Politics

January 8, 2019

Michael Kelly: Archbishop Urges Irish Catholics to Resist New Abortion Law

By Michael Kelly, Catholic Herald - Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, Northern Ireland, who also is president of the Irish bishops’ conference, said in a message to mark the legislation that the new law “in good conscience cannot be supported”… “In a May 22 referendum, voters opted by a margin of 2-1 to lift the country’s constitutional protection of the right to life of unborn children. The new law will permit abortion on demand up to 12 weeks’ gestation….

January 8, 2019

New Mexico Bill Could Allow ‘Suicide Tourism,’ Critics Warn

CNA/EWTN New - Proposed legislation in New Mexico could legalize assisted suicide in the state, and may even allow for the prescription of deadly drugs outside the state via telemedicine, and by healthcare professionals other than physicians... Deacon Steve Rangel, associate director for the New Mexico Conference of Catholic Bishops, said the bill was disheartening to read... “In our Catholic faith, we know the dignity of life from conception to natural death,” he told CNA...

January 8, 2019

Staver: LGBT ‘Rights’ Sneakily Added to Anti-Lynching Bill

By Charlie Butts, OneNewsNow - A constitutional law expert is asking Congress to block the latest attempt to force the LGBT agenda on the country... The Justice for Victims of Lynching Act passed unanimously in the U.S. Senate but Liberty Counsel founder Mat Staver says it passed without some senators realizing an amendment was added providing special rights for homosexuals and transgenders.

January 8, 2019

Rachel Alexander: In Roy Moore’s Senate Race, Democrats Copied Russian Election Interference Tactics

By Rachel Alexander, a senior editor, The Stream - Democratic activists carried out a secret project last year they called “Project Birmingham.” Emulating the Russians’ disinformation campaign, they directed the Twitter and Facebook campaign at embattled conservative Republican Roy Moore. He ended up losing by a slim margin. Doug Jones became the first Democratic senator elected in Alabama in 25 years. He won by only 21,924 votes out of about 1.35 million cast.