Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, released an open letter to Senator Joe Biden on Friday, September 19th challenging his scandalous pronouncements on NBC's Meet the Press. The letter is a powerful defense of Church teaching and calls Biden to account urging him "to work to secure the rights of the unborn to share in the fruits of our hard-won liberty."
This is a great opportunity to write to Mr. Anderson praising him for taking action and asking him to follow it up by formally removing the many, many pro-abortion Catholic politicians (at least 72 in Congress alone -- how many at the state level is anybody's guess) who are members of the Knights of Columbus. They could begin with Ted Kennedy. The Knights' own policies call for removing members who are a scandal to the order. Unfortunately, whenever a local council attempts to take action, they are overruled, declared out of order, or ruled unconsitutional. Unfortunately, Carl Anderson who has been head of the Knights since 2000 has done nothing about the scandal of pro-abortion politicians in their ranks. This is a case where one can't help thinking that human respect takes precedence over respect for God.
Concerned Roman Catholics of America have been following the situation with the Knights for years. In a press release earlier this summer they exposed the horrendous scandal in Massachusetts where 16 Knight/politicians helped to pass legislation allowing gay marriage in the state.
I applaud Carl Anderson's open letter, but now I remind him of what every mom on earth tells her children: "Actions Speak Louder than Words!" Expel pro-abortion politicians from the Knights of Columbus NOW! Including Joe Biden, who, according to CRCOA, was a Knight as of 2006.
