Archbishop Burke on Intrinsic Evil

On October 1, Archbishop Burke of St. Louis issued a pastoral letter addressing a Catholic's responsibility to vote for candidates upholding the integrity of the moral law. Needless to say, he has a significantly less nuanced take than Amy and Susan (see below) on the translation of intrinsic evil into voting decisions:

[T]here is no element of the common good, no morally good practice, that a candidate may promote and to which a voter may be dedicated, which could justify voting for a candidate who also endorses and supports the deliberate killing of the innocent, abortion, embryonic stem-cell research, euthanasia, human cloning, or the recognition of a same-sex relationship as legal marriage. These elements are so fundamental to the common good that they cannot be subordinated to any other cause, no matter how good. (para. 39)

Rob