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12/20/2002 Archived Entry: "catholic school refuses davis"

COURAGE

This short piece is from cnsnews.com.

"Pro-Abortion Governor Barred from Catholic Property

(CNSNews.com) - A Catholic home for troubled children refused to let the governor of California onto its premises because he supports abortion. "We don't let any pro-abortion people in our grounds here," Monsignor Edward Kavanagh was quoted as saying. Kavanagh, the director of St. Patrick's Home for Children in Sacramento, said Gov. Gray Davis "should get his life together and he should change his whole philosophy on the unborn." Gov. Davis planned to visit the home dressed up as Santa Claus to hand out presents to the kids - a tradition carried on by previous governors. Instead, Davis invited the children to come to the state Capitol to pick up their gifts. Wire reports quoted Gov. Davis as saying that the home's director is entitled to his point of view, just as Davis is entitled to his. "I'm unapologetically pro-choice and I'm not changing my position," Davis said. "Having said this, the tradition is about children, not grown-ups. I didn't want the kids to be disappointed." "

Bravo, Monsignor.

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