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Will Homosexuality Soon Be Promoted By Law?
Deal W. Hudson October 22, 2007 This week the U.S. House of Representatives will very likely vote to add “sexual orientation” as a category of persons legally protected from discrimination. If passed, H.R. 3685, the Employment Nondiscrimination Act (ENDA), will mean that homosexuals can bring lawsuits against employers they feel have discriminated against them because…
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Why the Democrats Are Blue – A Conversation with Mark Stricherz
Deal W. Hudson October 25, 2007 How did the Democratic Party lose the support of the working-class and Catholic voters who were once its stronghold? In his book Why the Democrats Are Blue: How Secular Liberals Hijacked the People’s Party, Mark Stricherz argues that the change from the “people’s party” to a party of secular-elite values…
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Over Eighty American Catholic Leaders Urge Support of Humanae Vitae
Deal W. Hudson October 29, 2007 Over 80 national Catholic leaders, meeting October 25-26, adopted a statement celebrating the upcoming 40th anniversary of Humanae Vitae and predicted the “Church will regain Her voice… and will once again boldly proclaim to all mankind that children are the solution, not the problem.” At its 10th annual meeting in Charleston,…
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Rebellion Against the Pope Over the Latin Mass
Deal W. Hudson November 6, 2007 From the Vatican comes news that resistance to Benedict XVI’s promotion of the Old Latin Mass is considered “rebellion against the pope.” You may recall that on July 7, 2007, Benedict XVI released an Apostolic Letter called a motu proprio (because the pope wrote it “of his own accord” rather than…
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Muzzling the Bishops With “Civility”
Deal W. Hudson November 9, 2007 On Tuesday, a group of Catholics in Washington, D.C. issued a statement calling for a greater “spirit of civility” as Americans approach the 2008 presidential elections. When I saw the title of the statement – “A Catholic Call to Civility in Public Debate” – I thought, what a great idea!…
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Time Editor Calls Hillary Clinton a ‘Moral Conservative’
Deal W. Hudson November 12, 2007 Amy Sullivan, the “nation editor” for Time magazine, describes Hillary Clinton as a “moral conservative” on “value issues.” This remarkable feat of partisan editorializing was seen November 8th on MSNBC. The interviewer, Tucker Carlson, responded with disbelief. Carlson asked Sullivan, “Has she [Clinton] ever suggested placing any restriction of any kind…
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Boston Cardinal Rebukes Democrats on Abortion
Deal W. Hudson November 15, 2007 The Archdiocese of Boston has produced some of the most influential pro-abortion politicians in history – among them, the late Rev. Robert Drinan, S. J. (D-MA), formerly a four-term Congressman, and Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA). Yesterday, Boston’s Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley said that support of pro-abortion candidates from Catholic…
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Did the Bishops Punish Archbishop Burke?
Deal W. Hudson November 19, 2007 Perhaps it should come as no surprise that Archbishop Raymond Burke (St. Louis) lost an election at the annual meeting of the U.S. bishops last week. Over the past three years, Burke has assumed the mantle of the late Cardinal John O’Connor in pro-life matters, challenging fellow bishops to…
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Bishops Say Immigrants’ Needs Come Before Border Security
Deal W. Hudson November 22, 2007 The three bishops of Maryland have just released a statement on immigration, saying the right of a nation to control its borders is secondary to an immigrant’s basic needs. These three bishops – Archbishop O’Brien, Archbishop Wuerl, and Bishop Saltarelli – reiterate the policy espoused by the United States…
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Giuliani Adviser is an Accused Pedophile Priest?
Deal W. Hudson November 26, 2007 Since 2002, Msgr. Alan Placa has worked for Rudy Giuliani as a consultant at Giuliani Partners. In 2003 a grand jury report of Suffolk County, NY, accused Placa of sexually abusing multiple victims. A spokeswoman for Giuliani Partners told Salon Magazine that the former New York City mayor believes Placa was…
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