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<text id=89TT3296>
<title>
Dec. 18, 1989: American Notes:California
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Dec. 18, 1989 Money Laundering
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
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NATION, Page 49
American Notes
CALIFORNIA
The Bishop Picks a Winner
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<p> Until last week it seemed nothing short of a miracle would
enable a Democrat to win a state senate seat from San Diego's
heavily Republican 39th District. But that was before Roman
Catholic Bishop Leo Maher ordered that Democratic candidate
Lucy Killea, 67, be refused Communion because of her pro-choice
views on abortion. Though Maher declared that his action was
"more pastoral than political," it quickly became the most
important issue in the campaign. Riled by the bishop's
intervention, voters gave Killea a 51%-to-49% upset victory over
state legislator Carol Bentley in a special election.
</p>
<p> Declared Kate Michelman, executive director of the National
Abortion Rights Action League: "The bishop shot himself in the
foot."
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</body></article>
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