Colorado--Colorado's three Catholic bishops issued a statement pointing out the need to reject candidates who support abortion, euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, human embryo destruction, human cloning and gay 'marriage.'.Colorado -- Colorado's three Catholic bishops issued a statement pointing out the need to reject candidates who support abortion, euthanasia euthanasia (y  'thənā`zhə), either painlessly putting to death or failing to prevent death from natural causes in cases of terminal illness or irreversible coma. , physician-assisted suicide Noun 1. physician-assisted suicide - assisted suicide where the assistant is a physicianassisted suicide - suicide of a terminally ill person that involves an assistant who serves to make dying as painless and dignified as possible , human embryo destruction, human cloning Although genes are recognized as influencing behavior and cognition, "genetically identical" does not mean altogether identical; identical twins, despite being natural human clones with near identical DNA, are separate people, with separate experiences and not altogether and gay 'marriage.' The bishops point out that candidates who favour, or are indifferent to, issues described as intrinsically evil (such as the ones above), do not deserve the Catholic vote (Puebla Chieftain, Oct. 21, 2006; Communique, Oct. 27, 2006). |
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