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By Fr. Michael P. Orsi, LifeSiteNews - Now we are presented with something called the Respect for Marriage Act. And a less accurate legislative title can hardly be imagined... The Respect for Marriage Act is a predictable extension of Obergefell vs. Hodges, the notorious 2015 Supreme Court case that declared same-sex couples have a “right” to “marry” under the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment.

By  Michael J. Matt, Editor, The Remnant - Can anyone make America truly great again while the blood of the innocent is still flowing? Can America survive two more years of Team Biden’s war on God?... The good news? Nobody wants to talk about it, but there were midterm winners. Governors who stood up for life and against the lockdowns and vax mandates won BIG!

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - Some conservative commentators fear that the “Respect for Marriage Act,” which won approval in the US Senate this week, would allow for infringements of religious freedom. They are wrong. The bill does not allow for infringements; it authorizes a frontal assault... Stephen Minnis, Pres. Benedictine College in Kansas.. told the Daily Signal that “Catholic institutions will have a tough time living our faith under this legislation… In fact, giving religious institutions a tough time seems to be the point of the legislation.”

By John M. Grondelski, The Catholic Thing - I want to shift the focus.  What about an “amnesty” for the U.S. Catholic bishops?... Like zealous COVID politicians, the U.S. bishops have yet even to look at their own record during the “pandemic.” So far, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops hasn’t engaged in self-examination as to whether shutting down Mass and the sacraments from sea to shining sea, in some places for more than a year, was a bad idea. Maybe simply wrong.  They seem to have given themselves a self-pardon.