Where the Louisiana Senate Candidates Stand on the Issues

The CatholicVote.org Research Team has been hard at work this election season to ensure that Catholic voters across the country are well-informed when they reach the polls. For our friends in Louisiana, we have pored through the public statements and positions of Bill Cassidy, Rob Maness and Mary Landrieu on issues that matter to Catholics.

We believe the choice is clear: Mary Landrieu must be defeated.

All three candidates face off on November 4. If no candidate gets a majority, the top two vote-getters will run off on December 6.

This flyer features a simple side-by-side comparison of the three candidates’ positions on issues that are foundational to Catholics. On issues such as life, marriage and religious liberty, Bill Cassidy and Rob Maness are immeasurably better than Mary Landrieu.

Mary Landrieu calls herself a Catholic, but she consistently denies the Faith and her constituents with her pro-abortion voting record.

Defeating Mary Landrieu is essential to removing pro-abortion Harry Reid from control of the Senate.

We have also included other areas of concern to Catholic voters, including fiscal responsibility, education and health care. On these issues, we also think that Bill Cassidy and Rob Maness come out on top. Unlike abortion which involves an intrinsic evil which can never be justified, Catholics are free to disagree on which approach is best on education, health care and education.

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LIFE:

Bill Cassidy is pro-life. In the House of Representatives, he supported the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act to protect unborn children who feel pain after 20 weeks. Source: House of Representatives Voting Database

Rob Maness supports a child’s right to life. “I am pro-life. I believe life begins at conception.” Source: Maness for Senate campaign website

Mary Landrieu has consistently voted to keep abortion legal. She is endorsed by NARAL Pro-Choice America. Sources: Congressional Voting Database, NARAL

MARRIAGE:

Bill Cassidy believes marriage is a union of one man and one woman. Source: Wall Street Journal

Rob Maness believes marriage is a union of one man and one woman. Source: Maness for Senate campaign website

Landrieu thinks that marriage should be redefined. Source: New York Magazine

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

Bill Cassidy believes that freedom of religious is crucial for all Americans. “Freedom of religion and our First Amendment rights must be protected and respected. The President and congressional Democrats supported this federal mandate, which conflicts with Louisiana values. It’s not the government’s responsibility to tell business owners the extent of which they can practice their faith in everyday business decisions. I applaud the Supreme Court’s decision to stop Washington bureaucrats from taking away this religious liberty.” Source: Representative Bill Cassidy official website

Rob Maness has promised to sponsor legislation in the Senate that protects religious liberty. He opposes the HHS Mandate. Source: Maness for Senate campaign website

Mary Landrieu voted for a bill that would force for-profit employers to pay for contraceptives and abortifacents in their health care plans. Source: Congressional Voting Records

HEALTH CARE:

Bill Cassidy wants to repeal and replace Obamacare in favor of patient-centered, market-based solutions. Source: Representative Bill Cassidy official website

Rob Maness opposes Obamacare. He believes that “the only way to increase quality and access to healthcare while reducing costs is to ensure patients and doctors are empowered to make their own choices.” Source: Maness for Senate campaign website

Mary Landrieu supported Obama when he signed the Affordable Care Act into law, causing 90,000 people in Louisiana to lose their health care coverage. Sources: Senator Mary Landrieu official website, Associated Press

EDUCATION:

Bill Cassidy opposes Common Core. “Dr. Cassidy strongly believes that parents and teachers, not federal bureaucrats, will make the best education decisions for students.” Source: Cassidy for Senate campaign website

Rob Maness opposes Common Core. ”The Common Core State Standards Initiative is a federal initiative designed to homogenize diverse state educational curricula. It is also the latest example of destructive federal overreach into the education system.” Source: Maness for Senate campaign website

Mary Landrieu promotes the implementation of Common Core in Louisiana. Source: The Times Picayune