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Tag Archives: SCOTUS
The Final Frontier of the Civil Rights Movement
One of the greatest victories of feminists and left – including their catholic dupes and water-carriers – was to divorce the issue abortion from civil rights (and in the context of the Church, social justice) and twist it instead into … Read More
Fordham Feminist: You will be assimilated!
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! It is almost as if Jesuit-run entities, such as universities and magazines, were at war with the US Bishops. I picked this up from the Cardinal Newman Society which keeps an eye on what’s going … Read More
Pres. Obama’s problematic proclamation for National Day of Prayer (3 May)
In the wake of Pres. Obama’s direct attacks on the 1st Amendment both in its religious liberty clause and freedom of speech clause, in the wake of the Pres. Obama’s bungling of the Chen Guangcheng Affair, I read this on CNA: … Read More
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“If it wasn’t for health care…”
The nice UPS gal swooped in with a review DVD from First Run Films about the late Archbishop Oscar Romero. I’ll probably watch it tonight. In our brief chat, I mentioned how impressed I was that UPS and FedEx can move … Read More
SCOTUS unanimous decision upholding religious liberty, “ministerial exception”
My mind returns to the moment in Pres. Obama’s State of the Union Address when he chose to scold the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, while they sat and, from decorum and custom, could do nothing … Read More
Fr. Z about, and to, Mr. Gingrich. Implantation? Not conception?
How many times have we heard that presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is smart? I would pay money to watch a debate between Mr. Gingrich and Pres. Obama. People can convert, grow, change, mature, etc. … Read More
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Ominous signs: religious liberty and our Catholic identity
“Secularizing trends, including the expropriation of Church goods and the elimination of privileges, frequently lead to “a profound liberation of the Church from forms of worldliness.” – Benedict XVI in Freiburg, Germany. For years I have been harping on a … Read More
Chilling: SCOTUS hears case touching on right of Churches to self-determination, “ministerial exception”, discrimination
From CWN: In argument before the Supreme Court on an anti-discrimination case, the solicitor general—representing the Obama administration—said that the government would uphold the right of the Catholic Church to preserve an all-male priesthood, [NB:] but only “because the balance … Read More
TOWNHALL: Will Obama Destroy Franciscan University of Steubenville?
This is an excellent piece from Townhall. Will Obama Destroy Franciscan University of Steubenville? Ken Blackwell Columnist, Townhall.com Daniel Webster was the most famous lawyer of his day. In 1819, the “Godlike Daniel” stood before the U.S. Supreme Court and … Read More
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NCFishwrap getting it wrong about abortion and capital punishment.
Over at the National catholic Fishwrap, Jamie Manson has flung herself headlong into another error. I won’t torment you with a fisking of the whole article. Suffice it to say that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is said to have … Read More
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