Politics

Anti-Catholic Aide for John Edwards Resigns

by Gudrun Schultz February 15, 2007

A top campaign blogger for Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards acknowledged defeat Monday after a storm of protest followed her gratuitously offensive commentary against Christianity and the Catholic Church.
Amanda Marcotte announced her resignation from the campaign yesterday in a…

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ACLU Sues to Remove Ten Commandments from Courthouse

by Thomas More Law Center February 13, 2007

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing to force a conservative Christian county in Florida to remove a hulking Ten Commandments monument from the courthouse steps.
The 5-foot-tall (1.50-meter-tall), 6-ton black granite monument stands in front of a building for…

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Judge Denies Illinois Effort to Ban “Choose Life” Plates

by LifeSite News February 12, 2007

Thursday morning a federal district judge denied a motion by the Illinois Secretary of State to overturn his recent ruling that allowed "Choose Life" to be a slogan on Illinois specialty license plates. On January 22, Federal Judge David Coar…

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Look What John Edwards Has Done

by Catholic League February 10, 2007

Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, issued the following statement today about John Edwards' decision to retain two staff members who have a history of making obscene attacks on Christians:
"Over the next week, we will contact hundreds of…

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Presidential Hopeful John Edwards Hires Two Anti-Catholics

by Catholic League February 8, 2007

[Editor's note: The language quoted in this article is vulgar and potentially upsetting.]
Catholic League president Bill Donohue is demanding that presidential hopeful John Edwards fire two recently hired anti-Catholics who have joined his team: Amanda Marcotte as Blogmaster and…

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Asylum for Gays but Not for ex-Muslim Christians in New Zealand

by Gudrun Schultz February 7, 2007

New Zealand immigration officials are being accused of giving preferential treatment to homosexual refugees, after a Catholic Iranian man was denied asylum while another Iranian man who had previously been denied was accepted once he said he was gay.
Both…

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Holy See Not to Sign UN Convention on Disabled

by Vatican Information Service February 5, 2007

Made public was a talk delivered by Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Holy See permanent observer to the United Nations in New York, concerning a Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, approved by the UN General Assembly on December 13,…

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Catholics Benefit from Spitzer’s Budget

by Catholic League February 2, 2007

Catholic League president Bill Donohue applauded New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer's education budget today:
"In 2002, then-New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer released a ‘Report on Non-Public Education' that explored many ways in which public aid to parochial…

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“Choose Life” Tags Win in Illinois

by LifeSite News January 30, 2007

Last Friday, a ruling was handed down from the Northern Illinois District Court allowing the pro-adoption message "Choose Life" to be an option for specialty license plates in the State of Illinois. Citing First Amendment protection, Judge David Coar ruled…

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French MP Fined for Criticizing Homosexuality

by Gudrun Schultz January 29, 2007

A member of France's ruling party has been fined almost $4,000 for comments opposing homosexuality, under the country's hate speech law.
Christian Vanneste was fined by a court in Douai, in northern France, and charged an additional $2,000 in court…

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