(Culture of Life Africa, 2/24/2014) In Europe and US, as far as the LGBT subculture is concerned, everyone is expected to blend in, those who cannot blend in must bend, and those who cannot bend will surely be broken and … Continue reading
Category: Culture Wars
Where ‘Religious Liberty’ Will Take Us
Warning: The opinion expressed here is controversial. It is also quite old and is in line with what a whole string of popes taught as authoritative Catholic doctrine. While many conservatives — including conservative Catholics (who conserve surprisingly little) — … Continue reading
What is the American ‘Pays Reel’?
In his excellent article “Thy Kingdom Come,” Gary Potter explains an important distinction in French society of the nineteenth century: What we need to grasp is that all during the years of which we speak, and to a very real … Continue reading
What ‘Gay Marriage’ Did to Massachusetts
The agenda rolls on. This video reminded me that I have heard of old people from Eastern Bloc countries anxiously warning Americans that our country looks now like theirs did just prior to the Communist takeover. The consequences of homosexual … Continue reading
Thank You, Bishop Paprocki
Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki, of the Springfield, Illinois Diocese, deserves to be thanked. Yes, he’s just doing his job — or, more properly, fulfilling the demands of his office. But when one does such in these days, he incurs the … Continue reading
The Price of a ‘Progressivism’ Divorced from God’s Law
When society rejects the natural law and Catholics buy into the lie that the moral law we learn in our religious instruction has nothing to do with the governing of civil society, a dangerous trajectory has been established. Just where … Continue reading
Boston Mayoral Candidates Support Discrimination
The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts today criticized the eight candidates for Mayor of Boston who indicated they would engage in unlawful discrimination against religious believers who defend traditional morality. In a poll released yesterday by The Boston Globe, one … Continue reading
When is Pornography Not Indecent? When the Government Says So!
Morality in Media protested the sale of the smutty magazines Playboy and Penthouse on US Military Bases. In response, Uncle Sam declared that said smut is not considered sexually explicit under federal law. This remarkable aptitude for redefining reality may … Continue reading
Reflections on the Power of Islam
It was on April 1, 2013 (April Fool’s Day) that the following headline appeared on MSN News: Lego scraps Star Wars toy Jabba after ‘anti-Muslim’ complaints. A group called the Turkish Cultural Association of Austria complained that Jabba, a Star … Continue reading
True Colors
We are led to believe that homosexuals are just decent people, like everyone else, except insofar as they “love differently.” It is therefore unreasonable to suspect them of anything heinous or unnatural. We are further led to believe that pro-aborts … Continue reading
Father Michael Mueller and the Problem of Government Education
Two recent stories — the President’s embarrassing denunciation of religious education in Ireland and, more locally, a New Hampshire Superior Court Judge’s ruling against educational choice in the Granite State — reminded me of the fact that there has long … Continue reading
N.H. Judge Rules Against Educational Choice
In a slap to the face of Catholic and other religious schools, Superior Court Judge John M. Lewis ruled that a privately funded tuition tax-credit program violated the New Hampshire State Constitution. His decision was hailed by Democratic Governor Maggie … Continue reading
POTUS Slams Catholic Education, IN IRELAND!
Is there one word that conveys the concepts of ignorant, hubristic, arrogant, meddling, conceited, condescendingly insulting of people’s intelligence, and offensive to your hosts? If there is, B.H. Obama deserves it. He does not content himself with attacking the Catholic … Continue reading
Demise of DOMA: Pathway to ‘Gay Marriage’
The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was signed into law by President William Clinton on September 21, 1996. DOMA was a response to the State of Hawaii’s near attempt to legalize gay marriage in 1993. In order to stop this … Continue reading
Boy Scouts and Homosexuality: What’s the Big Deal?
By now, readers are no doubt aware of the enormous moral capitulation by the Boy Scouts of America on the subject of homosexuality. Shortly after being informed of the bad news, I wrote a column that began with the words, … Continue reading
