New York Catholic Conference issues Voter Guide

Catholics will get a dose of election-year issues this fall as New York's priests weigh in on the statewide contests.
For the first time since the late 1980s, the Catholic Conference of New York State is putting together a voters guide to lay out where candidates for all statewide offices and the Legislature stand on 10 or 12 issues important to the church. The information will be distributed to parishes across the state, and priests will be encouraged to spread the word.

So some Sunday morning, expect to be reminded that Eliot Spitzer, the Democratic front-runner for governor, supports gay marriage and legalized abortion, while John Faso, his Republican and Catholic opponent, opposes both. . . . READ MORE

Politics from the pulpit New York Daily News Originally published on July 11, 2006.