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Roman Catholic conservative political group From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
CatholicVote.org is a conservative,[1][2][3][4] non-profit political advocacy group based in the United States. While the organization acknowledges the authority of the Magisterium, it is independent of the Catholic Church.[5]
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| Founded | 2008 |
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| Type | 501(c)(4) non-profit |
| Focus | Roman Catholic political advocacy |
| Location |
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Area served | United States |
Key people | Brian Burch (President) |
| Website | www.CatholicVote.org |
CatholicVote.org is divided into three organizations:
The CatholicVote.org domain name was first used by the Catholic Alliance in early 2000.[12] The Catholic Alliance was a grassroots group of Americans who agreed with the platform of the fundamental evangelical Protestant Christian Coalition but wished to widen the Coalition's scope to include Catholics.[13] The Catholic Alliance, formed in 1995, held the website until mid-2002. The next owner of the domain name was Larry Cirignano, founder of Catholic Vote, later called Catholic Citizenship. He used the domain for six years until mid-2008.[14][15] The Fidelis Center began operating the domain in October 2008, initially redirecting it to CatholicVote.com. The first published articles linked on the site included ones by co-founders Brian Burch and Joshua Mercer. The Fidelis Center subsequently sold the domain to Fidelis, a related, but independent 501(c)4 organization which operates the domain today.[16]
On June 25, 2015, one day before same-sex marriage became legal everywhere in the United States, CatholicVote.org uploaded a video onto YouTube called "Not Alone".[17] The video features Catholic people who oppose same-sex marriage defending this belief, saying that people should not hate or dislike those who oppose same-sex marriage.[18][19] It quickly received a minimum of a million views on YouTube,[17] where it received a massive backlash due to the video's message.[18] On YouTube, "Not Alone" both received many more dislikes than likes.[17][18] Parodies of the video appeared very quickly.[17][18] According to Catholic News Agency, many websites condemned the video, calling the participants "bigots" or "anti-gay".[19] CatholicVote.org president Brian Burch said "literally tens of thousands of people are emailing, saying: 'thank you for speaking up for me. I don't agree with the Supreme Court decision, but I don't hate anyone.' "[19]
In June 2022, CatholicVote.org urged parents to check out any LGBT-themed books from their local libraries so that no children would be able to see them.[20]
"Imagine Spot 1" was the first release of the national media campaign "Life: Imagine the Potential" in 2009. In ten days it recorded over 700,000 hits.[21] The commercial centers around the story of President Barack Obama, showing an ultrasound image and saying that despite a hard childhood, the unborn child will grow up to be President of the United States.[22] The advert was rejected by both NBC for airing during the Super Bowl[21] and CNN for airing during coverage of President Obama's first State of the Union Address.[23]
A second commercial was also released in 2009, "Imagine Spot 2". This commercial featured Nelson Mandela. It aired in selected markets during the American Idol season 8 finale.[6]
In 2010, CatholicVote.org organized a petition urging the United States Postal Service to issue a Mother Teresa commemorative stamp despite opposition by the Freedom From Religion Foundation and similar groups.[24]
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