Vatican rejects people choosing, changing genders

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“Even priestly advocates for LGBT Catholics noted that the text appeared to have relied entirely on previous papal pronouncements, Vatican documents and philosophers and theologians.” - Fox

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Anti-religious hostility takes aim at foster care and adoption agencies

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“….several state governments — spurred on by LGBT activist groups — are seeking to shut down some of the most effective foster care and adoption providers in the country. The reason? These providers believe that children do best in homes with a married mother and father” - Acton

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“Today, conservative forces concerned with freedom and virtue are pulling apart.”

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“The catalyst is a sprawling coalition of self-described nationalists, Catholic integralists, protectionists, economic planners, and others who are increasingly rallying around something called “post-liberal” conservativism. By “liberal,” they don’t mean contemporary progressivism as represented by the Democratic party.

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The IRS needs to audit the Catholic Church

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“In the ordinary non-profit world, there are checks and balances on these things. There are boards which hold officers accountable for their actions. There are auditors… But things are very different in a Catholic context.” - Washington Examiner

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U.S. Supreme Court: “In God We Trust” Lives On

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“Today, the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in New Doe Child #1 et al v. United States, a challenge to use of the motto ‘In God We Trust’ on national currency. The denial means the 8th Circuit’s ruling dismissing the case remains in place.” - BJC

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