Tuesday August 5,

House Speaker Peℓσѕι Vows to Kill Defense of Marriage Act and Still Receive Communion

Peℓσѕι relieved no bishop has had the courage to call her to account for her strong abortion advocacy

By Peter J. Smith

SAN FRANCISCO, August 5, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - US House Speaker Nancy Peℓσѕι has vowed to join Barack Obama's new crusade to kill the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and promises to continue to fortify herself with Holy Communion from the Catholic Church for the campaign.

Peℓσѕι told reporters at a press conference last Thursday that she plans to support Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in his effort to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, should the American people elevate him to the presidency.

The Culture and Media Institute reports that Peℓσѕι responded with a firm "yes" that she would lead the next Congress to repeal DOMA, which currently prevents same-sex couples who "marry" in either California or Massachusetts from suing and forcing states to repudiate their bans on ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖ "marriage."

As the Catholic Speaker pledged to knock out one of the remaining props of real marriage in the United States, Peℓσѕι also told C-SPAN that she is thankful still to receive communion while crusading against all pro-life attempts to restrict or eliminate legal abortion.

In a C-SPAN interview released on Sunday, Peℓσѕι explained that while other US politicians have had problems from their bishops denying them communion over abortion, she has continued to receive without any difficulty.

"I think some of it is regional," Peℓσѕι stated. "It depends on the bishop of a certain region and fortunately for me, communion has not been withheld."

She added, "I'm a regular communicant so that would be a severe blow to me if that were the case."

Peℓσѕι is a Catholic whose legislative district is within the Archdiocese of San Francisco, led by Archbishop George Niederauer. However, Peℓσѕι receives communion often in the Washington Archdiocese led by Archbishop Donald Weurl.

Many faithful Catholics have been appalled that neither Church leader has given any public rebuke to Peℓσѕι, who wears her Catholic identity on her sleeve and claims it is compatible with her pro-abortion positions. The Speaker has gone so far as to say in her new book, "Know Your Power" that her parents "didn't raise me to be Speaker, they raised me to be holy."

To contact the Archbishop of San Francisco:

Most Reverend George Niederauer
1 Peter Yorke Way
San Francisco, CA 94109

Tele: (415) 614-5500
Email: info@sfarchdiocese.org

To contact the Archbishop of Washington:

Most Reverend Donald W. Wuerl
Archdiocese of Washington
P.O. Box 29260
Washington, DC 20017-0260

Tele: (301) 853-4500