Politics

March 19, 2021

House OKs Dems’ Immigration Bills for Dreamers, Farm Workers

AP - The House voted Thursday to unlatch a gateway to citizenship for young Dreamers, migrant farm workers and immigrants who’ve fled war or natural disasters, giving Democrats wins in the year’s first votes on an issue that once again faces an uphill climb to make progress in the Senate.

March 18, 2021

BREAKING: U.S. House Votes to Enshrine Abortion in Constitution by Reviving ‘Equal Rights Amendment’ (LifeSiteNews)

By LifeSiteNews - SBA List President Marjorie Dannenfelser slammed the vote, saying: The so-called “Equal Rights Amendment” may as well be called the Abortion Rights Act, as it would usher in extreme policy implications by enshrining a “right” to abortion in the U.S. Constitution alongside the foundational principles of our great nation. Abortion is the greatest violation of human rights in our day – the clear antithesis of equality. Its ratification would mean the indefinite blocking of state and federal policy to protect the rights of children in the womb.

March 18, 2021

The Human Need to Feel Important — and How Government Squelches It, by Dennis Prager

By Dennis Prager, The Stream - If one were to draw up a list of human needs, food and shelter would be at the top... With great respect to Freudians, sex would not be No. 2... The need for meaning would be second only to the need for food... That meaning is more important to happiness than sex is easily shown. A great many people go long periods without sex, and while many of them miss it, if they have meaning in their lives, they can lead quite happy and fulfilling lives. On the other hand, few people who have regular sex but lack meaning are happy or fulfilled. ..

March 18, 2021

CNA: After Vatican Says Same-Sex Unions Cannot be Blessed, White House Reaffirms Biden’s Support for Them

CNA - While the White House on Monday would not respond to the Vatican’s statement on marriage, press secretary Jen Psaki said that President Biden supports same-sex unions... On Monday, the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) issued a response to a question on the Church’s power to bless same-sex unions. The CDF said that the Church does not have the power to bless same-sex unions or any relations “that involve sexual activity outside of marriage.”