Jeanie Hannaman

June 16, 2020

Fr. Shenan J. Boquet: George Floyd – All Lives Matter

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International - A few days ago, in NY City, two black pro-life women were arrested on the sidewalk outside a Planned Parenthood facility. PP had called the police to report the women. When the police arrived, they ordered (them) to disperse, saying that they were violating Mayor Bill de Blasio’s social distancing orders. When they refused to leave, the women were arrested... The night before (the women's) arrest, NY City had been convulsed by yet another night of protesting, marred by widespread violence and looting. Thousands of people participated in these protests, congregating in tight spaces, often with absolutely no effort at preventing the spread of Covid-19.

June 16, 2020

US Jesuit Publication Attacks Viganò in ‘Fake News’ Piece After Trump Tweets Archbishop’s ‘Incredible’ Letter

By Dorothy Cummings McLean, LifeSiteNews - A top US Jesuit publication has attacked Vatican whistleblower Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò after President Trump tweeted out last week a letter that the Archbishop had written, telling Americans in the tweet that it was “incredible” and that they should read it... America magazine has written two articles denouncing the Archbishop since Trump tweeted his support for the retired Vatican diplomat’s letter on June 10. A June 11 article by Michael J. O’Loughlin, titled “President Trump tweeted about Archbishop Viganò. So, who is he?”, made four serious accusations against the latter.

June 16, 2020

SCOTUS Drastically Expands 1964 Employment Anti-Discrimination Law, Redefining ‘Sex’ to Include LGBT, by Rachel Alexander

By Rachel Alexander, The Stream - In a surprisingly decisive 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court expanded the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include gays, bisexuals and transgenders. Title VII prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. In 1964, Congress intended “sex” to refer to bias against men or women. It did not intend the word to include sexual orientation and gender identity... Trump appointee Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the opinion for the majority in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia. He claimed that the word “sex” was meant broadly when the law was drafted.

June 16, 2020

Alito and Thomas Smack Gorsuch: ‘A More Brazen Abuse of Our Authority to Interpret Statutes is Hard to Recall’, by Terence P. Jeffrey

By Terence P. Jeffrey, CNSNews - Here is the opening segment of Justice Samuel Alito’s dissenting opinion—joined by Justice Clarence Thomas—in which Alito summarizes their objecting to the majority opinion written by Gorsuch: “There is only one word for what the Court has done today: legislation. The document that the Court releases is in the form of a judicial opinion interpreting a statute, but that is deceptive... “Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination on any of five specified grounds: ‘race, color, religion, sex, [and] national origin.'... Neither ‘sexual orientation’ nor ‘gender identity’ appears on that list. ...