CD has condemned
conservative clerics who have sought “to use Communion as a
political weapon” by denying participation in that sacrament to
Democratic Catholic lawmakers who support abortion rights.
In March 2011, CD's organizational website
published “The
Common Good vs. the Tea Party,” an article wherein Center
for American Progress senior fellow Fred Rotondaro condemned
conservatives for allegedly seeking to balance the U.S. budget “on
the backs of the poor and vulnerable” while endorsing tax subsidies
for the oil industry and promoting unfair “tax cuts for the
wealthiest.”
