a encouragé Biden et Harris à tendre la main aux démocrates pro-vie et à ajuster les positions du parti sur l’avortement.
Michael Sean Winters, écrivain pour le National Catholic Reporter et auteur de «Gauche à l’autel: comment les démocrates ont perdu les catholiques et comment les catholiques peuvent sauver les démocrates», a également exprimé ses réserves sur Harris.
«[La sénatrice du Massachusetts Elizabeth] Warren était la personne que je voulais que Biden choisisse», a déclaré Winters mercredi.
«Après les tensions raciales que la nation a connues cet été, mettre une femme noire sur le billet doit être félicité», a déclaré Winters, mais a qualifié la sélection de Harris de «revers pour les progressistes».
Winters a critiqué l’interrogatoire par Harris en 2018 d’un candidat à la justice au sujet de son appartenance aux Chevaliers de Colomb, qualifiant son traitement de Brian C. Buescher «d’embarrassant à la fois par son ignorance et son sectarisme».
«Quelles que soient les difficultés que j’ai avec la direction du K de C, elles n’excusent pas son mépris envers une religion détenue par des millions de concitoyens, y compris son nouveau colistier», a déclaré Winters mercredi après l’annonce de la sélection de Harris.
Au moment où l’AIIC a dévoilé l’histoire de l’épreuve de Buescher, America Magazine a publié un éditorial selon lequel les questions de Harris au juge potentiel avaient montré “une ignorance surprenante des nombreuses activités religieuses, caritatives et civiques des Chevaliers au-delà de leur plaidoyer politique direct, sans parler un mépris total pour leur histoire en s’opposant à l’anti-catholicisme virulent dans le passé de la nation. ”
La rédactrice du National Review, Alexandra DeSanctis, a fait une observation similaire, affirmant que le temps passé par Harris au comité judiciaire du Sénat avait montré «un sectarisme anti-catholique répréhensible, et il n’y a aucune raison de croire que ses opinions ont changé.»
Plusieurs commentateurs de tous les horizons politiques ont également noté le soutien remarquable de Harris pour un accès illimité à l’avortement.
Brian Burch, président de CatholicVote, a décrit Harris comme «résolument pro-avortement et liberté antireligieuse» et a déclaré qu’elle «favorise les politiques d’avortement radical, y compris l’avortement tardif payé par les contribuables, ainsi que le forçage des ordres religieux catholiques comme le Petites Sœurs des Pauvres à fournir des médicaments d’avortement dans leurs plans de soins de santé.
L’évêque Thomas Tobin du diocèse de Providence a déclaré sur Twitter qu’en effet, la sélection de Harris par Biden indiquait une absence de valeurs catholiques de la part du candidat démocrate.
«Biden-Harris. Première fois depuis longtemps que le ticket démocrate n’a pas eu de catholique dessus. Triste.” Tobin a tweeté mardi.
Biden, un catholique qui était sur le ticket démocrate en 2008 et 2012, a fait l’objet de critiques soutenues de la part de nombreux dirigeants catholiques pour son soutien croissant à l’avortement et pour avoir officié lors d’un mariage homosexuel.
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The Correspondent of RECOWACERAO NEWS AGENCY, RECONA, stationed in Washington DC filed this news which indicates that the Catholics and pro-life organizations in the USA and the world at large offered a range of reactions to the selection of Sen. Kamala Harris as former vice president Joe Biden’s running mate for the 2020 election. Biden announced his selection on Aug. 11, triggering a wave of reactions among political and Catholic commentators
Fordham University professor Charles Camosy, who left the Democratic Party earlier this year over the party’s stance on abortion, called Harris a “deeply flawed” choice for VP.
“It is very good that a Black woman has been nominated for VP. And I can understand a desire to choose the lesser of two evils,” said Camosy on Twitter Wednesday.
“But for Catholics in favor of prenatal justice, and of government defending these children from terrible violence, we must say that Harris is a deeply flawed candidate. Unreserved praise of her VP candidacy is, in effect, yet another example of erasure of the prenatal child,” Camosy said.
Democrats for Life of America also criticized Harris’s selection, saying in a statement that she “does not provide pro-life Democrats with any assurances and will, in fact, further alienate 21 million Democratic voters who have been left out of the party for quite some time.”
Harris’ position on abortion is “far out of line with the majority of Democrats and Americans on this sensitive issue,” the organization said, and encouraged Biden and Harris to reach out to pro-life Democrats and adjust the party’s platform stances on abortion.
Michael Sean Winters, a writer for the National Catholic Reporter and the author of “Left At the Altar: How Democrats Lost The Catholics And How Catholics Can Save The Democrats,” also expressed his reservations about Harris.
“[Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth] Warren was the person I wanted Biden to choose,” said Winters on Wednesday.
“After the racial tensions the nation experienced this summer, putting a Black woman on the ticket is to be commended,” Winters said, but called the selection of Harris a “setback for progressives.”
Winters was critical of Harris’ 2018 questioning of a judicial nominee over his membership of the Knights of Columbus, calling her treatment of Brian C. Buescher “embarrassing in both its ignorance and its bigotry.”
“Whatever difficulties I have with the leadership at the K of C, they do not excuse her dismissiveness towards a religion held by millions of fellow citizens, including her new running mate,” Winters said Wednesday after the announcement of Harris’ selection was made.
At the time CNA broke the story of Buescher’s ordeal, America Magazine published an editorial saying Harris’ questions to the prospective judge had shown “a surprising ignorance of the Knights’ many religious, charitable and civic activities beyond their direct political advocacy, not to mention a complete disregard for their history in opposing virulent anti-Catholicism in the nation’s past.”
National Review writer Alexandra DeSanctis made a similar observation, saying Harris’s time on the Senate judiciary committee had shown “reprehensible anti-Catholic bigotry, and there’s no reason to believe her views have changed.”
Several commentators from across the political divide also noted Harris’ noted support for unlimited access to abortion.
Brian Burch, president of CatholicVote, described Harris as “staunchly pro-abortion and anti-religious liberty,” and said that she “favors radical abortion policies including late-term abortion paid for by taxpayers, as well as forcing Catholic religious orders like the Little Sisters of the Poor to provide abortion drugs in their healthcare plans.”
Bishop Thomas Tobin of the Diocese of Providence said on Twitter that, in effect, Biden’s selection of Harris pointed to an absence of Catholic values by the Democratic candidate.
“Biden-Harris. First time in a while that the Democratic ticket hasn’t had a Catholic on it. Sad.” Tobin tweeted on Tuesday.
Biden, a Catholic who was on the Democratic ticket in 2008 and 2012, has come under sustained criticism from many Catholic leaders for his increasing support for abortion and for his having officiated at a same-sex wedding.
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