Category: Politics
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Bethlehem University Student Deported to Gaza
Deal W. Hudson November 2, 2009 Berlanty (Betty) Azzam was two months away from receiving her business degree at Bethlehem University. Anticipating life beyond college, she made the two-hour trip to Ramallah for a job interview, but on the way back she was asked for her papers at the “container” checkpoint. Azzam was detained by the…
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A New Grassroots Political Organization Makes Its Mark
Deal W. Hudson November 6, 2009 The election results of November 2 were not merely the spontaneous reaction of Republicans to the bad economy and liberal excesses of the Obama administration. The four pro-life, conservative GOP candidates in Virginia and New Jersey were elected in a groundswell of religious and social conservatives, many of them…
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Another ‘John Paul II’ Catholic Runs for Congress
Deal W. Hudson November 9, 2009 On October 30, Brian Rooney, an attorney for the Thomas More Law Center, filed his papers to run for Michigan’s 7th Congressional Seat. Rooney had initially put aside his political plans when his son Blaise was born with a congenital heart defect in February, but the fight to save his…
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How the Stupak-Pitts Amendment May Change Our Politics
Deal W. Hudson November 12, 2009 Last Friday night, when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi decided to allow a vote on the Stupak-Pitts Amendment, she may have unwittingly altered the direction of the Obama presidency and the Democratic Party. For the first time in a long time, the pro-life issue is setting the agenda for the…
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CCHD Responds to Its Critics and Chicago Responds to Its Own
Deal W. Hudson November 18, 2009 With its annual collection coming up this Sunday, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development is fighting back against the organized effort encouraging Catholics to ignore the collection. CCHD’s woes began last year when its grants to ACORN were terminated following the allegations of voter fraud and embezzlement brought against them during the 2008…
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The Laughter That Binds Us All
Deal W. Hudson November 23, 2009 Marjorie Campbell’s new book, On the Way to the Kingdom, has its origins in the radical feminism of her youth and her discovery of the late humorist and newspaper columnist Erma Bombeck. A mother of three children (ages 13 to 20), a wife, and an attorney, Campbell turned away from radical…
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The Bishops Have a Second Reason for Opposing the Healthcare Bill
Deal W. Hudson December 10, 2009 In a statement released today by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, President Francis Cardinal George spoke plainly in response to the defeat of the Nelson-Hatch amendment to the health-care bill in the Senate: Failure to exclude abortion funding will turn allies into adversaries and require us and others to oppose…
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Fake Catholic Groups Working Overtime for Healthcare Bill
Deal W. Hudson December 14, 2009 It’s sad to report, but report we must: The same fake Catholic groups that helped President Barack Obama get elected have rallied to the cause of the health-care bill, abortion funding and all. As reported by LifeNews.com, Catholics United (CU) and Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good (CACG) are warning…
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U.S. Catholic Editor Chides My ‘Clumsy Argument’
Deal W. Hudson December 31, 2009 Bryan Cones, the managing editor at U.S. Catholic, is upset that I used the word “fake” to describe Catholics United and Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good. Two weeks ago, I criticized those organizations for supporting the Senate health-care bill containing abortion funding. At the Huffington Post, Cones calls me out: Hudson appoints…
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Catholics Lead Abortion Funding Effort in Congress
Deal W. Hudson January 4, 2010 The present standoff over abortion funding in health-care reform pits two sets of Catholics against each other: The bishops, supported by pro-life leaders, zealously oppose abortion funding, while prominent Catholic members of Congress just as zealously promote it. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi leads the pro-abortion Catholic pack…
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