We are watching an historic moment of breathtaking ugliness. Humanity rarely stoops this low and it is staggering when we do: the slaughter in Rwanda and Burundi, the Nazi Holocaust of Jewish peoples and now the ruthlessly cruel torture and killing by horrible methods of Iraqi Christians. Social media has made it impossible for even…
The principle of non-contradiction, that opposite facts cannot both be true, is a gift from the ancient Greeks which is a part of the founding of western civilization. Ed Fitzgerald seems to take exception to that principle and wants to believe one thing in some “private” religious life (which true Catholics do not aspire to…
What is being called, ‘Common Sense Legislation” is being offered to counter act the Executive Order of President Barak Obama which disallowed any federal contractor who believes that marriage between men or women of the same sex is no marriage at all from acting as a federal contractor. This legislation only opens the door for…
This symbol is a sign of solidarity with the Christians being martyred by Muslims. It is puzzling at times why the White House does not speak on some issues. Sometimes it would be politically neutral or even advantageous to speak, and yet a deafening silence remains. The news from the Middle East on the murder…
In the distant past The New York Times earned the nickname, “The Old Grey Lady” for its insistence upon civil discourse, usually passionless and logical. My how things have changed! Ryan Anderson is somebody you should know. He is also somebody the NYTimes has decided should be treated with “incivility.”The old grey lady has become…
By linking the movement to call homosexual partnering “marriage” to the civil rights movements, a just and righteous triumph in this nation’s history, the LBGT propagandists have overwhelmed the debate about ‘gay marriage.’ But as time moves forward there are opportunities to reflect on just what marriage is and, frankly, just what homosexual activity is.…
For generations the inaccurate portrayal of the Republican Party as the party of WASPy establishment businessmen has been thrown up in contrast to the equally inaccurate image of the Democratic Party as the home for workers, immigrants and the ‘middle class’. For that reason, generations of Catholics, sons and daughters of Italian, Irish, German, Spanish…
When was the last time you read it? Amendment I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.…
The executive order issued this week by Barak Obama prohibits federal contracts to be issued to those who hold that homosexuality is immoral behavior. The executive order fails to include an exemption for religious organizations, an exemption which is normal course for such attempts at social engineering by the federal government. Two USCCB committee chairmen —…
On Monday, July 21, Barack Obama issued an Executive Order which pointedly excluded any religious exemption. It barred federal contractors who received federal monies from excluding homosexuals who were in public relationships they called ‘marriage’ from being hired. This, of course, would hit Catholic Charities, the nation’s largest Social Services organization, the hardest. But on…
If you are following this blog you can accumulate pieces which begin to shape a larger picture of the quick moving front of the battle between sexual preference and religious freedom. There are reasons for optimism that religious institutions will be able to maintain their standards and values without facing outright persecution, but there are…
There have been attempts in the United States to found Christian law schools to prepare attorneys who will be able to argue on behalf of religious freedom. Canada is coming late to the realization that this is a good idea with the formation of Trinity Western Law School, in the mold of Ave Maria Law…
Every pro-life citizen should be alarmed at the extreme bill being considered by Democrats in the Senate. It is designed to eviscerate the gains of the pro-life movement to at least give room for reason and pause for a woman considering abortion. Laws requiring a waiting period, the viewing of an ultrasound, training and cleanliness…
Cardinal George of Chicago said last week that our Constitutional Freedom of Religion was being traded off for lifestyle choices of sexual preferences (http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Blog/3253/cardinal_george_our_vaunted_american_liberties_are_all_being_traded_off_in_favor_of_freedom_of_sexual_expression.aspx ). No place was that more apparent than in the Senate this week where the Democrats put together a poorly reasoned attempt to defeat the decision of the Supreme Court last…
Both the White House and Democrats in Congress are continuing their unrelenting attack on religion, especially Roman Catholics. Unhappy with the outcome of the Hobby Lobby decision, Democrats in Congress are devising a bill which would provide a mechanism to simply do away with the rights of Religious Freedom and any conscience clause at all…
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