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Douglas Kmiec and the Lure of Obama
Deal W. Hudson February 20, 2008 In a “Window” from last week, I addressed Catholic law professor Doug Kmiec, who had written an article in Slate titled “Reaganites for Obama?” In that piece, Kmiec made an argument encapsulated in the following sentence:”Beyond life issues, an audaciously hope-filled Democrat like Obama is a Catholic natural.” I criticized him…
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Georgia Bishops Oppose State Human Life Amendment
Deal W. Hudson February 24, 2008 Last year, Georgia Right to Life introduced a Human Life Amendment (HR 536) in the state legislature that would amend the Georgia constitution to define the human person and protect unborn life from the threat of abortion. Hearings were held last week by the Georgia Judiciary Committee in the…
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Barack Obama’s Catholic Problem
Deal W. Hudson February 27, 2008 In early January I wrote a column arguing that Barack Obama “will not win the Catholic vote.” Although Obama has won eleven primaries in a row, his “Catholic problem” is emerging in voting patterns and early media skirmishes. Catholic-vote expert Steve Wagner predicted two months ago that Clinton would beat Obama…
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When There Is Too Much Religion In Politics
Deal W. Hudson March 2, 2008 Next week, my defense of religion in politics – Onward, Christian Soldiers: The Growing Political Power of Catholics and Evangelicals in the United States – will be published by Simon & Schuster. This book is both a history and apologia of religious conservatives in politics over the past 30 years. But…
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San Francisco Pro-Lifers Start a Film Festival
Deal W. Hudson March 5, 2008 A new and unusual film festival focused on pro-life issues will be held in San Francisco this coming Friday, March 7. The Cinema Vita Film Festival is “dedicated to encouraging emerging filmmakers, showcasing movies about contemporary issues concerning life, and exploring life’s deep significance.” Sponsored by the Archdiocese of San Francisco,…
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Did California Really Ban Homeschooling?
Deal W. Hudson March 9, 2008 Panic spread among the estimated 166,000 homeschoolers in California for a week, and outrage grew around the homeschooling community nationwide. On February 29, WorldNetDaily broke the story of a decision by a California Court of Appeals ordering two homeschooled children from the Los Angeles area to be enrolled in public school.…
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Catholic Left Beats McCain with Hagee Stick
Deal W. Hudson March 13, 2008 The moment Bill Donohue demanded that Senator John McCain repudiate the anti-Catholicism of Rev. John Hagee, the Democrats began rubbing their hands in anticipation. Between February 28 and March 10, Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, issued eleven press releases. By the time Donohue announced “this…
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Barack Obama’s Problematic Religious Outreach
Deal W. Hudson March 17, 2008 In her recent book The Party Faithful: How and Why the Democrats are Closing the God Gap, Amy Sullivan, the nation editor at Time, recalls the moment when Barack Obama “made himself a household name.” The scene was the second night of the 2004 Democratic Convention. Senator Obama’s address to the…
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Jesuit University President Attacks George Weigel
Deal W. Hudson March 29, 2008 The February 20 issue of the Denver Catholic Register published a column on the Jesuits titled “Some Questions for Father General” by George Weigel. In response, the president of the University of San Francisco, Rev. Stephen A. Privett, S.J., published “Attack on Jesuits Out of Place” in Catholic San Francisco, the archdiocesan…
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Pope Receives Muslim Critic of Osama bin Laden
Deal W. Hudson March 24, 2008 A few days ago, Osama bin Laden released a message threatening Benedict XVI for leading a “new Crusade” against Islam. Whether he meant to or not, the Holy Father issued a ringing answer to the architect of 9/11 by receiving into the Church Europe’s most vocal Muslim critic of bin Laden and Islamic…
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