Cardinal Collins urges Canadian Liberal Party leader to reconsider ban on pro-lifers : News Headlines - Catholic Culture

The following excerpts are from CWN:

• Cardinal Thomas Collins of Toronto has asked Canada’s Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau to reconsider his decision to bar pro-lifer candidates from the party.
• In a May 7 statement, Trudeau said that Liberal candidates must be “resolutely pro-choice,”...

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Prayer Reaffirmed at the Supreme Court | Public Prayer, American Center for Law and Justice ACLJ

The following excerpts are from ACLJ:

• In a landmark decision today, the Supreme Court reaffirmed that prayer before legislative meetings is constitutional.
• In debunking one of the greatest myths in Establishment Clause jurisprudence, the Court held that not only is opening such meetings in prayer constitutional, it is not limited to nonsectarian (i.e. generic) prayer.  In other words, a prayer “in Jesus name” does not violate the Constitution.

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Prayer Reaffirmed at the Supreme Court | Public Prayer, American Center for Law and Justice ACLJ

University official, demoted for signing marriage ballot petition, loses lawsuit : News Headlines - Catholic Culture

The following excerpts are from Catholic Culture's Catholic World News:

• A federal district court judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Angela McCaskill, Gallaudet University’s former chief diversity officer, who was demoted after a colleague discovered she had signed a petition in favor of a Maryland marriage ballot initiative.
• McCaskill said in her lawsuit against the university that she was “expressing herself as a married, heterosexual, African-American, Christian woman/voter, who, through prayer and worship, searched for a means to enlighten Maryland voters on the issue of same-sex marriage in such a way to foster discourse, tolerance, and respect for the democratic process,” the Washington Business Journal reported.

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University official, demoted for signing marriage ballot petition, loses lawsuit : News Headlines - Catholic Culture