The prefect of the Apostolic Signature, Archbishop Raymond Burke, said this week that Catholics, especially politicians who publically defend abortion, should not receive Communion, and that ministers of Communion should be responsibly charitable in denying it to them if they ask for it, “until they have reformed their lives.”

So, the million dollar question for any Michigan reporter worth his salt is to ask Obama, "Should Kilpatrick resign?" Either way, Obama is up a creek with Detroit voters, it seems.

And by the way, in case you need any more of an idea for how utterly terrible Detroit is under Kilpatrick's tenure, take a look at this article. The banks can't even sell foreclosed houses for $1, partially because squatters have invaded and ripped out the copper wiring to sell in a junkyard.

This is common practice in third-world countries. Detriot is quickly on its way.

Barack Obama has been caught lying about his gruesome opposition to legislation to require health officials to provide care to babies who survived abortion as an Illinois state senator by the National Right to Life Committee.

Yes, that's what I wrote. Babies who survived abortion. Jill Stanek is a former Chicago nurse who once cradled a baby who wasn't properly aborted as he died because the law wouldn't permit her to give the baby life-saving medical treatment. After that experience she became a pro-life advocate and  was fired from her job because of her activism. She testified in favor of a law to give those babies care before the Illinois state senate and then the U.S. Senate. Sadly, her testimony wasn't able to sway hardline liberals in Illinois. Obama was one of those hardliners. At that time he was an Illinois state senator and chairman of the health committee.  In that position, he voted to kill the bill. On the federal level, the bill passed the Senate 98-0, without a single opponent. Not even known abortion rights supporters like  Sen. Barbara Boxer (D.-Calif.) or Sen. Hillary Clinton (D.-N.Y.) would take the position Obama did.

Obama's campaign has viciously attacked conservative opponents who have rightly criticized his extreme position on this bill. Obama's answer has always been that he would have supported his state?s version of the "born alive" bill if it included language to protect abortion rights guaranteed by Roe v. Wade. He's written this in his book Audacity of Hope and made this assertion through campaign statements.

Now there's documentation showing Obama did vote against a version of the Born Alive Infant Protection Act that contained language to protect abortion rights identical to language contained in the federal bill. The National Right to Life Committee has posted documents online showing votes in the health committee that Obama chaired to amend the born alive bill to contain the "neutrality act" included in the federal bill. The members of his committee, Obama included, voted 10-0 to put the clause in before holding a final vote on the bill.  Promptly after the clause was added, the committee voted 6-4 to kill it. Obama voted in the majority. The record of those votes is posted here.

Obama needs to come clean about his sickening record on abortion. He should explain why he opposed a bill that passed the U.S. Senate 98-0. And,I think he owes the pro-lifers who have reported his position correctly a swift apology.