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Mar 30 2022
Analysis
The Empty Chair
Almost a decade ago, Clint Eastwood got up on stage at the Republican National Convention and spoke to an empty chair. Eastwood explained to the audience that the president was sitting in the empty chair. And then he addressed himself to the empty chair. It was weird. “So, so, Mr. President, how do you, how do you handle, how do you handle promises that you’ve made when you were running for
National Review (News)Mar 02 2023
Perspectives Blog
What is the Role of Christianity in American Politics Today?
This piece was originally published on Divided We Fall, which AllSides rates as mixed. It was written by Melissa Deckman, CEO of Public Religion Research Institute, and Timothy Head, Executive Director of Faith & Freedom Coalition
What Is the Future of Christianity in American Politics?By Melissa Deckman – CEO, Public Religion Research Institute
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Divided We Fall (author)Jun 28 2022
Analysis
The Supreme Court's Leftist Bloc: Increasingly Hostile to the First Amendment
We already knew that the Supreme Court's leftist bloc is profoundly hostile to the Second Amendment, which it has badly misinterpreted in a series of decisions over recent decades. They're increasingly and disturbingly hostile to the First Amendment, as well. The Roberts Court has generally been quite good on First Amendment issues, issuing a number of lopsided or even unanimous rulings
TownhallNov 29 2020
Opinion
The Supreme Court Got Church Restrictions Right
Andrew Cuomo thinks he can limit the capacity of churches and synagogues to ten people in areas besieged by COVID-19 — while other, more “essential” activities face no limit at all. The Supreme Court quite rightly disagrees.
Legally, the Court’s recent decision in Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo only pauses the enforcement of these rules against the litigants who’ve
National Review (News)May 20 2016
News
Report: Health Care Denied
Patients and Physicians Speak Out About Catholic Hospitals and the Threat to Women's Health and Lives.
ACLUOct 29 2019
News
Priest Denies Biden Holy Communion Over Abortion Stance
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was denied Holy Communion on Sunday at a church in South Carolina, a Catholic priest said.
Rev. Robert E. Morey told the Florence Morning News he had no choice but to refuse the sacrament to the former vice president.
“Sadly, this past Sunday, I had to refuse Holy Communion to former Vice President Joe Biden,” said Morey, pastor at St
TownhallJul 08 2022
News
NYC nurse Sandra Lindsay, who got 1st US COVID vaccine, among Medal of Freedom honorees
President Biden gave out the nation’s highest civilian award to 17 recipients Thursday — including Sandra Lindsay, a nurse from Queens who was the first American to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Lindsay, the director of nursing for critical care at Northwell Health’s Long Island Jewish Medical Center, joined champion gymnast Simone Biles, soccer star Megan Rapinoe, fellow New Yorker “
New York Post (News)Aug 20 2018
News
Pope Expresses Shame Over Pennsylvania Report on Sex Abuse
Pope Francis in a letter to Catholics world-wide expressed shame and repentance over the sexual abuse of children by priests, following months in which the escalating scandal in several countries has raised pressure on the Vatican.
Wall Street Journal (News)Feb 05 2019
News
Pope publicly acknowledges clergy sexual abuse of nuns
Pope Francis on Tuesday publicly acknowledged the scandal of priests and bishops sexually abusing nuns and vowed to do more to fight the problem, the latest sign that there is no end in sight to the Catholic Church’s abuse crisis — and that it now has a reckoning from the #MeToo movement.
Associated PressJun 10 2019
News
Vatican condemns gender theory as bid to destroy nature
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican condemned gender theory on Monday as part of a “confused concept of freedom”, saying in a new document that the idea of gender being determined by personal feeling rather than biology was an attempt to “annihilate nature”.
LGBT rights advocates denounced the 30-page document, called “Male and Female He Created Them”, as harmful and confusing, saying
Reuters