{"id":7248,"date":"2004-05-20T23:39:50","date_gmt":"2004-05-20T23:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/05\/voting_with_wallets.html"},"modified":"2004-05-20T23:39:50","modified_gmt":"2004-05-20T23:39:50","slug":"voting_with_wallets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/05\/voting_with_wallets.html","title":{"rendered":"Voting with Wallets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donors say they’ll do it Colo. Springs<\/a><\/p>\n

In his four-page letter, Kethcart argues that good Catholics can oppose Sheridan on his chosen issues and that politicians must represent all their constituents.<\/p>\n

He called the letter a “divisive, callous and cold hearted dictum” and an example of “narrow- mindedness” and “misplaced and uninformed zealotry.”<\/p>\n

“In this pastoral letter, you have chosen to lay down your staff and replace it with a bludgeon,” Kethcart wrote.<\/p>\n

Unless Sheridan recants his position, Kethcart writes that he will have no choice but to revoke his $100,000 pledge toward a $3 million campaign for a new St. Mark’s church building in Highlands Ranch.<\/p>\n

“The laity has to carry this issue because (clergy who may oppose Sheridan’s stance) can’t. I’ll take the heat,” said Kethcart, who previously served as northern region chairman of a $21.5 million diocese- wide capital campaign.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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