Recent Catholic Commentary

A very bad day for marriage and the family in the US (corrected)

It has been a very bad day for marriage, the family and freedom. Today has revealed that the American system of checks and balances in government in the United States has been deliberately corrupted. There is no way the Supreme Court should have made the decisions it did on DOMA and on Proposition 8. Ladies and gentlemen, freedom is quickly being snuffed out in the United States and the only answer is for the silent, distracted masses and all patriotic American citizens to wake up and vigorously challenge today's illegitimate and immoral governing establishment. It would be very foolish to […]
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No mainstream media outlets express concern after protesters block Texas late-term abortion ban

I am pleased that Charmaine and Kathryn had posts this morning about SB 5. As I mentioned yesterday, this piece of legislation would ban abortion after 20 weeks, require that abortion clinics meet the same standards as other health-care facilities, and mandate that abortion providers have admitting privileges at a local hospital. The legislation was under consideration during a special session of the Texas state legislature which was required to end at midnight. Senate Republicans succeeded in ending Senator Wendy Davis’s filibuster at around 10PM. However, various procedural moves delayed consideration of the full bill. As the clock neared midnight there was a concerted […]
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