Can Catholics vote for Kerry with a clear conscience? That's a question of concern to Catholics and their religious leaders but of small consequence to the rest of us.

However, I did see an article in the NY Times that said certain dioceses (diocesi?) would require confession of anyone who sinned (the article's wording) by voting for a proponent of abortion.

That's over the top, in my opinion. Granted Kerry may not be a very good Catholic (divorced, a liar, pro-abortion), the church shouldn't try to influence voting by making the choice a sin. It brings back fuzzy memories of JFK's election (the real one, not the wannabe) where folks were sure the Catholic church was pushing its members to elect Kennedy.

My $.02,

Keith