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October 23, 2008 - 6:45pm
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Beauprez talks values issues in robocalls on behalf of Schaffer, Musgrave
By Jeremy Pelzer, PolitickerCO.com ReporterUPDATED 8:00 P.M. 10/23/2008
Former U.S. Rep. Bob Beauprez (R-Arvada) is targeting Catholic voters in Colorado with robocalls aimed at Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Mark Udall and 4th Congressional District Democratic nominee Betsy Markey.
In the calls, Beauprez talks in a prerecorded message about the "five non-negotiables" of Catholic doctrine -- opposition to abortion, euthanasia, gay marriage, embryonic stem-cell research and human cloning.
Beauprez then lauds the Republican candidate -- U.S. Senate nominee Bob Schaffer or U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-Fort Morgan), depending on the call -- and says their opponent is on the wrong side of each of those issues.
"We simply try to identify to citizens -- Catholics, if we can --where the folks stand and let them decide," Beauprez told PolitickerCO.com.
The calls are being paid for by a new group led by Beauprez called Informed Catholic Citizens.
Beauprez said the group's financial resources will determine how long the robocalls will continue and if robocalls will be made on behalf of additional candidates.
The group's targets are based on political, not religious, ideology: Schaffer and Markey are Catholics, Musgrave is Pentacostal, and Udall was raised Presbyterian.
The Catholic Church has nothing to do with the robocalls, according to the Denver Post.
"I didn't know anything about the group until we started getting calls," Jeanette DeMelo, a spokeswoman for Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput's office, told the Post.
"Some want us to make (Beauprez) stop saying he represents Catholics," DeMelo said to the Post. "We can't do that. He's a Catholic citizen."
Related topics: Bob Schaffer, Mark Udall, Betsy Markey, Marilyn Musgrave, Bob Beauprez, Informed Catholic Citizens
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Colorado Catholic Conference, Political Websites
I've been following the news about political activities of the Colorado Catholic Conference. I'm concerned about infringement of the line separating church and state.
Last week, through its Solidarity Institute, Colorado Catholic Conference set up a website to inform Catholic voters. Immediately after, a cloned website in Spanish also showed up.
Both websites stress "non-negotiables" as Catholics make up their mind about candidates.
I'm wondering where the funding for these websites is coming from--and for Solidarity Institute and Informed Catholics. If direct funding is coming from a political party, then these sites are breaching separation of church and state.
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