eCatholicHub - CC-D23 Whitcomb/Mitchell

disclaimer* Many political candidates have nuanced (and often too veiled) positions. We highly recomend that you...
I) see footnotes below the table to read the candidates statements or votes.
II) see true explanation of table's color classifications below the table.

RED : Candidate politically opposes
(in this instance) Catholic teaching
on one of the Five Non-Negotiables.

YELLOW: Candidate neither fully
opposes nor fully promotes (in this
instance) Catholic teaching on one
of the Five Non-Negotiables.
(Please click to view more.)

GREEN : Candidate politically promotes
(in this instance) Catholic teaching on
one of the Five Non-Negotiables.

JOSEPH

WHITCOMB

SHAWN

MITCHELL

On the issue of
ABORTION
the candidate...

Unknown ^1a

Promotes
Catholic
Teaching ^1b

On the issue of
EUTHANASIA
the candidate..

Unknown ^2a

Unknown ^2b

On the issue of
EMBRYONIC STEM
CELL RESEARCH
the candidate...

Unknown ^3a

Unknown ^3b

On the issue of
HUMAN CLONING
the candidate...

Unknown ^4a

Unknown ^4b

On the issue of
HOMOSEXUAL
"MARRIAGE"
the candidate...

Unknown ^5a

Promotes
Catholic
Teaching ^5b

MEANING OF COLOR CLASSIFICATIONS

I.
If a candidate receives a classification...

RED , this does not necessarily mean that the candidate is 100% in favor of the non-negotiable issue, only that the candidate's views find (some) serious and clear departure from that of the Catholic Church.

YELLOW, this does not mean that the candidate is 50% in favor of the non-negotiable issue, only that there are details of the candidate's views that require the voter's compitant understanding. Please click on the yellow boxes.

GREEN , does not mean that the Church supports or endorses a specific candidate, only that the candidate agrees with the teaching of the Catholic Church on the specific non-negotiable.

II.
Therefore if both candidates receive the same classification on a specific non-negotiable this does not necessarily mean that the candidates' positions are similar, nor that they carry the same degree of similarity or difference from the teaching of the Catholic Church.

FOOTNOTES ON THE ISSUES

ABORTION

1a - Unknown stance on this topic. Unable to find reliable and documentable information on this topic for this candidate at this time.
1b - Sen. Mitchell voted: "yea" to Prohibit State Funds from Providing Abortion Services and "nay" to Emergency Contraception for Sexual Assault Survivors. (source: link )

EUTHANASIA

2a - Unknown stance on this topic. Unable to find reliable and documentable information on this topic for this candidate at this time.
2b - Unknown stance on this topic. Unable to find reliable and documentable information on this topic for this candidate at this time.

EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH
Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2007
Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct and support research that utilizes human embryonic stem cells, regardless of the date on which the stem cells were derived from a human embryo, provided such embryos:
(1) have been donated from in vitro fertilization clinics;
(2) were created for the purposes of fertility treatment;
(3) were in excess of the needs of the individuals seeking such treatment and would never be implanted in a woman and would otherwise be discarded (as determined in consultation with the individuals seeking fertility treatment); and
(4) were donated by such individuals with written informed consent and without any financial or other inducements.

3a - Unknown stance on this topic. Unable to find reliable and documentable information on this topic for this candidate at this time.

3b - Unknown stance on this topic. Unable to find reliable and documentable information on this topic for this candidate at this time.

HUMAN CLONING
Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001
   Prohibits any person or entity, in or affecting interstate commerce, from knowingly:
(1) performing or attempting to perform human cloning;
(2) participating in such an attempt;
(3) shipping or receiving an embryo produced by human cloning or any product derived from such embryo; or
(4) importing such an embryo or product.
                        (THOMAS, Library of Congress - link)

(As opposed to other bills who veil the true/full definintion of human cloning - see Senate Bill 1520 - the term "HUMAN CLONING" in this bill is correctly defined - "`human cloning' means human asexual reproduction, accomplished by introducing nuclear material from one or more human somatic cells into a fertilized or unfertilized oocyte whose nuclear material has been removed or inactivated so as to produce a living organism (at any stage of development) that is genetically virtually identical to an existing or previously exisiting human organism."
                        (THOMAS, Library of Congress - link)

4a - Unknown stance on this topic. Unable to find reliable and documentable information on this topic for this candidate at this time.
4b - Unknown stance on this topic. Unable to find reliable and documentable information on this topic for this candidate at this time.

HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE

5a - Unknown stance on this topic. Unable to find reliable and documentable information on this topic for this candidate at this time.

5b -Sen. Mitchell voted: "nay" to Same Sex Partnership Benefits Acts. (source: link )