Wednesday, August 13, 2008  Kmiec-Slap in Kansas  Voting for the
pro-abort is, simply, evil.  In a voter's guide released for the
second time since 2006, the Kansas Catholic Bishops make it
clear that Catholics would "commit moral evil" by voting for a
candidate who embraces abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem-cell
research, human cloning, and same-sex "marriage," when a morally
acceptable candidate is available.  The voter's guide signed by
Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, bishops Ronald Gilmore
of Dodge City, Paul Coakley of Salina, and Michael Jackels of
Wichita sends a strong message to Catholics that advancing pro-
abortion candidates and their aims is incompatible with the
Catholic Faith. The statement means trouble not only for
Catholic politicians like pro-abortion US House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi, but also for the conservative Catholic Doug Kmiec, a
well known constitutional law professor who endorsed Obama as a
"natural" for the Catholic vote.  Yesterday, Mayor Tommy Barrett
(a Catholic) appea