CNN.com - Bishop: Bar communion for abortion-rights voters - May 14, 2004

While I don't understand how someone who is Catholic can be pro-choice, I'm not sure how a bishop can enforce that anyone who votes for such a candidate doesn't get communion.

A Colorado [Springs] Bishop, in one of strongest stands yet taken by a U.S. Roman Catholic church leader, says communion should be denied to people who vote for candidates supporting such issues as abortion rights, gay marriage, euthanasia and stem cell research.