LifeSiteNews: The Central Ohio Association of Catholic Educators (COACE) is backing the diocese in its decision to fire a homosexual teacher, according to a letter sent to the teacher. More here.
LifeSiteNews: The Central Ohio Association of Catholic Educators (COACE) is backing the diocese in its decision to fire a homosexual teacher, according to a letter sent to the teacher. More here.
CNA: A statement from the Minnesota Catholic Conference said that the bill’s passage, “though expected, is no less disappointing.” “The full social and legal effects of marriage redefinition will begin to manifest themselves in the years ahead,” the conference cautioned. … Continue reading
Illinois Family Institute Masha Gessen:“It’s a no-brainer that (homosexual activists) should have the right to marry, but I also think equally that it’s a no-brainer that the institution of marriage should not exist. . . .” Read more here.
California Catholic Daily: The 2013 Gay Straight Alliance Advocacy and Youth Leadership Academy are scheduled for Friday, April 26 to Sunday, April 28. This will be followed by Queer Youth Advocacy Day on Monday, April 29. Read more here.
California Catholic Daily: Plenty of companies have argued that natural marriage is “bad for business“–but they’ll have a tough time persuading J.C. Penney. After a series of radical decisions, the retailer is struggling to survive a 25 percent drop in sales. Read … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Bob Ferguson, the State of Washington’s attorney general, has announced that he is filing a consumer protection lawsuit against a florist who refused to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding. More here.
Yesterday I posted the number at an impressive 300,000. I was misinformed. LifeSite News: According to organizers, nearly one and a half million people joined the third demonstration in five months against the legalization of same-sex “marriage” by the French … Continue reading
The Telegraph: Police in Paris used tear gas to disperse hundreds of thousands of protesters demonstrating against gay marriage on the Champs-Elysees. Read full report here.
Creative Minority Report: “Two weeks ago, after Pope Benedict XVI had announced to the world that he would be resigning the office of Peter as of February 28th, I put the Pope’s picture, that usually hangs in the rectory, in … Continue reading
Reuters: In the first of several votes required for its passage, the lower house of parliament backed the legislation by 400-175, but more than half of Cameron’s 303 lawmakers voted against or abstained, signaling deep unease with it and his … Continue reading
Archbishop Giampaolo Crepaldi of Trieste told a local newspaper that he expects “there will be martyrs” for morality, marriage, and family. LifeSite News: Earlier this month about two hundred homosexualist activists, including a number of local politicians, demonstrated in front … Continue reading
New Advent, Father George Rutler: The military chaplaincy is under threat by our own government as part of its social agenda. One year ago, the Army’s Office of the Chief of Chaplains tried to forbid Catholic chaplains from reading a … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: A spokesman for the Boy Scouts of America has announced that the organization may soon permit local troops to decide whether to allow homosexuals to serve as scoutmasters. More here.
ArcaMax: The lower house of Russia’s parliament on Friday approved in the first reading a controversial measure against the spread among minors of “propaganda” seen as supporting homosexuality. Read more here.
LifeSite News: [Donn] Short laments, however, that Bill 13’s homosexual outreach is not directed at elementary grades, where he says it is most needed. “I have argued elsewhere, and earlier in this paper, that cultural transformation must include and begin at … Continue reading
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